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<description><![CDATA[Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is a methodology used to create a plan for how an organization will resume partially or completely interrupted critical function(s) within a predetermined time after a disaster or disruption. BCP may be a part of a larger organizational effort to reduce operational risk associated with poor information security controls, and thus has a number of overlaps with the practice of risk management.]]></description>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/security/security/</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Disk-Based Backup & Recovery Solution: Making Sense of Your Options]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper306/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-20 16:51:20</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper provides: An objective approach to making decisions about data recovery technologies. (disk-based enhanced data recovery or traditional tape-based) The disk-based architectures for enhanced data recovery.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eliminating Unplanned Downtime and Building a Path to Profit for IBM System i Managers]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper461/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-05 10:12:04</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is a lack of availability costing your business thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars? Assessing the true financial impact of unplanned downtime may surprise you. Placing a dollar amount on this issue is often the first step and biggest motivator to meeting your ongoing availability requirements. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IT Challenges in the Business Continuity Market]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper669/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 13:11:41</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper address the challenges that IT professionals face when implementing a geographically distributed data configuration and the features that a comprehensive replication solution must provide to answer these challenges.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Introducing Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper673/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:45:21</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The latest release of Backup Exec allows you to eliminate backup windows and recover individual Exchange messages, folders, and mailboxes - without mailbox backups. Learn more about how Symantec Backup Exec&trade; 11d for Windows&reg; Servers provides continuous, cost-effective, and high-performance disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and recovery for Windows server data.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Microsoft Exchange Storage and Protection Tips for SMBs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper701/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 12:29:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The following tips can help you keep Exchange running smoothly and let you bounce back quickly from hardware failures that could threaten your Exchange server.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Murphy Exploration and Production Company, Improves Server Manageability and Flexibility]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper808/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-12 14:01:40</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When Katrina hit in 2005, Murphy Exploration and Production Company, USA was among the many companies impacted by the devastation. Challenged to implement a new infrastructure quickly with more business continuity considerations, Murphy deployed Virtuozzo across its server infrastructure. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[XLink ClusterReplica Enterprise software for SQL and IIS Server High Availability and CDP Protection]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper828/</link>
<pubDate>2007-02-21 11:43:20</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[XLink ClusterReplica Enterprise software, based on CDP technology, combines conventional High Availability solutions and Microsoft DPM-like functions to create the next generation of business continuity software. ClusterReplica ENT offers real-time data replication and auto failover for MSSQL, IIS Web Server and File Servers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Risk Assessment & Compliance: A Management Tool for the IT Security Infrastructure]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper830/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 10:56:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Risk assessment is the cornerstone of security.&nbsp; The risk assessment process includes gathering information about the assets of the organizations, including all information assets, and all physical assets.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Integration of Information Security, Integrated Systems Security & Physical Security]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper835/</link>
<pubDate>2007-02-21 11:37:15</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The single most important trend in security in the next ten years will be the integration of various security elements such as information security, physical security and integrated systems security into a single security function.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Virtualization Improves Business Continuity]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper856/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:28:39</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business continuity and disaster recovery are made more difficult by the pace of business change.&nbsp; Adapting to market changes requires proactive IT. For the first time, you can consolidate business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) planning in a heterogeneous IT environment with a single, central automated solution.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Planning For A Pandemic: Turning Office Workers Into Mobile Workers For Business Continuity]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper880/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-29 14:02:33</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper looks at some of the key issues facing enterprises that might need to turn office workers into mobile workers, rapidly and in large numbers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Technical White Paper on Application Virtualization]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper941/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-23 15:20:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This technical white paper reviews the principal tenets of application virtualization; freeing application configurations from OS and infrastructure; gaining centralized command and control over system resources; and dynamically allocating resources to applications based on demand.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making the Case for an Interoperable, Multi-scale Hospital/Healthcare Knowledge Domain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1207/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-16 11:02:43</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Get this free white paper to read why mass casualty and other public health emergencies create a demand for information within hospitals, between hospitals, between hospitals and local incident command centers, and between local, statewide and multi-state incident command centers and agencies.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[California Credit Union Achieves Regulatory Compliance with Neoscale]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1252/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-14 11:37:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CCU sought to encrypt its backup tapes for keeping customer data secure in transit and in storage at the offsite tape-vault vendor&rsquo;s facility. As a financial institution, CCU was subject to stringent government regulations. With nearly 60 gigabytes of data to encrypt each night, CCU knew that a software solution was out of the question.