Category: Disaster Recovery

Top 5 Reasons Why Michigan is a Good Disaster Recovery Location

The first and most important decision your organization can make regarding disaster recovery is deciding on the geographical location.  There are many things to consider including the probability and severity of natural disasters, other weather conditions like temperature, power structure … Continue reading

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Seek and Destroy: U.S. Energy Firms Warned of Recent IT Threats

Last Thursday, the U.S. government released a warning about the increasing risk of cyber attacks targeting critical energy corporations; seeking to destroy or manipulate industrial machinery in attempts to seize control of networks that deliver energy or run industrial processes, … Continue reading

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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

When considering business continuity and disaster recovery options, there’s really only one constant from business to business: it’s important to have. No matter how small or large your business, if something happens and there isn’t a plan, your company may … Continue reading

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Why Michigan SMBs Need to Create a Disaster Recovery Plan

Disasters don’t wait until you’re ready.  They can happen at any time and in many ways like natural disasters (tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods), technical issues (hard drive failures, viruses) or humans (deliberate or accidental). And Michigan small and medium-sized companies … Continue reading

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Using a Michigan Colocation Provider for Disaster Recovery

Even if your business requires a disaster recovery site, you are not locked into building a brick-and-mortar data center of your own.  There are several alternatives available that can help reduce costs but still maintain protection of a backup facility … Continue reading

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Seeking a Disaster Recovery Solution? Five Questions to Ask Your DR Provider

Disaster recovery plans have become crucial for nearly every industry that relies on connectivity and uptime for business survival. According to the Forrester/Disaster Recovery Journal Business Continuity Preparedness Survey, a few of the top business drivers for creating an IT … Continue reading

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It’s Tornado Season. Is Your Data Safe?

Spring is slowly starting here in Michigan. The snow is finally melting, and the sun is able to warm me up enough to not need my winter jacket. I don’t think I’m making too big a leap when I say … Continue reading

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Michigan Data Centers Contribute to State’s 4th Nationwide Ranking for Corporate Expansion

According to Mlive.com, Michigan ranked fourth in the country for new major corporate facilities and expansions in 2012. Site Selection magazine’s annual Governor’s Cup reports that Michigan increased from 85 qualified new building/expansion projects in 2011 to 337 in 2012 … Continue reading

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Choosing Your Data Center Location: Why Michigan?

Michigan Offers Top Data Center’s Host Cities Recently I listened to a very interesting webinar by UBM Future Cities “Choosing Your Data Center’s Host City.” The webinar focused on what qualities you should consider when selecting a location to build … Continue reading

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State of Michigan & Michigan Businesses Firm Up IT Security with Disaster Recovery Plan

Michigan state officials and CIO/security officers from major Southeast Michigan businesses are combining efforts to formulate a disaster recovery response plan in the event of a cyber attack. An increasing number of recent private and public sector attacks have heightened … Continue reading

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