Security

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.

Gone are the days when a comprehensive business-continuity plan meant mailing back-up tapes to a hot site a few miles away. Today, businesses are always on, running at break-neck speed 24/7. And their business-continuity plans need to reflect that reality.

Hurricane Katrina made every IT organization question the viability of its disaster recovery (DR) plan. A natural disaster, a major accident or a terrorist act in the headlines forces us to think about survival. Could your facility, or your business, take a hit like that and survive?