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How do you get a business certified in Business Continuity Management (BCM)?

Posted March 26, 2012 - 1:58 pm

I got a memo today instructing me to look at getting our company a BCM certification. Frankly, I didn't know that there was such a certification for businesses. We have DR/BCP in place, but it isn't based on an outside standard; we are a pretty small company and essentially just drew on our experience and common sense.
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What kind of problems could be caused by a massive solar flare?

Posted March 1, 2012 - 3:20 pm

There was a pretty major solar flare a month or two ago, but I didn't hear of any significant problems it caused. I remember that there was concern that it could damage satellites, and the astronauts on the ISS went into a heavily shielded area to be safe.
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What can be done to make disaster recovery exercises more productive?

Posted January 24, 2012 - 1:41 pm

It's about that time of the year where we conduct our disaster recovery exercise. It seems a particularly appropriate time in light of the harsh weather that just passed through Alabama and the deep south.
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formatted my pc drive . data once recovered but image not as once before formatted.

Posted November 21, 2011 - 4:12 pm

i want my complete data back as was before formatted. wats any software in market to make images as before formated. and complete data back.? help
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Have you ever lost data to a server crash? How did it affect your backup strategy?

Posted July 12, 2011 - 4:24 pm

Have you ever experienced a server crash that resulted in lost data? How did your backups fail? What changes did you make in terms of tools, strategy, and activities to prevent this from happening again?
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Disaster RecoveryWhite Papers & Webcasts

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IDC Vendor Spotlight

Your company needs backup and recovery that supports a tiered-recovery model. This IDC Vendor Spotlight examines the modern forces driving the advancements in today's data protection technologies, and a complete backup and recovery solution that works across physical, virtual and cloud environments.

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VMware Backup: 5 Misperceptions of Agentless Backup

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Bit9 Parity Outperforms McAfee and Symantec

Tolly Group conducted a review of APT attacks that were blocked and not blocked by vendors. Download the full report to see how the test was conducted and see how in all five tests, Bit9's proactive, trust-based security solution blocked the attack and protected the system on both laptops and servers.

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