Despite over half of companies wanting to retain control of their IT disaster recovery in-house, a lack of frequent testing is putting these businesses more at risk of IT downtime than companies which ...

A friend of mine had the most comprehensive family emergency plan I had ever seen. I’m talking about phone trees, pet plans, and ladders that fit into the sills of the upper level windows. A ...

Nasdaq CIO Steve Randich last week spoke with Computerworld about the recent disaster recovery tests that the stock exchange ran with more than 50 of its member companies. Were the tests you ran ...

Every business has faced—or will face—disruptions that challenge its survival. It could be a ransomware attack paralyzing operations, a natural disaster wiping ...

In today's digital world, data is the lifeblood of businesses. Losing it can lead to significant financial losses, operational disruptions, and damage to a company's reputation. To safeguard against ...

The University of Reading’s IT team plans to “pull the plug” on its Nutanix-based infrastructure to test disaster recovery (DR) readiness after a move to the supplier’s NC2 cloud services. That’s ...

The day after Hurricane Katrina rampaged through the Gulf Coast last August, Neal Hennegan, director of technology at Gilsbar Inc. in Covington, La., spent three hours walking a half mile up a ...

3. Almost 50% of people are still using untested recovery systems. Perhaps the most surprising statistics is that over 50% of people never test their disaster recovery solution. 28% of people test at ...