3 Real-world Disaster Recovery Scenarios
When a midsize manufacturing company got hit with a ransomware attack, the IT Director had the unenviable task of breaking the news to the CEO. The firm’s ERP database had been compromised, and a well-organized group of hackers was demanding tens of thousands of dollars to release the data. Manufacturing operations were heavily reliant on […]
Using the Cloud to Protect Mission-Critical Workloads
Cloud computing offers a wide range of new use cases for IBM shops. Following the dramatic increase in remote work following the COVID-19 pandemic, the shift toward IBM i in the cloud has gained momentum. In addition to the inherent flexibility that a cloud solution has to offer, this has opened up a host of […]
Don’t Just Back Up Data. Do It with High Availability in Mind
Do you back up your data with high availability in mind? Or do you just back it up to back it up? A backup strategy that doesn’t lead to high availability falls short of its full potential. By now, most people know that they should back up data. More than half of them have backup […]
Data Availability 101: What Data Availability Means and How to Achieve It
What would happen if your business lost access to its mission-critical data? When required data is unavailable, IT operations effectively grind to a halt. LogicMonitor’s 2019 Outage Impact Study showed that companies with frequent outages experience costs that are 16 times higher than firms with infrequent outages. Even more important than the direct financial cost […]
Data Backup vs. Disaster Recovery: Yes, There’s a Big Difference
You back up your data. You’re prepared to handle the next big disaster, right? Wrong. Disaster recovery requires much more than data backup. The difference between data backup and disaster recovery Let me begin this discussion with a personal revelation. I don’t have a disaster recovery plan for my personal data. I do back virtually […]
Big Data Disaster Recovery Preparation Tips
Preparing to recover big data workloads after an unexpected disaster requires more than just having data backups on hand. This article explains how to build an effective big data disaster recovery strategy. Disaster recovery is the process of restoring normal operations after an unexpected event destroys part or all of your IT infrastructure. All organizations […]
Building a Mainframe Disaster Recovery Strategy
Your mainframe may not be at the forefront of your mind when you’re planning for disaster recovery. But it should be because getting your mainframe back up and running quickly is essential for maintaining business continuity following a disaster. When it comes to disaster recovery preparation, mainframes present some unique challenges. For one, it’s not […]
The Latest in High Availability Solutions With Assure MIMIX
This has been a turbulent year for IT professionals working in all industries. Resilience has routinely made the headlines as technology-related disasters have impacted scores of organizations. One formidable adversary of IT resilience is Mother Nature. Disruptive natural disasters this year, such as the Kilauea volcano erupting on the big island of Hawaii, hurricanes Irma, […]