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Practical Guide to Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1292/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-17 08:32:21</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn about the Sarbanes-Oxley regulatory background and its impact on IT departments. This document provides information pertaining to access issues, change documentation, disaster recovery planning and illustrations of key audit-ready reports.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WiMAX Remote Cabinet Solutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1356/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 07:43:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest challenges to any advanced wireless operation is the maintenance of continuous and economical service. Today&rsquo;s networks have evolved into business-critical services that organizations rely upon every day. However, unplanned remote site downtime due to equipment and power failure, and adverse environmental conditions can severely impair network service.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Monitor, Access and Control CPE Telecom Equipment]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1357/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 10:47:04</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today&rsquo;s service providers face more pressure than ever to keep remote equipment up and running as customers continue to demand higher levels of reliable service while keeping costs competitive. Thus, there is a growing need for remote site management solutions that can help service providers monitor, access and control telecom equipment located at customer sites.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Remote Site Management Solutions Address SNMP Weakness]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1358/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 10:54:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is an industry standard network management protocol for managing wide area and local area networks. It is easy to use, cost-effective, and is built into most networking devices. One of SNMP&rsquo;s best assets is its use of in-band management, yet, this is also its biggest weakness.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Remote Monitors: Putting Yourself on Notice]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1359/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 10:53:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The proliferation of remote and unmanned facilities is exposing many enterprises to devastating events. The need is to not only detect a threatening condition, but to also get a precise message to the person who is prepared to do something about it.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Monitoring Devices Help Protect Princeton Computer Science Facilities Against Intrusion]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1360/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 10:50:31</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[More than ever before, IT managers need to secure equipment and facilities against a variety of intrusive conditions that could cripple critical operations, resulting in system malfunctions, loss of data or intellectual property, damage to mission critical hardware or even theft of valuable physical assets. Such conditions often include environmental events, failure of air conditioning systems, power outages, and untoward human actions. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plugging the Holes in a Telecom Network]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1361/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 10:51:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Telecom operations typically have sophisticated network and systems management (NSM) software in place to monitor their servers, workstations and routers. Such systems often utilize Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) as a means of transmitting and receiving network monitoring information. Great - if you run only modern equipment.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[County Leverages Telecom Accounting Into Far-Reaching Network Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1362/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 10:44:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The use of pollable remote access units enable integration of phone systems with telecommunications management, plus system-wide access, monitoring and alarm notification that includes unmanned remote sites. Few telephone networks connect a user base that is involved in such a multitude of vital services as local government.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Burlington Telecom Looks to Asentria for Custom Integrated Monitoring Capabilities]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1363/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 10:42:23</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a provider of cable television, telephone, and high-speed Internet for the City of Burlington, Vermont, Burlington Telecom (BT) offers communication services to more than 16,000 homes. By the end of 2008, BT&rsquo;s communications infrastructure will allow every home and business in the city to have access to its fiber optic network. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Transcom Corporation Case Study]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1364/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-12 14:07:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As an equipment provider for worldwide, national and regional radio and television facilities, Transcom Corporation, headquartered in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has been meeting the broadcasting capability needs of stations worldwide since 1978. Transcom specializes in distributing new TV transmitters, antenna, cable, Studio Transmitter Link (STL) and audio equipment that enable television and radio stations to transmit sound and video from the studio to the antenna.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving Reliability for WiMAX Antenna Sites]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1365/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 10:45:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the high-stakes battle of Internet providers, WiMAX represents the latest up-and-comer to challenge DSL and cable technologies. This new wireless technology is gaining attention for its ability to provide high-speed, high-throughput broadband connections over distances of up to 30 miles instead of a few hundred feet. Exhibiting a surprising amount of utility, WiMAX can be used for a number of different applications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Common Holes in an SNMP Network Management System]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1366/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 10:43:48</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Budgets are tight in today&#39;s business environment. You may be asked to do more with less. Take a look through your equipment room. You may have several devices that work just fine, but they are not visible via your network management system (NMS).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Asentria within the Service Provider Ecosystem]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1367/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 10:41:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Organizations today depend upon their networks to increase productivity and reduce network infrastructure and maintenance costs. Accordingly, these networks must be secure and perform reliably in order to accommodate geographically dispersed users. Unplanned remote site downtime due to equipment failure or adverse environmental conditions can severely impair network service.