http://www.simplycontinuous.net/blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:26:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today is a big day for us. Data Domain announced this morning that Simply Continuous was selected as one of their new service provider partners. I feel like Sally Field at the 1985 Oscars. "You like me, you really like me!" So why is the announcement so important? It means that ... http://www.simplycontinuous.net/blog/28/it%e2%80%99s-official-we%e2%80%99re-partners/ Do you subscribe to TechRepublic newsletters?  Well I do and I noticed a section where TechRepublic listed “disaster recovery template” as one of their top searches.  Curious, I popped over to their website to find out what the results were.  One of the most important steps a company can take ... http://www.simplycontinuous.net/blog/27/introducing-the-essential-disaster-recovery-template/ I’ve heard some interesting stories from customers and sales reps about where companies store their backup data.  One IT Director took the weekly backup data home with him each weekend.  And then one day, while he was on vacation in Mexico, there was an outage at work and there was ... http://www.simplycontinuous.net/blog/25/location-location-location/ I received an email from a co-worker yesterday and thought I’d share it with you.   Subject Line: Another reason not to use truck-based vaulting services!  Besides the fact that truck-based vaulting is going to get very, very expensive because of rising fuel costs… losing tapes seems to be an increasing ... http://www.simplycontinuous.net/blog/24/backup-basics-%e2%80%93-encrypt-your-data/ In a TechRepublic article, author Rick Vanover provides a quick disaster recovery wish list.  I could just hear the legions of IT managers saying their “Amens and Halleluja’s” when reading Rick’s list.  There are 2 items that especially rang true to me.  Item number 3, “Everything starts with DR in ... http://www.simplycontinuous.net/blog/23/10-items-for-your-disaster-recovery-wish-list/ I’m excited to announce that we launched our Simply Continuous Channel Partner Program today.  This is an important step in delivering our IT disaster recovery services to customers so that they are fully prepared to resume and keep their businesses running during times of unplanned outages and crises.  The new channel ... http://www.simplycontinuous.net/blog/22/simply-continuous-launches-channel-partner-program/ I live in the San Francisco Bay Area - home to expensive gas, long commutes, and rising bridge tolls.  I’m lucky. I commute to work by the Transbay bus system and telecommute from home one day a week.  But many other workers have no other option but to commute by ... http://www.simplycontinuous.net/blog/21/rise-in-remote-workers-can-help-kick-start-or-markedly-improve-your-disaster-recovery-position/ In a recent ComputerWorld article, Forrester analyst Stephanie Balarous said “IT managers must still do a better job at convincing business leaders to invest in disaster recovery systems.”  She provided some great tips to build a solid business case and we’ve come up with a few of our own.   Stephanie’s Tips “Consider ... http://www.simplycontinuous.net/blog/20/the-business-case-for-disaster-recovery/ I just finished watching a presentation by Alessandro Perilli at SYS-CON’s Virtualization Conference and Expo 2007 East.  It’s packed with useful info like the 9 challenges of virtualization and virtualization emerging trends.  I was especially interested hearing what Alessandro had to say about emerging trends which is at the end ... http://www.simplycontinuous.net/blog/19/virtualization-state-of-the-union-by-alessandro-perilli/ If you’re like most IT executives who are relying on tape backup as the crux of your disaster recovery strategy, you may agree, it’s not much of a strategy at all.  And perhaps you are left wondering late at night, “How are we going to keep the email up and ... http://www.simplycontinuous.net/blog/17/gtds-david-allen-and-disaster-recovery-planning/