2009, 2021

Decoding different types of business interruption insurance

Staff Writer/ September 20, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesBusiness interruption insurance can be difficult to navigate because not all policies are the same. Here’s what to examine when exploring insurance options. By John Edwards An often-overlooked aspect of business continuity and disaster recovery planning is the financial burden of unforeseen downtime. Most business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) administrators are aware that business interruption insurance is available to

1509, 2021

Establish a business continuity team to get the full picture

Staff Writer/ September 15, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, business continuity plan (BCP), Business continuity planning, Covid-19 Global Responses, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT Management, Small business disaster recovery

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBusiness continuity teams provide insight and focus that can keep an organization on its feet when disaster strikes. Don’t rely on a disaster recovery team to reduce downtime. By Alan R. Earls Business continuity and disaster recovery are grouped together by many organizations, but the teams in charge of these operations serve different purposes. Along with a disaster recovery team,

0208, 2021

An expert’s explanation of the 7 tiers of disaster recovery.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ August 2, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesOrganizations have used disaster recovery tiers to define the DR process for years. These key tiers can serve as a backbone to a comprehensive disaster recovery plan. By Paul Kirvan Disaster recovery focuses on the protection and restoration of IT system functions and network services, and it dates back to the 1970s. Its roots are in mainframe computing systems, and

2707, 2021

Planning for the cost of unplanned downtime: some handy tips.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ July 27, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesUnplanned downtime can lead to serious consequences, including reputational harm, revenue loss and extra IT costs. Use these tips to plan for the unexpected. By John Edwards Downtime is costly for any organization. Just how costly depends on many factors, including how long the downtime lasts, when it occurs, and, perhaps most importantly, whether the downtime was planned or unplanned.

2906, 2021

Understanding cloud abstraction for your IT needs.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 29, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Managing cloud infrastructure, Microsoft Hyper-V and Virtual Server, Virtual desktop infrastructure and architecture

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesCloud users must select a cloud abstraction layer that meets their business requirements. Consider factors such as level of control and security when choosing SaaS, PaaS or IaaS. By Stephen J. Bigelow Public clouds provide an array of services and capabilities intended to support computing as a utility. But not all cloud services are the same. Cloud users can implement

1805, 2021

The different tiers of disaster recovery and their explanations.

T-Blog Editor/ May 18, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Technical Explanations, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

1705, 2021

How to prevent 5 common mistakes made when backing up VMs.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 17, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Microsoft Hyper-V and Virtual Server, Timeless Articles, Timeless Tips, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!, VMware ESX and ESXi administration, VMware products

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesCreating backups in virtual environments has its own challenges. Avoid some of the typical errors involving snapshots, quiescing and scheduling, and generate solid VM backups. By Eric Siebert In order to achieve the most efficient virtual machine backups possible, always make sure your backup application takes advantage of the many benefits provided by the virtualization architecture. The process of backing up

2004, 2021

What does high availability (HA) mean?-a tech definition

Tekmart Data Center Team/ April 20, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesHigh availability (HA) is the ability of a system to operate continuously without failing for a designated period of time. HA works to ensure a system meets an agreed-upon operational performance level. In information technology (IT), a widely held but difficult-to-achieve standard of availability is known as five-nines availability, which means the system or product is available 99.999% of the time. ByBen Lutkevich

1704, 2021

What is SMART and how to use it to predict HDD or SSD failure.

Staff Writer/ April 17, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data backup security, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Partner Content, Small business disaster recovery, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Tekmart Partner Content, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesSMART is a system that monitors the internal information of your drive. Its clever name is actually an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. SMART, also written as S.M.A.R.T., is a technology found inside HDDs and SSDs. It is independent of your operating system, BIOS, or other software. Original Tutorial (Edited) By Codrut Neagu A lot of us have experienced a hard

0302, 2021

Optimize a BCDR strategy for 2021 and beyond

Staff Writer/ February 3, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCOVID-19 has changed the way many organizations view BCDR. Along with an increased interest in resilience, a pandemic-proof BCDR plan is likely top of mind for 2021. By Paul Kirvan In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, business continuity and disaster recovery planning and technology have evolved — a trend that will continue through 2021. With nearly a year of adapting