Disaster Recovery 100 Success Secrets - IT Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery planning and Services. Gerard Blokdijk

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      Innovation of a AS/400 Disaster Recovery

      System

      Synergistics has now provided businesses with a credible option for disaster recoveryNthe AS/400 disaster recovery system.

      The AS/400 disaster recovery system has been designed to creatively as well as innovatively provide disaster recovery solutions for middle income market. Its service agreement provides flexible terms of payments which can surely suit the budget of midrange sized businesses.

      The AS/400 disaster recovery system makes use of the

      LPAR technology developed by IBM. In addition, the engineers behind Synergistic designed custom-fit solutions to easily adjust depending on the specific needs of the client. The system also boasts of four key points which make it a stand-out when it comes to disaster recovery. AS/400 provides recovery for hot sites, replication of data for proprietary solutions, as well as instant replication of data to be used as leverage for software.

      In addition to all its detailed processes and cost-effective systems, the AS/400 disaster recovery system also provides its clients with their own team of technical engineers. These engineers are always ready and accessible when it comes to troubleshooting concerns. There are also online updates and full access granted to its clients so they can always be kept updated with new innovations regarding the AS/400 disaster recovery system.

      And to top it all off, AS/400 also boasts of a unique disaster recovery feature which allows clients to actually choose which type of disaster would they want to declare. This way, specialization of the recovery process is made possible and easily available through the AS/400 disaster recovery system.

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      Bank Disaster Recovery Planning

      Goes Beyond the Usual

      Banks are among the earliest industries to adapt the features brought about by the birth of information technology. Banks were among the frontline runners who jumped right into whatever information technology promises to offer

      And as catastrophes are inevitable and unpredictable, bank disaster recovery planning are highly focused on by the said industry.

      After all, it is money and hard-earned cash which are at stake in these institutions, from individuals alone up to big shot corporations.

      It seems that even the government has seen how sensitive banks can be and how vulnerable they can become amidst the face of emergency. Hence, the federal government mandated in 1983

      that banks disaster recovery planning must be implemented and maintained in each and every financial industry.

      When it comes to bank disaster recovery planning, the proactive approach is of high value. Planning is definitely on the critical side. The primary objective of bank disaster recovery planning is not to salvage anything from the emergency situation but rather, to actually prevent any unwanted emergencies from hampering operations. This also brought about by the fact that when calamities occur, banks become a hot spot for people who are hit with panic and with an immediate need to check on their resources.

      In addition, a bank disaster recovery planning puts all people first out of danger. The customers and employees are both very important to save. Without customers, there will be no more business for these banks and without their valued employees, operations will likewise become paralyzed.

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      And of course, recovery of data center is not only limited within the confines of the particular branch or department. The whole bankOs corporation takes part in the recovery process.

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      The Disaster Recovery Journal - Providing

      Solutions to Ensure Business

      Continuity

      Do you have any questions on how you can implement

      business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) solutions to your organization? The answers are just within your reach because there are a lot of sites that offer suggestions and provide updates as far as BC/DR matters are concerned. Aside from consulting an expert when it comes to BC/DR processes, these web sites are jampacked with tons of information that you can apply to your own business.

      One of these web sites is the disaster recovery journal. This site offers comprehensive discussions about the latest trends about BC/DR processes and how to successfully put these solutions into practice. The Disaster Recovery Journal is actually a magazine that it has about 60,000 subscribers to date with more than a 100 pages in size.

      The Disaster Recovery Journal is the first publication that is solely focused on disaster recovery and business continuity.

      Founded in 1987, its first issue contains 22 pages and was only distributed to about 3,000 readers. The man behind the journal is Richard L. Arnold, who is still acts as the president of the Disaster Recovery Journal. He also happens to be a co-founder of a nonprofit organization named Disaster Recovery Institute in 1989. This institution offers certification and awareness of the importance of disaster recovery in the business industry today.

      To gain more knowledge and learn the different best practices in the field of disaster recovery and business continuity, the Disaster Recovery Journal also sponsors two conferences held

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      annually since September 1989. With over 3,000 disaster recovery professionals who participated, this only goes to show how critical disaster recovery is to the business.

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      Establishing Backup Disaster Recovery

      Sites for Business Continuity

      Why do you think that printers, photocopying machines,

      scanners, diskettes, CDs and DVDs were developed in this day and age? All of these have only one thing in common D backup. Producing a backup copy is vital, either soft or hard, that you still can access or read the information you need if in case the original copy is stolen, lost or got damaged. This concept is the same when dealing large volumes of information that are kept on database servers.

      There is no such perfect system in this world that even high powered machines are still susceptible to change and may lead to malfunction over time. Plus, also take note of unexpected disasters that may happen. Examples would be fire, floods and earthquakes to name a few. Human errors may also occur, though this may seem most unlikely to happen since proper training can always be given to the users of the system. Another human-imposed activity would be hacking and other nuisance that can cause too much trouble. When worse comes to worst that when such unfortunate events arise and everything is lost and may seem to be unrecoverable, there is only one thing that you can cling on. This would be your database backup server.

      But then again, a good thing to point though is that the database backup server should be kept on another site or location.

      This could be outside building premises or perimeters or it could also be inside the business facility but is kept on a more secure room or building. This is to ensure the safety of valuable information that would lead to business continuity as well.

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      Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

      D Roles Intertwined

      Business continuity relies on disaster recovery. In difficult and inevitable times when business continuity is at stake due to hindrances and threats by internal and external forces, a wellplanned disaster recovery process is the answer. Such incidents happen commonly on computer systems as the demand to supply IT solutions to most business operations has been apparent over the past several years.

      Though there is a high level of reliability compared to using the good old manual way of doing things, still there is a need to have business