Informational Update For October 25, 2012

IBM Index Reveals Key Indicators of Business Continuity Exposure and Maturity

Business continuity and resiliency are critical requirements of modern businesses, but they are not always well understood beyond departments with immediate responsibility. By asking key questions and providing a business continuity rating of mature, capable, aware or exposed, the IBM Business Continuity Index establishes a tangible focus for discussions to drive new initiatives.

Growing Demand for Enterprise-Class Remote Replication and Disaster Recovery Strategies

By Peter Quirk

Exponential data growth is nothing new to today's large enterprise data centers. For the past several years, data has grown at unprecedented rates, pushing IT managers to find new, more efficient ways to move, manage, and protect their data.

DRJ Has an Exciting New Promotion For Spring World 2013!

DRJ is offering an extra discount for a limited time only. From now until November 23, all registrants can save an additional $50. This discount will be applied in addition to the early bird registration discount of $200! Our registration costs will be at their lowest ever offered! You don't want to miss your chance to register at this low price! No coupon codes are needed. The discounts are automatically applied when you register.

Spring World 2013 is the biggest and best conference in the industry. We are loading the agenda with exciting new topics and some of the industry’s leading experts. Attendees can choose from more than 40 sessions, workshops and courses.

An early look at the agenda reveals sessions on resiliency, leadership, communications, industry standards and compliance, social media, cloud based disaster recovery and much more! Plus, this conference features our one-day Senior Advanced Track for experienced practitioners.

Spring World 2013 also features a full exhibition hall, numerous networking events and daily meals. You get more for your money at DRJ conferences! And, with our limited time discount, you can save even more!

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Forrester/DRJ Survey

The purpose of this survey is to understand the role risk management and crisis communication play in business continuity and disaster recovery as well as how BC/DR professionals interact with these other functions in their organization.

Executive Guide To Business continuity

2012 - How to Achieve True Enterprise Resiliency

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Annual Survey

2012 Software Survey

Upcoming Webinars

Postcard from the (Leading) Edge: Business Continuity in the Age of Cloud

Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 - 2:00 PM

What Are You Doing in the Cloud? Discover Three Emerging Trends That Should Drive Your Cloud-Based Solution

Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 - 2:00 PM

Informational Update For October 24, 2012

Join us Thursday, November 1, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

In today's 24x7 world, companies have found data back-ups are simply not enough. This is because the potential impact of IT outages is now greater than ever. In a recent study, IDC found over 60 percent of executives believed downtime has had a significant impact on their business performance in the last 12 months.

While the cost of downtime ranges widely. On the high end, lost revenue for a brokerage is between $6-7M per hour while outage for retail services are estimated at between 70-100K per hour. In either case the point is clear – even a few hours of downtime in business critical applications has a meaningful impact on a company's revenue growth and profitability.

Yet IT professionals today, tasked with improving disaster recovery preparedness, face significant challenges. With flat budgets, higher levels of complexity, increasingly more applications to protect and shorter recovery windows, yesterday's technologies and practices aren't going to cut it anymore.

In this webinar, you can learn about how organizations are solving these problems by leveraging advanced technologies, new services like cloud, and embracing process improvements. Insight and real world experience combine to provide an informative and practical webinar presentation. .

Monday, November 5, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

What Are You Doing in the Cloud? Discover Three Emerging Trends That Should Drive Your Cloud-Based Solution.

Everyone is moving to the cloud for backup and recovery. But to make the cloud really work for you and your organization, you need to know how to use the cloud, how to choose the cloud, and how to lose that obsolete, hard-to-use management interface.

Take a fast-paced one-hour tour through the hottest trends in cloud backup and recovery.

Join our DR experts, including cloud DR guru Janson Hoambrecker, and you can be a hero the next time your organization faces downtime.

DRJ Has an Exciting New Promotion For Spring World 2013!

DRJ is offering an extra discount for a limited time only. From now until November 23, all registrants can save an additional $50. This discount will be applied in addition to the early bird registration discount of $200! Our registration costs will be at their lowest ever offered! You don't want to miss your chance to register at this low price! No coupon codes are needed. The discounts are automatically applied when you register.

Spring World 2013 is the biggest and best conference in the industry. We are loading the agenda with exciting new topics and some of the industry’s leading experts. Attendees can choose from more than 40 sessions, workshops and courses.

An early look at the agenda reveals sessions on resiliency, leadership, communications, industry standards and compliance, social media, cloud based disaster recovery and much more! Plus, this conference features our one-day Senior Advanced Track for experienced practitioners.

