Information Technology

Everything you need to know to avoid costly down time and get your systems back online in no time.

Don't wait for disaster to strike to find out how vulnerable your systems are. Your company's very survival could depend on how quickly you restore your computer and communications systems following a disaster. In this down-to-earth, nuts-and-bolts guide, expert Jon Toigo tells you what you need to do to prevent many disasters from happening and how to minimize the impact of those that cannot be avoided.

Jon Toigo examines the many causes of computer system failures and gives you proven, logical, easy-to-follow steps you can take to avoid them. A comprehensive, step-by-step guide to disaster recovery, from planning concept to execution, Disaster Recovery Planning:
* Covers the recovery requirements of mainframes as well as personal computers, LANs, WANs, departmental processors, and communications systems
* Provides a detailed analysis of disaster avoidance systems that can prevent network down time from occurring
* Explores the politics of disaster recovery planning, with tips on how to work with management to get the funding you need
* Comes with a disk containing all the forms you need to quickly develop your own disaster recovery plan


Don't wait for disaster to strike. Do something now.

Get your hands on this book and find out how to be prepared for the worst.

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Among the key strengths of this book that I particularly like are: (1) the ten-step project plan will give anyone who is tasked with developing a disaster recovery plan a clearly defined roadmap, (2) checklists and forms that support each stage of the project plan are included on the accompanying disk, making your job a lot easier (most of them will require extensive tailoring, but the format and key content areas are valuable), and (3) the author drills down into detail in every project stage, which provides even more guidance.

If you're tasked with developing a disaster recovery plan and don't know where to start, or are validating or reviewing existing plans, but are not a disaster recovery expert, this is an excellent resource. It earns 5 stars for making a complex subject understandable, providing a clear plan and for the wealth of forms and checklists that come with it.

Out of DateSep 02, 2005
By K. Smith "kjs"
This work was published in 1995, it seemed out of date, and out of touch. The media that came with it was a 3.5" floppy disk.

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SpeakOct 20, 2005
By AmanDa M "AmanDa"
I would recommend this book to all teenagers.The name of the book is "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson.I liked this book, because it talks about the emotions and reactions of situations that would actually happen.This book talks about a likfe of a student that has just satrted Merryweather high-school. For Melinda Sordino school is a nightmare for her since the end of summer, when shocking events led her to call the police who busted a major party. Now she has no friends and gets alot of dirty looks for her ex-friends. THe only friend she has is a girl named Heather, the new girl, who only cares about hanging out with the right people and impressing others. She doesn't even care about Melinda at points, she talks about fitting in with different social groups.So if you wan't to read an interesting award winning book you should read Speak.