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Voice Still Matters]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1368/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-04 10:56:56</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Simple voicemail has evolved into complex integrated messaging platforms and the generic black handset has been replaced by a plethora of devices. Service providers can become critical partners for companies looking to ensure availability of their voice network.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Maximize the Savings of Call Center Multi-Sourcing (While Protecting Service Levels)]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1379/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not all companies that have adopted multi-sourcing have realized the expected levels of savings.&nbsp; A single over-arching problem is often the cause when multi-sourcing delivers disappointing results in service and/or savings.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Spectrum Federal Credit Union Implements NeoScale Encryption Solution]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1386/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chartered in 1973, San Francisco-based Spectrum Federal Credit Union serves over 12,000 members. When the issue arose on how to protect their members&rsquo; personal data residing on backup tapes, Spectrum FCU took no chances &ndash; they and their Techical Advisory Board made the decision to encrypt this important information with the help of NeoScale Systems, an undisputed leader in this emerging market.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oregon Community Credit Union Gains Peace of Mind by Encrypting Backup Tapes with NeoScale]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1389/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With horror stories in the news every week about lost or stolen laptops and backup tapes, the senior management team at Oregon Community Credit Union knew they had to do everything within their powers to protect their critical data as it traveled offsite to a third-party tape vaulting vendor. They were tasked with finding an affordable solution that would strike a balance between security, ease of use, and scalability.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[High Availability: Is it Sufficient for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1402/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-07 11:12:13</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For mission-critical IT, service outages and data loss pose serious consequences.&nbsp; This white paper examines how availability management, disaster recovery and business continuity support one another and offers insight to find success at all of them.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[7 Virtues of Virtualization: Avoiding Deadly Mistakes that Doom Business-Critical Service Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1593/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-07 11:12:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Disaster recovery and business continuity top the list of server virtualization drivers.&nbsp; And, the stakes are even higher when you virtualize business-critical IT services.&nbsp; Explore the role that proper project planning and management play in keeping these initiatives on track.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pre-Test DR & Business Continuity Plans]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1600/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Effective IT disaster recovery and business continuity planning is essential for every business. All businesses depend on their IT services for moment-to-moment operations. It is vital to ensure that those services are not disrupted due to any disaster. Pre-test your plans in a simulated network.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet Failover with Bandwidth Aggregation for Disaster Recovery]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1673/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-11 12:48:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Enterprises with mission critical applications are exploring the benefits of disaster recovery sites for their data centers to ensure business continuity. Special network technology is needed to ensure that site failover and failback occurs reliably and predictably. An ideal solution should provide reliable network connections, manage inbound and outbound traffic over multiple WAN links, failover to a secondary data center if all links at the primary data center are down, and eliminate deployment barriers and costs of multi-homing with BGP (Border Gateway Protocol).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Data Recovery for IBM AIX Environments]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1730/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-17 14:19:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For AIX IT departments looking to take the next step in data protection strategies, CDP is an essential consideration. Analysts agree that businesses will be incorporating this strategy in the next few years as part of an integrated solution. CDP enables you to reverse data corruption in a fraction of the time and labor required for recovery from tape. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Essential Guide to Disaster Recovery in i5/OS (AS/400) and AIX Environments]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1731/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-17 14:20:08</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper provides a basic understanding of the building blocks of IT and business continuity&mdash;from understanding the concepts of disaster recovery and information availability to calculating the business impact of downtime and selecting the right software solution. Readers will be able to quickly match their specific optimum uptime objectives with the easiest and most cost-effective IT.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Change Management + Control = Higher Availability]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1750/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-24 15:48:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is widely acknowledged that unauthorized changes made to an IT Infrastructure cause up to 80% of system unavailability.&nbsp; Learn how adding change control to your existing or planned change management infrastructure can help improve IT service availability, lower compliance costs, and accelerate your ITIL implementations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Keys to Recoverability]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1755/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-04 15:48:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ESG Analyst, Lauren Whitehouse, discusses Double-Take Software&rsquo;s concept of &ldquo;recoverability&rdquo; &ndash; which involves layers of protection that not only mitigate the risk of data loss, but also maintain the health and uptime of systems and applications. By preparing for, preventing and minimizing the impact of a catastrophic event, IT organizations gain in productivity, customer satisfaction, recovery cost savings and more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The CIO Wish List: 7 Steps to Mission Critical IT Services]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1758/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-22 12:29:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CIOs today are being called upon to interpret business strategy and priorities, then add value through information technology initiatives. At a time when &quot;critical to the business&quot; translates to &quot;mission-critical IT&quot;, how do you ensure end-to-end availability and reliability of the IT resources that enable your company&rsquo;s essential business processes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GlobalSCAPE Provides a Competitive Edge for Williams Lea]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1771/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-15 11:15:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Williams Lea is a leading global provider of customized corporate information solutions. The company needed to reliably, easily and securely transfer sensitive files and implement a system to share files and ensure a business continuity/disaster recovery plan.