Disaster Recovery Planning for Computers and Communication Resources
Published on 4. January 1996
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-471-12175-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the causes of computer systems failures and explains how to create a disaster recovery plan that will help businesses to avoid many disasters and/or minimize their impact. It incorporates the recovery requirements of new technologies, including PCs, LANs, departmental processors, and communications systems. It provides a detailed analysis of disaster avoidance systems that can prevent some disasters from occurring. And, it covers the politics of disaster recovery planning from selling management and securing the cooperation of departmental managers, to negotiating effective contracts with vendors of disaster recovery products and services.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 192 mm
Weight
652 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-12175-6 (9780471121756)
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Person
JON TOIGO is an independent consultant and author specializing in disaster recovery planning for businesses. His clients have included Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. government. He is the author of eight books and numerous articles published in such magazines as Contingency Journal, Enterprise Systems Journal, and ComputerWorld.
Content
The Disaster Recovery Planning Project.; Preliminary Steps.; Data Collection.; Exposure and Risk Analysis.; Facility Disaster Prevention Capabilities.; Developing an Off--Site Storage Program.; Systems Recovery Planning.; Network and Communications Recovery Planning.; End User Recovery Planning.; Presentation of the Plan Overview.; Plan Development.; Disaster Recovery Training.; Testing Disaster Recovery Plans.; Appendices.; Index.