The Road To Disaster (Recovery)

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The Road To Disaster Recovery

In this year of Katrina, disaster recovery *should* be on the minds of IT more than ever before. Yet it's still all too easy to think adopt a "no-disaster-here" mind-set.

In a pair of must-read stories in our current issue, NWC tech editor Don MacVittie makes the case for preparing a full-fledged disaster recovery strategy, and provides the project checklist and technical analysis to guide your effort. You can read his full market analysis here:

Disaster-Recovery: What If?

However, to whet your appetite, we pulled out a simplified checklist of things to consider while planning your disaster recovery strategy, including:

But don't stop there. We analyzed the RFI responses from three disaster recovery service providers -- Evault, MessageOne and Pro-Softnet. Read our analysis and download the full RFI responses to help you vet disaster recovery vendors on your own:

Three Roads to Disaster Recovery

Then, download full-scale RFI responses from vendors including EVault, MessageOne and Pro-Softnet.

NWC's Take on the News

Here's what we think of today's breaking news. Read the story and leave your own comment. Let's see if we agree ; >

Microsoft Backtracks On Timetable To Beat GoogleAfter a top exec in Europe weighs in with a bold prediction, Microsoft tries to bring the rhetoric down a notch. The software giant will compete against the online search engine, but it isn't making any precise predictions.

NWC's Take:Google has been feeling pressure lately, but it isn't exactly in Netscape's shoes quite yet.

Salesnet Eases Customization For Hosted CRMSalesnet’s newly launched CRM version promises to make it easier for partners to tailor and rebrand applications for their own customers.

NWC's Take:On-demand CRM remains hot, delivering rapid value to sales and marketing departments without massive IT app deployment effort.

Symantec Takes Heat For Changing Adware Advice A noted antivirus researcher takes the well-known antivirus company to task for its changing adware definitions. Symantec, meanwhile, claims the high road.NWC's Take:Tussle with software-maker Hotbar.com leaves both sides claiming victory, but critics say Symantect took the easy way out.

Google Shuffles Prices of Mini Search Appliances Google is searching for the right price for it Mini search appliances -- the price of which seems to be fluctuating quite a bit.

NWC's Take:

Price drops by $3000 for the mini-appliance. Enterprise device still starts at $30,000 for searching up to 500,000 documents.