Microsoft Exchange server downtime costs companies millions of dollars a year. Technically savvy IT organizations are therefore working to eliminate or lessen the impact of both planned and unplanned ...

This data center has had problems with its database servers for most of a decade, reports a pilot fish on the inside. “A few years ago, one of the cluster servers failed completely, so the disaster ...

One configures SQL Server for high availability (HA) in anticipation of some event that will cause a critical application to go offline unexpectedly—a software glitch that causes an app to freeze or a ...

As companies continue shifting mission-critical systems to the cloud, they’re discovering that 24/7/365 reliability isn’t a given. Even brief outages can interrupt sales, slow internal workflows and ...

No organization is immune to disaster, whether it's ransomware, cloud outages or unexpected system failures. That's why having a solid disaster recovery plan is critical -- especially for Microsoft ...

Oracle Corp. and Google LLC’s cloud unit today announced an expanded partnership with broader regional coverage, additional services aimed at disaster recovery and a low-cost entry offering for ...

In today’s hyperconnected digital economy, uptime is critical, and while downtime is inconvenient, it also poses a threat to reputation, revenue, and customer trust. Enterprises are expected to ...

Randy Barrett is a freelance writer and editor based in Washington, D.C. A large part of his portfolio career includes teaching banjo and fiddle as well as performing professionally. When disaster ...

One of the fundamental challenges in managing an e-mail system is making sure that e-mail continues to be accessible during big disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes – but also during ...

This article explores the purpose and scope of DRPs, BCPs, and IRPs, their differences, and how they complement each other. It also provides actionable insight into the role in-house counsel can play ...