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,

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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

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disaster recovery (DR) test-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ April 6, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Small business disaster recovery, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA disaster recovery test (DR test) is the examination of each step in a disaster recovery plan as outlined in an organization’s business continuity/disaster recovery (BCDR) planning process. Evaluating the DR plan helps ensure that an organization can recover data, restore business critical applications and continue operations after an interruption of services. By James Alan Miller and Ed Hannan In many organizations, DR testing is

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Steps to building a pandemic business continuity plan

T-Blog Editor/ October 5, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Small business disaster recovery, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesYour business continuity plan may address some concerns that come along with a pandemic, but COVID-19 has emphasized the importance of having remote work as part of it. By Nick Cavalancia The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of connecting endpoints — and users — to the resources they need in a time of disruption. Remote working is key to

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Small business pandemic plan should cover supply chain, staff

T-Blog Editor/ October 5, 2020/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Covid-19 Global Responses, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Small business disaster recovery, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCOVID-19 has many organizations shifting gears when it comes to pandemic planning, and SMBs are no exception. For small companies, adaptability is the key to recovery. By Paul Kirvan Businesses of all sizes have been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with smaller organizations facing their own particular struggles. SMBs are often working with fewer employees, resources and customers than

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