&nbsp; Today, Williams Lea uses the GlobalSCAPE&rsquo;s Enhanced File Transfer (EFT) solution to provide secure protocol support and encryption to protect data in transit and at rest.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Data Center Transformation: Simplify data Center Build Outs, Consolidations and Acquisitions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1780/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-26 13:17:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Changes in information technology (IT) can be split into two broad categories. Moves, additions and changes (MAC) are day-to-day IT activities which involve adding and removing end-user personnel, changing end-user locations such as when an employee moves to a different cubicle and upgrades services. Build outs, consolidations and acquisitions (BOCA) are large-scale projects which can be very disruptive and require careful planning and implementation to maintain operations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Panic Slowly: Integrated Disaster Response and Built-In Business Continuity]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper1989/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-29 11:04:57</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Unexpected disasters threaten organizations across the globe daily. Surprisingly, many businesses are not prepared for such disasters. They lack business continuity plans which can provide both proactive and reactive strategies to minimize the impact of unforeseen setbacks.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fault Tolerance in a Virtual World]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2024/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Criticality Quotient of x86 servers and applications directly correlates to the number of business processes, users and applications dependent on virtual machines and infrastructure. This white paper examines five typical use cases for virtualization, answering why, where and how fault-tolerance can help businesses reduce risk.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GlobalSCAPE Gives Williams Lea a Competitive Edge]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2077/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-21 10:42:51</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Williams Lea is a leading global provider of customized corporate information solutions. The company needed to reliably, easily and securely transfer sensitive files and implement a system to share files and ensure a business continuity/disaster recovery plan.&nbsp; Today, Williams Lea uses the GlobalSCAPE&rsquo;s Enhanced File Transfer (EFT) solution to provide secure protocol support and encryption to protect data in transit and at rest.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Make Sure You Have Answers to IT Questions After Major Disasters Strike]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2088/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-18 08:47:24</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In preparation for disasters, it&rsquo;s critical to have a backup site that can be used if your primary location goes down. Does your business have the right procedures and equipment to recover after a disaster? Get answers. Download this article about a new enterprise data center and learn more about protecting your IT infrastructure. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Virtualization: It's Not Just For Enterprises Anymore]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2121/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-11 17:04:56</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why have the majority of large enterprises embraced virtualization technology and why are midsize businesses the fastest growing market segment for new virtualization initiatives? This white paper will explore this important question, examine common virtualization deployment scenarios, and explain how virtualization solutions from HP and VMware can help midsize businesses achieve a wide variety of business continuity, performance, and efficiency goals.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Average, Inc.: How It Can Improve Its Use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2191/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Average Inc. could do quite a lot to improve the ways it uses technology in order to reduce risk, ensuring business continuity, and to cut unnecessary cost. If Average Inc. needs to improve its use and management of its ICT infrastructure, then that means most real companies do as well. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Charlotte County Finds An Ideal Business Continuity Solution]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2296/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-15 09:48:39</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Located in Southwestern Florida, Charlotte County has a population of nearly 150,000 people. The local government of Charlotte County is responsible for handling everything from planning &amp; zoning, to permitting &amp; licensing for this population. Charlotte County found an ideal business continuity solution by combining VMware Infrastructure 3 with LeftHand Network&rsquo;s multisite SAN architecture.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Achieving Rapid Data Recovery for IBM AIX Environments]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2413/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-17 14:19:27</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Planning for recovery is a requirement in businesses of all sizes. In implementing an operational plan that ensures that both data and applications can be recovered, IT personnel are generally confronted with several challenges. Do you have a plan that meets your recovery requirements to your satisfaction? Read this paper to learn more about the ideal plan for IBM AIX Environments, and whether your plan is complete.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Reasons Why Smaller Organizations Should Consider System i (iSeries) High Availability]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2414/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-17 14:19:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper will provide a review of the core causes and costs of both planned and unplanned downtime and will then provide a detailed discussion of current options for High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions, including System i (iSeries) high availability solutions. Most importantly, as you read you will learn why true HA&nbsp; and DR protection are now within reach of even the smallest of businesses.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stop Spam, Viruses and Spyware: Endpoint and Perimeter Malware Guide]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2599/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-09 10:14:24</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IT systems are under constant, increasingly sophisticated attack. Today&#39;s cyber criminals are using highly evolved, blended malware to access corporate and customer data at an alarming rate. Additional layers of protection at the perimeter are essential to combat the sheer volume of this increasing threat and to prevent networks from being clogged by spam.