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Backups are typically the first line of defense for business resumption. Most businesses understand that backups are a best practice when it comes to disaster recovery but few understand why or how to implament them in the most effective way. These guidelines should help you use backups to their fullest potental.

1. Find a solution that is easy to use.

If you don't understand how to use the backup equipment or the backup/restore process is complicated you won't use it and your backups will soon become outdated. There are numerous hardware and software solutions available for businesses of all sizes. Pick one that fits your needs.

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• Tape Backup... Read More

Disaster recovery planning can be difficult and cumbersome but these steps should help keep your organization focused and moving in the right direction.

1. Seek endorsement and a mandate from upper level management.

Before embarking on the job of creating and documenting a plan it is important to have endorsement and a mandate from upper level management. This allows you to work outside of the hierarchical structure in which organizations are typically setup. The additional authority will also allow you to make policy decisions that can enable change.

2. Work with a team of people to accomplish your goals.

Disaster recovery encompasses all business processes, not only information... Read More

A few months back we wrote about our experiences with the Barracuda SSLVPN product and needless-to-say it left something to be desired. Our unhappiness with the product led us to look into the Sonicwall SSLVPN lineup. Our reseller at CDW, Newman Albin, assured us that Sonciwall's product was more mature than the Barracuda appliance and included all the features we needed. I was skeptical at first but ordered the Sonicwall.

After the appliance arrived I gave the documentation a quick read through. Physically setting up the hardware was quick and painless and the manual provided numerous configuration options that all were clearly explained. The SSLVPN can be setup to work with a Sonicwall firewall or another vendor's firewall.

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When evaluating business resumption solutions it is important to look at numerous scenarios that can impact your business. Not all possible scenarios are complete disasters and some situations may only impact end-users ability to be physically at the business location. One way to circumvent this problem is to provide remote access.

There are numerous ways to accomplish this and they range in price and scale. Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) businesses may only need to provide one or two users with remote access and this can easily be accomplished with a couple static IPs and remote desktop, or a small scale VPN solution.

Unfortunately, medium sized and enterprise businesses need larger scale solutions that can easily provide secure remote... Read More

The BRP Generator has been totally redesigned to help businesses quickly create and easily manage their disaster recovery documentation. Security features like SSL have been added and applications features like email now allow you to distribute your documentation more easily.

With the new security and features, the BRP Generator will no longer be offfered as a free service. New and existing users can now subscribe to use the website for $29.99 per month. Existing users will need to upgrade their accounts from their account homepage and subscribe to the service before October 15, 2010. Any accounts not migrated by then will be lost.