business continuity

Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance adopts unified Cloud storage
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance in China has embarked on a unified cloud storage platform as part of its data center overhaul.
by: Asia Cloud Forum Editors 02-Apr-2013

The elements of a sound cloud-based DR strategy

Martijn Blanken, managing director of Telstra Global explains how enterprises can leverage on cloud computing in their disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) strategies to minimize downtime and prevent unwarranted consequences for businesses.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 06-Feb-2013

Dissecting the cloud

Cloud computing is changing everything, from the way IT services are delivered to the way they are consumed within an organization. Asia Pacific, without a doubt, is moving at a rapid rate to embrace this new architecture.
by: Yaj Malik, Citrix 09-Jan-2013
Veeam hits purple patch with virtualization, cloud adoption
In the recent 3rd annual VMware Cloud Index report, 83% of respondents in the study are turning to cloud computing to empower their businesses. Indeed, the scalability and flexibility of the technology will make it a dominant means of accessing IT in the 21st century.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 18-Nov-2012

Cloud transforming BCM: Getting real benefits

Cloud computing may be an added challenge in a company’s business continuity planning but such technologies also provide a viable alternative that enhances or streamlines disaster recovery practices.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 13-Nov-2012

Cloud transforming BCM: Where the buck stops

Natural disasters such as the floods that hit Thailand and the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan last year underlined how dependent companies, businesses and an economy increasingly are on their infocomm systems to operate smoothly and reliably.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 06-Nov-2012

Building exits in your cloud strategy

As your organization serves a 'cloud strategy,' have you also put in place an exit plan? Do you review the vendors' SLAs regularly? Have you added a termination clause in the contract? When is it better to have automatic renewal clauses and when is it not advisable?
by: Carol Ko 19-Jun-2012
Symantec delivers DRaaS on Windows Azure
Advancements in replication, clustering and server virtualization software have opened the door to a more flexible approach to those architecting business continuity (BC) schemes, according to IDC’s 2011 Business Continuity Market Analysis.
by: Asia Cloud Forum editors 14-Jun-2012

FalconStor shifts AP HQ to S’pore, drives Bluestone vision

FalconStor is poised to increase penetration into Asian markets it currently operates in even as it fleshes out Bluestone, its vision for service-oriented data protection, according to the company's president and CEO Jim McNiel.
by: Khoo Boo Leong 01-May-2012