Spring World 2013 also features a full exhibition hall, numerous networking events and daily meals. You get more for your money at DRJ conferences! And, with our limited time discount, you can save even more!

Quick Links

Forrester/DRJ Survey
The purpose of this survey is to understand the role risk management and crisis communication play in business continuity and disaster recovery as well as how BC/DR professionals interact with these other functions in their organization.

JOURNAL

Fall 2012 - Volume 25, Issue 4

Contents now available online!

ANNUAL SURVEY

2012 Software Survey

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Informational Update For October 18, 2012

Join us Thursday, November 1, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

In today's 24x7 world, companies have found data back-ups are simply not enough. This is because the potential impact of IT outages is now greater than ever. In a recent study, IDC found over 60 percent of executives believed downtime has had a significant impact on their business performance in the last 12 months.

While the cost of downtime ranges widely. On the high end, lost revenue for a brokerage is between $6-7M per hour while outage for retail services are estimated at between 70-100K per hour. In either case the point is clear – even a few hours of downtime in business critical applications has a meaningful impact on a company's revenue growth and profitability.

Yet IT professionals today, tasked with improving disaster recovery preparedness, face significant challenges. With flat budgets, higher levels of complexity, increasingly more applications to protect and shorter recovery windows, yesterday's technologies and practices aren't going to cut it anymore.

In this webinar, you can learn about how organizations are solving these problems by leveraging advanced technologies, new services like cloud, and embracing process improvements. Insight and real world experience combine to provide an informative and practical webinar presentation. .

Disaster Recovery as a Service Becomes a Reality for Mid-sized Businesses

By Alex Foster, Product Manager, Windstream

It is not uncommon to think that mid-sized businesses are left in the dust when it comes to having access to the latest and greatest technologies and services. But that is an outdated belief, and a harmful stereotype that doesn’t do much to encourage technology advancements in businesses outside of the enterprise.

Budgets may be miniscule compared to those of larger organizations, but as technologies advance and become more accessible, the cost of implementation decreases. Case in point: look at VoIP phones, mobile devices, Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions, and other advanced computer hardware that levels the playing field between small shops and the big boys. Now, thanks to the acceptance and consumerization of cloud computing among the masses, you can add Disaster Recovery (DR) to this growing list.

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Spring World 2013 features more than 40 sessions, an exhibition hall and numerous networking opportunities. Customize your schedule to choose the information that matters the most to you and your organization. Plus, attendees can earn CEU points!

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Forrester/DRJ Survey
The purpose of this survey is to understand the role risk management and crisis communication play in business continuity and disaster recovery as well as how BC/DR professionals interact with these other functions in their organization.

DRJ BLOGS

DR and Crisis Management

Posted by: Dr Tom Phelan

Recently, DR/BCP professionals have sent me inquiries about how to handle crisis management or crisis communication, especially during a DR event. DR/BCP professionals may be highly involved in managing a data or system recovery and unable to devote attention to managing the entire crisis that may result. They need crisis management professionals on their team.

WHITE PAPERS

Windstream's Position on Security Compliance

Since Windstream's role is central to customer network security, we as an ISP and Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) must be "ahead of the curve" to maintain our position within the confines of the popular compliance standards because the overwhelming buying triggers for our services surround these standards.

How to Sell Backup to Your CFO

Learn how to get beyond the insurance metaphor to create a value proposition for data protection. In this document we're first going to explore the use of the insurance metaphor in terms of its most fundamental element: the broad consequences of data loss. We'll also discuss industry and regulatory consequences of data loss.

Informational Update For October 10, 2012 Hello, Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, which is greatly impacting the evolution of mass notification. According to InSites Consulting, over 1 billion people use social networks worldwide (70% of the internet population) and nearly two-thirds of those use social networks on a daily basis. Combin ed with the mass adoption of smart phone and mobile technology, people both have the ability to share and receive information more than ever before. Download this free white paper, IT Trends and the Future of Mass Notification, to learn about the four Social Media Mobility Big Data Cloud Computing Click here to download the free whitepaper. Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT If you’ve ever had to craft an important message when employees might be in danger and your company’s survival is at stake, you know how difficult it can be. Join this webinar series for insider tips on doing it right. The series will reveal secrets like: Four critical tips on choosing a notification tool The one thing every emergency alert should include Why notification is essential to business continuity planning How to avoid four common alerting mistakes How to communicate when rumors are flying Discover how notification has evolved to become a powerful platform to help streamline business operations and enhance resiliency throughout organizations. Find out how notification can work with existing IT systems to automatically alert the people who can fix problems, helping your team maintain schedules, reduce costs, increase efficiency and meet SLAs while providing full reporting and tracking accountability for every IT event. BCM World Conference and Exhibition 2012 Supported by a FREE Exhibition Around 50 exhibitors under one roof See the latest BCM products and services from leading suppliers around the globe Talk directly to vendors and ask the questions that are important to you and your business Be the first to witness some exciting product launches Discover the latest business continuity tools that will make your life easier Free Seminar Programme, including vendor showcasing and business continuity case studies Uncover a wealth of valuable business continuity resources So if you don’t have the budget to attend the Conference, at least make a point of attending the Exhibition! REGISTER NOW AS A VISITOR Charting the Course To True Resiliency There is no conference that offers as much for the low registration fee. Attendees are led by industry experts, gain one-on-one interaction with speakers, and make invaluable networking contacts. Return to your office with the equivalent of hundreds of hours of training and the knowledge to implement solutions!

