Guardian iT, the company behind the much-vaunted internet 'hotels', has run into trouble after demand for its off-site disaster recovery services proved dissapointingly low. Yesterday the firm warned shareholders that the web-hosting business was...
Both BT and PricewaterhouseCoopers confirmed they have continuity plans in place with data back-up systems so they could continue to function in the event of a major disaster. Guardian IT's Bean added that it is possible some New York-based...
US disaster recovery firm Legato is to purchase privately-held NT data specialist OTG for $403m. The deal will firm up Legato's portfolio of disaster recovery products, particularly in the Windows space.
IBM has signed a $380m contract to run disaster-recovery centres and other IT resources for three New York hospitals, the company plans to announce on Thursday. NYU Downtown was within the hot zone of the 9-11 disaster," Leiderbach said.
Schlumberger, newly bereft of its IT services wing Sema, looks like it could be shedding more of its tech divisions - with disaster recovery number one for the chop. Schlumberger's disaster recovery business is a hangover from its acquisition of...
Nobody wants to think their business may one day be at the epicentre of a major incident but in this day and age they should be able to demonstrate that they are aware companies must plan for all such scenarios.