Category: Disaster Recovery
Rise in Global Disasters Means Rise in Data Backup Solutions
On November 18, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report, Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters, claiming that scientists are “virtually certain” the world will have more extreme heat spells. By 2050, heat waves could be in the range of 5 degrees hotter, and 9 degrees by 2100. This increase in global temperatures means that heavy rainfall will occur more often, and tropical cyclones will …
The London Riots: Being Prepared for the Unpredictable
The London Riot clean up is underway. Many businesses however will have experienced detrimental affects to their IT infrastructures. It is essential that your business is prepared for the unpredictable. During turbulent times it is vital to have a reliable Data Backup and Recovery protocol in place. Here are some criteria that Backup Technology have put together as a checklist to help businesses ensure their data is protected. > Automated …
Asia Unprepared For Disaster: Symantec reveal SMBs in Asia have no DR
Studies have indicated that SMBs (small and medium sized businesses) in the Asia-Pacific region are simply not prepared enough to deal with IT disasters, as only 48% of companies have Disaster Recovery procedures in place. Symantec found that 12% of Asia Pacific SMBs had no form of DR plan whatsoever and 44% of these did not consider computer systems critical to their business. A further 28% stated that disaster preparedness …
Data Backup – Its more about recovery
A recent article published by the Register from Marcus Schneider, board member from Storage Network Industry Association, makes a very interesting point: data backup revolves more around recovery than it actually revolves around backup! The article details that data protection is about making data available when it is required and the version of the data required should be available to restore. This broken down into five key phases: Detection: When …
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Disk Based Enterprise Backup and Recovery
For the first time, the Gartner Magic Quadrant on Enterprise Backup and Recovery features Cloud Backup vendors alongside traditional tape based offerings. Cloud Backup vendors were also presented with further good news, when Gartner anticipated that at least 30% of organizations will have changed backup vendors due to frustration over cost, complexity and/or capability and by 2014, 80% of the market will choose advanced, disk-based appliances and backup software-only solutions. …
Disaster Recovery in SMB’s
The latest research conducted by Symantec has revealed that the majority of SMBs have no Disaster Recovery plan in place. This survey involved over 1,288 businesses worldwide each containing between 5 and 1,000 employees. Over 50% of companies surveyed have no disaster plan in place and 23% of companies don’t even conduct backups on a weekly basis. This is despite 65% of these companies operating within areas susceptible to natural …
Natwest and RBS customers experience overcharging
It is everyone’s worse nightmare when it comes to banking – fraud and identity theft. Something I thought I had experienced first hand this morning on checking my account online. Upon querying a transaction where I had been over charged by £200.00, NatWest, part of the RBS group told me this wasn’t fraud but to ring 0845 366 0391 for more information. An automated message stated, “We are currently experiencing …
Stress of data loss measured
A study into the stress which can be caused as the result of data loss has been carried out by LG Electronics in the UK. More than 2000 people were questioned as part of the research, which attempts to gauge stress levels which result from data loss incidents. Significantly, it was discovered that there is a difference in response depending on whether the subject is male or female. Eighteen per …
Disaster Recovery is lacking in Virtualised Environments
Organisations utilising virtualisation seem to be placing themselves at greater risk of substantial data loss even though the virtual technology they are deploying improves efficiencies and reduces the cost of disaster recovery. A recent survey conducted by Applied Research, on the state of backup and recovery capabilities in virtual environments, showed that nearly half of enterprise data stored on virtual platforms is rarely backed up and that over 60 percent …
Backup Technology and Terian Solutions Merge
Leeds, UK and Houston, TX, Thursday 9th December 2010 Backup Technology Limited and Terian Solutions LLC announced today at the Gartner Data Centre Conference Las Vegas, the completion of a merger to create the world’s largest managed Online Backup and Disaster Recovery specialist The combined entity will retain the Backup Technology name and brand to build on its existing international presence. The partnership means that Backup Technology now protect over …
