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Author Archives: Kit Merker
5 Disaster Preparedness Resolutions
You might think that new year’s resolutions are made to be broken. Whether it’s to exercise more, chew fingernails less, or other clichés, they are hard to follow through on. Witness the packed gym in January that becomes empty before March. … Continue reading
Posted in Business Continuity, Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Downtime, Technology, Uptime
Tagged Availability, Crisis Management, Data Loss, IT, Risk
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Thursday Link Day
12 boneheaded PR mistakes. Be ready for crisis, don’t erase negative comments. Some great data loss disaster stories. With miraculous recoveries. CNN suggestions on preparing for technology disasters. But cloud is no silver bullet. Infographic on datacenters and downtime. Big … Continue reading
Posted in Business Continuity, Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Downtime, Technology, Uptime
Tagged Availability, cnn, Crisis Management, datacenters, Disaster Recovery, Disasters, infographic, IT, loss disaster, Risk
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5 Stages of Grief
“It’s not rocket science.” – Some Expert “One test is worth a thousand expert opinions” – Wernher von Braun (Rocket Scientist) I am a firm believer that reducing software & IT risks is not easy, but it is imperative. It … Continue reading
Posted in Business Continuity, Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Downtime, Technology, Uptime
Tagged Availability, disaster preparedness, Internet Security, IT, Risk, stages of grief
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No Place Like Risks For the Holidays
The biggest holiday risk on your mind might be electrocution by lawn decoration or having to suffer through a eggnog induced story from your brother-in-law. However, there are a few risks to consider for your online business or website that … Continue reading
Posted in Business Continuity, Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Downtime, Technology, Uptime
Tagged Availability, Crisis Management, Holidays, IT, Risk
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Interview with PacketDrivers IT Outsourcing President Scott Hamlin
Scott Hamlin is a local business owner and IT professional that has been serving IT customers since the early 90′s. I recently had the opportunity to ask him a few questions about PacketDrivers and his views on improving software resiliency. … Continue reading
Posted in Business Continuity, Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Downtime, Technology, Uptime
Tagged Availability, Customer Satisfaction, Data Loss, Internet Security, Risk
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Plan on the Shelf
“Plans are nothing; planning is everything” – Dwight D. Eisenhower I was chatting with a couple of disaster recovery/business continuity folks yesterday over happy hour, and I listened as they talked about some of the challenges with disaster recovery planning. One … Continue reading
Posted in Business Continuity, Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Downtime, Technology, Uptime
Tagged Availability, IT, Planning, Risk, Testing
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Little Disasters Worse Than Big Disasters?
“The dose makes the poison.” – Paracelsus I had coffee with a friend who runs a small IT service company on Friday, and we were talking a bit about preparing for disasters. He’s been doing this a long time and seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Availability, Crisis Management, Disasters, IT, Risk, Scalability, Web Service
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Thursay Day Link Day | 11-17-2011
How costly is version control? Good discussion of patching, versioning, cloud advantages. Playstation downtime. If your software goes down, I hope it’s for accountants. Insider data breaches soaring. Half of UK laptops vulnerable? Data loss risks – perception vs. reality.
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Guest blog post on ClearRisk
Check it out: 3 Steps You Must Take TODAY to Reduce Your Software Risks
Posted in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Downtime, Technology, Uptime
Tagged Availability, Crisis Management, How To, Risk
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Software Shouldn’t Cry Wolf
It’s simple – if you have false alarms people will eventually ignore them. When you run a high-scale online service, it’s standard practice to have monitors & alerts watching the system so you can quickly find any problems in your system … Continue reading
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Tagged Availability, Internet Security, IT, Scalability, Software Design, Software Monitoring, Web Service
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