disaster recovery news from FierceCIO

Graniterock, a century-old provider of construction materials in Watsonville, Calif., operates a quarry that happens to sit on the San Andreas Fault. The company has 20 locations from Oakland to the Read more...

There were several data centers around Ground Zero that were wiped out on Sept. 11, 2001, and the data of dozens of organizations was lost. In the years since, backup data centers, once considered Read more...

The biggest earthquake to strike Virginia in more than 100 years reverberated all the way to Maine and clogged up cell phone networks, but it doesn't appear to have had much of an impact on data Read more...

When confronted with a tragedy like last week's earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated Japan, I don't think our minds can begin to process the magnitude of loss and suffering. And so we Read more...

An electrical fire in the office building where the law firm of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin is located kept employees out for two weeks. But thanks to disaster recovery tools and Read more...

When the Carlyle Group went to upgrade its ERP system, it would have had to hire at least six new IT pros to meet its stringent, round-the-clock requirements. Instead, it opted for a hosted solution, Read more...

Data centers are continuously expanding and this growth has brought about many new and unexpected problems. Of course, there are the ongoing issues of energy efficiency and pollution, storage Read more...

Staples Inc., the popular office supply store with nearly 2,000 stores across the country, is throwing its hat into the IT ring, including the data center. Staples officials said they're targeting Read more...

There are cases of H1N1 in nearly every state but the pandemic really hasn't taken off--not yet, anyway. Despite the warnings that the worst is yet to come, it appears that few businesses are doing Read more...

Eric Bozich, Vice President of National Services, Qwest Communications, answered a series of questions from Judi Hasson, editor of FierceCIO, about the potential impact of H1N1 at the workplace and Read more...