Monthly Archives: October 2011

Trick or Link! Halloween Link Post!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

A short post today with some links. Happy Halloween! Executive Survey shows Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery are a Top Priority.   And it should be. Unhappy Droid Software Customer.  Imagaine if this was YOUR customer. No Unplanned Downtime Required for the … Continue reading →

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Musings on Recovery Oriented Computing: Part 1

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Photo by Tim Green aka atoach “a safe structure will be the one whose weakest link is never overloaded by the greatest force to which the structure is subjected” Petroski 1992 A couple years ago, I had the pleasure of … Continue reading →

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7 Components of a Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Plan

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

“The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.”  – Chinese Proverb. This is one of my favorite quotes, and I think it’s very fitting for how to think about disaster recovery preparedness and business continuity.  I … Continue reading →

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I’m in the cloud, am I still at risk?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

I had a chat with a small software business owner the other day, and we were talking about preparing for disasters.  He asked me, “Since I’ve moved to a public cloud service, I’m protected, right?”  While public clouds significantly reduce … Continue reading →

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