Sunday evening, a major thunderstorm swept across northern Ohio, leaving a surprising amount of damage in its wake. According to Fox 8, as of 9 a.m. Monday, there were over 13,000 without power in Summit County, 9,900 without power in Cuyahoga County, over 6,400 in Geauga County and over 6,300 in Medina County. Thousands could be without power until Wednesday. If …
3 Disaster Recovery Disasters to Avoid
Disaster Recovery is grossly underappreciated. Five years ago, some downtime was to be expected in any line of business. But now it’s like dial-up, customers have no patience for it. Disasters can come in many forms, from an actual, natural disaster to Phil in Accounting falling victim to a phishing scam. Regardless how they begin, how you recover is the …
4 Ways You’re Wrong About Disaster Recovery
You established your business objectives for 2017 and failed to include, for one reason or another, Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP). You might as well toss the other goals into the trash. Your failure to plan is like planning to fail. Your DRP is no longer an option, it’s a necessity. We live in a fast-paced world and it’s only getting faster. …
Prevention Is Key to Protecting Your Network from Cyber Attacks
You read about new cyber attacks every day, but how concerned should you be? It hasn’t happened yet, so you’re probably not on the criminal radar right? Wrong. According to one report, “there are 34,529 known computer incidents per day in the U.S.” That is just known incidents. There are a huge amount that go unreported. Statistics like that should incite fear in …
[Infographic] Disaster Recovery Statistics You Should Know
The importance of a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) can not be overstated. Whether your hardware fails, a storm hits, or an employee unknowingly crashes your network, you need to have a plan of action because figuring it out in the moment will lead to mistakes. Your DRP is a life boat for your business. The first stat is the scariest one – 93% …
5 Biggest Failures of Your Disaster Recovery Plan
Disasters are, by their nature, unpredictable – as are all the possible outcomes that result from them. Time is of the essence in a disaster response, and a road map to recovery is essential. You will spend a lot of time drafting a thorough Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP), but you’ll still miss important items. Here are 5 of the biggest …
5 Biggest Failures of Your Disaster Recovery Plan
Disasters are, by their nature, unpredictable – as are all the possible outcomes that result from them. Time is of the essence in disaster response, and a road map to recovery is essential. You will spend a lot of time drafting a thorough Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP), but you’ll still miss important items. Here are 5 of the biggest failures …
March Madness = Bad Bandwidth
A few years ago, during the first week of March Madness, a couple of the CTG sales guys thought they were “the bomb.” They streamed the opening round games on their iPads while they were working. ESPN even had a tab in the right top corner that read “BOSS TAB” where it would change the view back to some business …
Disaster Recovery: How to Get Your Priorities Straight and Plan for the Future.
There’s an old saying in engineering that’s known as the “Seven Ps”: Prior proper planning prevents piss poor performance. Basically, it means that if you haven’t thought out and planned for incidents before they happen, then you will be an ineffective resource manager while it happens. That’s why you have to get ahead of it. You want to put yourself …
Disaster Recovery – Not Just for Servers Anymore
Imagine this: you’re working in IT and you’re feeling great because all company data is replicated to your secondary location / Disaster Recovery (DR) site, safe and secure at an availability zone. As you start to prepare your business continuity plan for next month’s meeting with the CEO, you realize there may be a gap in how your staff actually …