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What are the business benefits of green IT or sustainable IT programs?
What are the various technologies for quick disaster recovery suitable for distances between the main data center (DC) and the backup DC of 30 km (18.6 miles), 80 km (49.7 miles), and 200 km (124.3...
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We would like to know, in the event of a disaster: 1) Whom should we call; 2) what format is best; 3) what kind of information/instructions should we provide on the call; and 4) what kind of...
How is the private sector reacting to the PS-Prep program?
What are the typical rates for IT and business change consultancy services currently negotiated with key partners (consultancy firms)?
What would you recommend as the top five suppliers specializing in due diligence and asset discovery for data centers?
What are some industry best practices for data integrity versus service availability? How about for active-passive versus active-active solutions?
Where can I find a remote wake-on-LAN solution for turning your computer on and off?
What changes in emergency notification tactics do you foresee? More specifically, it seems as if SMS messaging and email will replace telephone voice-to-voice communications. Will SMS messaging and...
Can you please provide guidelines for auditing a DR plan? Also, have there been significant changes in the DR services provider landscape?
What is the trend for flywheel versus uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for failover to generator in the data center?
We are considering a contract with a third-party disaster recovery service provider in the event that employees are displaced from the office. What are the critical requirements that we should...
We are currently exploring the data center infrastructure management (DCIM) market to discover some new vendor solution or product in this space. Can you please let us know whether you have any...
Do you have templates or forms that we can use on IT disaster recovery? What pieces do you cover?
In a build scenario, what are the high-level cost proportions of the main components? What cost order of magnitude can we expect between Class 1 and Class 4 data centers?

How important is it that the business continuity management tool seamlessly integrate with the company's incident management tool? Specifically, when a business continuity plan is being executed "for...
What would you recommend for us regarding our sustainability practice in terms of the following: conference forums to attend, conferences and forums to sponsor and/or speak at, thought leadership...
We're looking for an automated communication service as part of our business continuity preparedness efforts; who are the service providers that offer enterprise-class functionality? What are some of...
How should we approach consolidating our data centers?
What are the top causes of companies issuing disaster recovery declarations and failing over to their alternate sites? Do those causes vary by industry or region?
We have substantial investments in SAN, NAS, and DAS from a multitude of vendors. What type of storage metrics should we be using to measure the effectiveness of our storage environment? How can we...
We need an environment and power monitoring solution that monitors temperature, humidity, power including uninterruptible power supply (UPS) status, and water under the raised floor at several points...
In what direction is the industry going for data center tiers? Which is more prevalent: higher or lower tiers?