disaster recovery - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Fears over DR shortcomings at Queensland hospitals

  Three out of a group of four health services whose disaster recovery preparations have been assessed by the Queensland Audit Office have only basic DR measures in place.

• Failover failure: ASX completes post-mortem on trading system outage

  The ASX has completed an analysis of the events that led to the temporary shut-down of its equities trading system on the morning of 19 September followed by an early market close.

• Queensland auditor issues disaster recovery warning

  Queensland government departments should boost their disaster preparedness, according to a report released today by the state's auditor-general.

• NSW regional councils extend VMware deal

  Forty regional NSW councils, led by Queanbeyan City Council, have extended their contracts with VMware as part of a multi-council deal.

• IT disaster recovery during Cyclone Lam

  Cyclone Lam struck the Northern Territory in February causing millions of dollars in damage. The 230 kilometre-per-hour gusts also threatened to destroy emergency communications systems.

• 7 ways to save money with hybrid cloud backup

  <em>This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.</em>

• Some data center operators take their chances with floods

  Even most of those hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy are hardening their facilities instead of moving them entirely. In the storm-prone South, however, it's a different story.

• Tornadoes and data centers are OK in Oklahoma

  If the question about tornadoes comes up at his Oklahoma City data center, as it sometimes does, Todd Currie, vice president of operations and general manager at Perimeter Technology, has answers. He even has cutout sample of his roof to show how it is built.

• 'Black swan' predictions for 2013 include solar storm

  If you are making a list of tech predictions for next year, as this story does, it may be a good idea to put the solar maximum on this list. The next one is expected in 2013, says NASA.

• Hurricane Sandy leaves wounded servers in its wake

  Data recovery experts have been kept busy in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which left a slew of data centers underwater, damaging equipment and threatening a significant loss of business-critical data.

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