Quick Links DRJ.com Homepage Spring World 2013 Latest Journal Forrester/DRJ Survey The purpose of this survey is to understand the role risk management and crisis communication play in business continuity and disaster recovery as well as how BC/DR professionals interact with these other functions in their organization. Webinars How to Handle a Data Disaster Without Anyone Noticing October 24, 2012 In today's data-intensive business environment, organizations can't afford to have their systems down for 24 hours or more. Sometimes, even four hours is too long. Recovery time objectives (RTOs) are shortening and service level agreements (SLAs) are keeping pace. WHITE PAPERS Is Your Network Safe Behind Just A Firewall? Malicious software or "malware" is the biggest network security threat facing organizations today. Cybercriminals target enterprises that hold a great deal of money or conduct a high volume of transactions on a daily basis. Industry Spotlight Avalution Consulting Avalution Consulting, 2012 BC/DR Company of the Year (award by the Business Continuity Institute North America), is a U.S. based firm that specializes in business continuity, continuity of operations planning (COOP) and IT disaster recovery consulting, outsourcing and software solutions.

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Informational Update For October 4, 2012

Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

If you’ve ever had to craft an important message when employees might be in danger and your company’s survival is at stake, you know how difficult it can be. Join this webinar series for insider tips on doing it right.

The series will reveal secrets like:

• Four critical tips on choosing a notification tool

• The one thing every emergency alert should include

• Why notification is essential to business continuity planning

• How to avoid four common alerting mistakes

• How to communicate when rumors are flying

Discover how notification has evolved to become a powerful platform to help streamline business operations and enhance resiliency throughout organizations.

Find out how notification can work with existing IT systems to automatically alert the people who can fix problems, helping your team maintain schedules, reduce costs, increase efficiency and meet SLAs while providing full reporting and tracking accountability for every IT event.

BCM World Conference and Exhibition 2012

Supported by a FREE Exhibition

• Around 50 exhibitors under one roof

• See the latest BCM products and services from leading suppliers around the globe

• Talk directly to vendors and ask the questions that are important to you and your business

• Be the first to witness some exciting product launches

• Discover the latest business continuity tools that will make your life easier

• Free Seminar Programme, including vendor showcasing and business continuity case studies

• Uncover a wealth of valuable business continuity resources

So if you don’t have the budget to attend the Conference, at least make a point of attending the Exhibition!

REGISTER NOW AS A VISITOR

Charting the Course To True Resiliency

There is no conference that offers as much for the low registration fee. Attendees are led by industry experts, gain one-on-one interaction with speakers, and make invaluable networking contacts. Return to your office with the equivalent of hundreds of hours of training and the knowledge to implement solutions!

Quick Links

Forrester/DRJ Survey
The purpose of this survey is to understand the role risk management and crisis communication play in business continuity and disaster recovery as well as how BC/DR professionals interact with these other functions in their organization.

WHITE PAPERS

Is Your Network Safe Behind Just A Firewall?

Malicious software or "malware" is the biggest network security threat facing organizations today. Cybercriminals target enterprises that hold a great deal of money or conduct a high volume of transactions on a daily basis.

Webinars

Inbound Notification: The Underutilized Emergency Notification Tool

October 10, 2012 2:00 PM

Join this web-based round table discussion and learn from three industry experts — as they discuss essential operational applications for inbound notification — and why it should be part of your crisis communications plan. Learn how to reduce strain on your administrators, better control the message, provide proactive communication to stakeholders, and enhance communications.

Industry Spotlight

Avalution Consulting

Avalution Consulting, 2012 BC/DR Company of the Year (award by the Business Continuity Institute North America), is a U.S. based firm that specializes in business continuity, continuity of operations planning (COOP) and IT disaster recovery consulting, outsourcing and software solutions.