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Disaster Recovery Planning: Getting Started

As organizations face the imminent threat of an IT service outage or cyberattack, they often fail to step back and understand how well they've planned to deal with the crisis. According to recent research, we know that: Perhaps the most regrettable part of it all? Almost half (45%) of these organizations already acknowledge the inadequacy of their disaster recovery capabilities.
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The Role of Data Recovery in Cyber Resilience

Data Recovery is the key to achieving an effective cyber resilience strategy in the event of a cyber-attack to resume business operational resiliency. It empowers businesses to quickly recover their critical data, minimise downtime, and prevent against potential threats. Data recovery planning is crucial for business continuity, allowing organisations to seamlessly recover data and minimise the impact of an incident.

OpenShift Disaster Recovery: Ensuring Business Continuity

What happens if your critical OpenShift applications suddenly crash due to a major system failure or cyber attack? How fast could you bounce back and get things running again? Having a solid OpenShift disaster recovery plan isn’t just a nice-to-have — it’s essential for keeping your business going when the unexpected hits. This guide walks you through the key elements of building a strong disaster recovery setup for your OpenShift environment.

Microsoft Word's recent glitch deleted documents when saving them

Have your users spent hours working on a document in Microsoft Word, only to have it disappear when they try to save it? A recent bug in Microsoft Word, highlighted by Bleeping Computer, caused Word documents to be deleted instead of saved, leaving users frustrated. For IT administrators, it is vital to address these issues and educate users within the organization about best practices to reduce data loss and ensure business continuity.

High Availability vs. Disaster Recovery: Key Differences

Protecting your business-critical data and applications requires understanding two essential strategies: high availability and disaster recovery. While both aim to keep systems operational, they serve distinct purposes and operate on different timelines. This article explains these key differences, provides implementation best practices, and showcases advanced solutions that combine these crucial strategies.

Why the disaster recovery strategy my company has always used may not be enough.

Is my organization’s disaster recovery strategy ready for today’s uncertain cyber landscape? Your company has determined the recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) for all systems. You have also implemented solutions to achieve these goals. Your organization routinely performs successful Disaster Recovery (DR) tests meeting your established expectations and objectives.

What is Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR)?

Running a business is no easy feat, and it's made that much harder by the threat of natural disasters, data breaches, or cyberattacks that can happen at any given moment. Such cases can lead to delayed business operations, financial or legal problems, or even business shutting down. So, how can businesses prepare for the worst? The answer lies in implementing a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) plan.

Opti9's AWS Disaster Recovery: Your Path to Unmatched Cloud Resilience

Businesses today rely heavily on the cloud infrastructure provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to drive innovation, enhance scalability, and streamline operations. However, with this reliance comes the imperative need to safeguard against potential disruptions that compromise business continuity and an organization’s reputation. This is where Disaster Recovery (DR) steps in as a critical component of any organization’s AWS strategy.