Disaster recovery
Data recovery is not a new idea. In recent years, data has become a vitally important corporate asset essential to business continuity. The ability to recover crucial data quickly after a disaster is a fundamental requirement of economic viability. Have the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. changed the way we will do business in the future? On this page, we explore the concept and techniques of business continuity planning as well as examine how present systems functioned on Sept. 11, 2001. We also try to analyze how this particular disaster may change the way the way we do business.
Tutorials, glossaries and major resources
Disaster recovery audio primer
An introductory presentation.
Network World.
The Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership Virtual Forum
A voluntary association of organizations and individuals seeking to enhance their
effectiveness in coping with disasters and emergency situations.
Emforum.org.
Disaster recovery glossary
Disaster Recovery Journal.
Business Recovery Over Wide Area Networks: Are You Ready?
Article discusses reasons for disaster recovery plans as well as tools available to assist. Free online registration required.
Webtorials.com.
Back up and recovery guide
Strategy guides, how-tos, services, configuration help and more. Some topics more suited to corporate IT, others to personal PC users.
About.com.
History of disaster recovery as well as state of the industry
Disaster Recovery Journal.
Business continuity for Internet-based systems
White paper discussing the five key elements of reliability, synchronization, failover, recovery and testing.
Baymountain.com.
The aftermath: Disaster recovery and planning for the future
Gartner Group provides extensive information about disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
Gartner.com.
Changing the way we do business
Lessons on disaster recovery
Some lessons learned in the wake of Sept. 11th.
Network World, 11/05/01.
IT execs rethinking disaster
recovery
Budgeting and planning to protect resources was a hot topic at Gartner ITE.
Network World, 10/15/01.
Videoconferencing can reduce business travel.
Network World, 09/24/01.
Disaster recovery: Are you ready?
A post terrorist-attack call to preparedness.
Network World, 09/24/01.
Documentation is key
Documentation needs to include the logical and physical configuration of all the servers, network routers, switches and individual desktop configurations.
Network World on Servers newsletter, 09/26/01.
Disaster recovery
Main ingredients of a comprehensive disaster recovery plan.
Network World on Network/Systems Management newsletter.
09/26/01.
Discusses the advisability of having a hot site backup.
Network World, 09/17/01.
Risk dictates strength of
corporate security
Check out the products and services that ensure the protection of corporate
resources.
Network World, 10/08/01.
Terrorist threat shifts priorities in online rights debate
CNET, 9/17/01.
Getting back to business
Wireless technologies, IP telephony play key roles in recovery efforts.
Network World, 09/24/01.
Telcos continue to work overtime on systems
Network World, 09/24/01.
The day the Internet grew up
The Internet proves an acceptable means of communication during a crisis.
Gartner.com.
Emergency service in a
best-effort world
Network World, 10/08/01.
Getting back to business
Wireless technologies, IP telephony play key roles in recovery efforts.
Network World, 09/24/01.
The 'brighter' side of war
The War on Terrorism may change the future of telecom.
Network World, 09/24/01.
U.S. government mulls Internet of its own
The current administration has proposed a new network be created to communicate critical government information.
CNET.com, 10/10/01.
Continuity planning and data replication
Businesses start the recovery process
Companies are slowly beginning to put their businesses back together in the wake of
the terrorist attacks, relying on services provided by disaster recovery companies.
Network World Fusion, 09/12/01.
Comdisco continuity services
Offers a number of recovery and continuous availability IT services.
Comdisco.com.
Oracle releases disaster recovery software
Data Guarda software to facilitate back up and preservation of data in the event of system failure, human error or natural disaster.
IDG News Service, 03/07/01.
Aelita offers tool for backup,
recovery of Active Directory
ERDisk is a specialized version of Aelita's data recovery software that focuses on Microsoft's Active Directory.
Network World Fusion, 05/31/01.
Another tool for backing up Web server content.
Network World on Web Applications newsletter, 07/11/01.
Business continuity: New risks, new imperatives and a new approach
Deals with the necessity of continuous operation in a distributed network.
IBM.com.
Content delivery networks carry the heavy load
News sites credit Akamai, others with keeping sites available after Sept. 11 tragedy.
Network World, 09/24/01.
Reporting and information dissemination come to the fore in e-commerce
Content delivery sites are a frequently used aid.
Infoworld, 11/24/00.
Webtechniques.com.
