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Virtualization Craze Brings Business, Security Risks
Internetnews.com
By Larry Barrett
December 27, 2007

Virtualization is hot, hot, hot, but it doesn’t come without security risks. Businesses must consider proper planning and evaluate what applications and systems are most critical before taking the virtualization plunge. SunGard’s Don Norbeck provides his insight;
click here to read more.


Using Virtualization to Reduce Your RTOs
Continuity Central
By Jack Wade 
December 20, 2007

Virtualization isn't just about pie-in-the-sky, future benefits.  You can take advantage of your virtual infrastructure today to reduce your RTOs, while keeping on top of your high availability needs.  To learn more about SunGard's top 10 tips for reducing RTOs with virtualization -- from replicating encapsulated files to leveraging hardware abstraction -- check out this expert byline in
Continuity Central.


Successful Disaster Recovery—What Does it Take?
CIO Talk Radio
By Sanjog Aul, featuring Bill DiMartini, Senior Vice President, SunGard Availability Services
December 19, 2007

Looking for a primer on best practices for disaster planning and testing and an overview of the state-of-the-state in DR?
Listen to this CIO Talk Radio interview with SunGard’s DR planning expert for insight into your planning and testing strategies. Bill DiMartini stresses the importance of making sure expectations are aligned throughout your organization -- from the executive team to IT -- and points out that the requirements for DR and business needs must constantly be defined and maintained. You’ll also gain insight into how innovation, and virtualization in particular, makes DR more effective and helps companies meet aggressive RTOs and RPOs in a cost-effective way.


The Data Dilemma
Continuity Insights
By Staff
December 1, 2007

All information is not created equal. Learn why prioritizing the criticality of your data can put you on the road to information availability and make meeting RTOs and RPOs a reality. SunGard’s John Lindeman weighs in on why it’s important to evaluate the importance of company information, highlights the different tools and approaches that can be put in place to protect it, and provides tips for selecting a vendor to best meet your needs.


Five Steps to Evaluating Business Continuity Services
CSOonline.com
By Stacy Collett
December 1, 2007


Emergency! When a Message has to get through
Computerworld
By Lamont Wood
September 7,2007


Beyond Disaster Recovery
Healthcare Informatics
By John Lindeman and Jim Grogan
August 2007

As members of the first responder community, healthcare organizations cannot afford lapses in information access. Fortunately, advances in BC strategies are helping drive superior patient care and improved operational performance by making sure healthcare providers have access to the information they need – no matter when or where. SunGard’s AdvancedRecovery experts make sense of how the old disaster recovery thinking (“always being ready”) is evolving to the new (“always being on”) in this
Healthcare Informatics article.


Key Considerations for Leveraging Virtualization and Keeping Your Applications Available
Virtual Strategy Magazine
By Don Norbeck
July 30, 2007

Keeping up with all the buzz around virtualization could be a full-time job. Now they’re saying virtualization can take the place of your DR strategy? If you’re looking for a quick resource to help you figure out if it’s time to ditch your old information availability plan for virtualization alone, read this Virtual Strategy Magazine article by SunGard’s virtualization expert. Virtualization may offer fail-over protection, but it’s not an availability and recovery panacea.
Click here to find out more.


IT Execs Gird For Another Hurricane Season
Computerworld
By Brian Fonseca
May 31, 2007


Stretch Your Disaster Plan Budget Podcast with Dave Palermo
Network World
By Jason Meserve
May 14, 2007

Tired of haggling with your CEO over dollars and cents, trying to wrangle more budget to meet the aggressive RTO targets your management team expects you to meet? Results of SunGard’s annual Harris Interactive survey show you’re not alone. There’s a clear disconnect between business and IT executives when it comes to spending on business continuity. SunGard’s David
Palermo explores this issue and provides tips for maximizing your information availability spend in this Network World Panorama podcast with Editor Jason Meserve. Click here to listen (13:52).


Don Norbeck on the Virtualization Wave
InfoWorld
By Doug Dineley
February 14, 2007

Evaluating virtualization for your enterprise? SunGard’s Don Norbeck suggests getting to “know thyself” to ensure a smooth transition and provides insights on potential challenges of recovering your virtual infrastructure in this InfoWorld video Q&A with Executive Editor Doug Dineley. Check it out here (3:43).


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