Security

Demand for continuous data protection is growing as more businesses realize they not only need to back up the data on their networks as changes are made but also be able to recover that data quickly.

Beth Everett's brushes with history have left her with better insights into worst-case scenarios. Now, as a consultant at Network Inference Inc. in Carlsbad, Calif., she wonders how a potential hazardous materials situation -- a chemical spill or attack -- might affect IT. Worries like these would have been unimaginable even five years ago. But world events have changed the way many CIOs think about their disaster recovery plans.

Ontario

Increasingly, organizations find themselves having to archive data in order to meet regulatory requirements and to avoid legal exposure. In Singapore, for example, MAS requires banks to keep records of financial information for seven years. There has also been growing awareness of the need to archive email following a landmark case in March, in which the High Court ruled that agreements made by email for property transactions can be legally binding.