Will content delivery networks lead enterprises down a rabbit hole?
Business Communications Review, 10/00.
Business will never be the same, Gartner says
Analyst stresses that the new realm of heightened terrorism and war requires businesses reassess disaster plans.
IDG News Service, 09/12/01.
Protecting a net in a time of
terrorism
Security precautions need to be raised in light of larger cyberattack threat.
Network World, 09/24/01.
Disaster recovery plans and systems are essential
Gartner states more terrorist attacks are probable.
Gartner Group, 9/12/01.
Gartner: What companies should do now
In the wake of the terrorist attacks, companies that do not have disaster recovery plans in place should certainly plan now, according to Gartner Group.
IDG News Service, 09/17/01.
Remote access as panacea
When the towers fell
The distributed workplace as a future solution.
Net.Worker, 09/17/01.
Decentralization and establishment of remote offices will follow terrorist attacks
International Telework Association and Council (ITAC) opinion is expressed in paragraph three.
ITAC.
Do You Know Where Your Electrons Are?
With the proliferation of home offices, reliability is not just a business office issue any more.
Onlinenvironments.com.
Securing a small office/Home office LAN
Discusses security risks of dial-up, ADSL, and cable modem connections, as well as ways to reduce the risks. Requires free online registration.
Webtorials.com.
Auditing and Security: AS/400, NT, UNIX, Networks, and Disaster Recovery Plans
Yusufali F. Musaji
John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
$85.
Backup and Restore Practices for the Enterprise
Stan Stringfellow, Miroslav Klivansky, Michael Barton
Prentice Hall PTR, 2001.
$34.
Disaster Recovery Planning: Strategies for Protecting Critical Information Assets
Jon William Toigo, Margaret Romano Toigo (Illustrator)
Prentice Hall PTR, 1999.
$49.
Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages/2001 Edition
Steven Lewis
The Systems Audit Group, Inc, 2001.
$101.
Go.Recover-Ebiz : Disaster Recovery Planning for E-business Web Site Computer Operations (CD)
Jan Persson
Rothstein Associates, 2000.
$300.
Go.Recover-Euc : Disaster Recovery Planning for End-User Computing Systems
Jan Persson
Rothstein Associates, 2000.
$100.
Go.Recover-Mid: Disaster Recovery Planning for Mid-Range, Client-Server and Remote Computer Centers
Jan Persson
Rothstein Associates, 2000.
$205.
How To Prepare Critical Business Process Contingency and …
Continegncy Planing, Recovery Institute Staff, J. Kuong
Management Advisory Publications, 2000.
$300.
Incident Response
Kenneth R. Van Wyk, Richard Forno
O'Reilly & Associates, 2001.
$24.46
OCP: Oracle8i DBA Architecture & Administration and Backup & Recovery Study Guide
Doug Stuns, Biju Thomas
Sybex, 2000.
$34.99
Oracle8i Backup & Recovery
Rama Velpuri, Anand Adkoli, George Wil
McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, 2000.
$41.99
A Primer for Disaster Recovery Planning in an IT Environment
Charlotte J. Hiatt
Idea Group Publishing. 1999.
$64.95
Mark Chaffin, Brian Knight, Todd Robinson
Wrox Press Inc, 2000.
$34.99
SQL Server 2000 Backup & Recovery (Database Professional Library)
Anil Desai
McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, 2000.
$13.50
UNIX Backup and Recovery
W. Curtis Preston, Gigi Estabrook
O'Reilly & Associates, 1999.
$27.96
Survive
A worldwide membership group for business continuity management professionals.
Survive.com.
Federal government approved $5 million for security research
Although allocated in 2000 and not directed related to the terrorist attacks, money for telecommunications security was recently assigned by the Critical Infrastructure Protection Grants Program, which funds research on ways to prevent cyberattack on the nation's most essential networks, such as the electrical grid and the air traffic control system.
National Institute of Standards in Technology (NIST).
U.S. Department of Commerce.
A self test to evaluate the reliability of your critical connection to your customers.
Onlinenvironments.com.
World Trade Center Disaster, Risk Management Society (RMS) Report
9/18/01.
International Disaster Recovery Association
A group comprised of those having a special interest in the voice, data, image and sensory telecommunications aspects of Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) and provides educational presentations and conferences.
Bush names computer security adviser
CNET.com, 10/9/01.
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