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[State of Internet Security Report: Protecting Business Email]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2600/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business dependence on email is greater than ever before and the volume of threats has spiked dramatically. For the SOIS report, Webroot surveyed 1,500 email security product decision makers in companies across seven countries. The report finds that close to 80% of U.S. businesses surveyed experienced a spam attack last year while half also experienced spyware, virus and phishing attacks. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beyond Disaster Recovery: Becoming a Resilient Business]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2607/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-14 12:06:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In today&#39;s rapidly changing business environment, it&#39;s important to be ready to respond to every risk or opportunity. In this white paper, you&#39;ll learn how to determine risks, calculate impact, evaluate your current structure&rsquo;s response and test overall resilience. Then you&#39;ll see how IBM can help you combine several risk management strategies into a single integrated one, so you&rsquo;re better able to respond to the threat of disaster and stay ahead of the competition.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Extending Network Monitoring Tool Performance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2679/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper explores how monitoring tools can achieve higher levels of performance without forklift upgrades. It proposes a variety of ways to extend their efficiency, including the use of a stand-alone content filtering device to offload monitoring tools by pre-filtering traffic and assisting with common tasks.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[More Power to You: Improving Uptime and Capacity Planning Through Rack-Level Power]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2838/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-26 13:17:11</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Due to an increased reliance on mission-critical applications, administrators are rapidly adding servers and other IT equipment to their data center. Unfortunately, this is pushing power and cooling systems to their limits. Can emerging technologies like intelligent PDUs help manage this change? Find the answer in this white paper.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer Success: 1800Radiator]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2845/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-17 15:55:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Radiator Express Warehouse (1800Radiator), a fast-growing automotive parts distributor, found that it was running at maximum power and its racks were full. Using VMware virtualization technology, the company was able to take 31 physical servers out of production, resulting in a 25 percent reduction in power and cooling costs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VMware Customer Success: World Wildlife Fund UK]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2850/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-17 15:57:21</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WWF is the world&rsquo;s largest independent conservation organization. As part of its IT department&rsquo;s contribution to environmentally-friendly business practices, WWF-UK deployed VMware virtualization into its live production environment. They decreased server count, lessened cooling requirements, minimized the space needed to house their datacenter and significantly reduced their overall carbon footprint.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Disaster Recovery Webseminar]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2863/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-23 09:04:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How long can your Enterprise afford to be without your data? With an accelerated disaster recovery program, you never have to answer this question. Download this webseminar and learn how advancements in wide-area data services (WDS) can reduce RPOs and RTOs even more. And hear featured customer case studies demonstrating how enterprises are putting these solutions into practice today. With lost data being a competitive liability, there is no room for downtime in today&rsquo;s business world.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HP Continues High-End Storage Innovation]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2950/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-16 12:04:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HP is increasingly demonstrating that its vision includes positioning itself as an innovator at the high end especially with respect to managing heterogeneous storage assets. HP appears to be a leading proponent of avoiding dreams of owning the entire data center storage infrastructure. Rather its aim appears to add customer value by recognizing and accommodating the diversity of installed storage assets at customer sites.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Plan, Configure, and Maintain a HP StorageWorks 3 Data Center Replication Solution]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2951/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-29 18:15:51</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To stay competitive in today&#39;s business climate, organizations must find ways to meet their business needs while controlling IT costs. IT departments face flat budgets and, at the same time, find that their organizations have become increasingly dependent on uninterrupted access to business-critical data. In today&#39;s world, prudent IT administrators prepare to recover from two types of disasters as part of a complete Business Continuity and Availability (BC and A) plan.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices for Remote Replication for Oracle 10g Using XP Continuous Access]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2952/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-16 12:03:18</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper provides a comprehensive set of test-proven best practices for properly configuring, deploying, and operating an Oracle 10g database on an HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array (XP12000) in an HP-UX environment using HP StorageWorks XP Continuous Access Software as the remote copy infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mitigate Business Risk with Disaster-Proof HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper2954/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-16 12:05:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this video, at a high-tech ballistics center managed by National Technical Systems in Camden, Arkansas, HP simulated a gas leak using real explosives to blow up a data center. Every system failed-over after the explosion in less than two minutes&mdash;including data on an HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array which failed over flawlessly to an HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Communicating Before and After a Business Disruption Event]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3005/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most companies have plans in place to ensure employee-to-employee communications following a business disruption event (BDE). But many companies haven&rsquo;t addressed how communications will be maintained with partners (suppliers, vendors, channel partners, etc.) and customers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Disaster Recovery Planning Webcast]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3121/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Join this informative web event to hear from experts at Forrester Research and HP discuss the top ten challenges for effective disaster recovery planning, how to quantify the cost of downtime as well as tips on selecting and implementing disaster recovery solutions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Workplace Recovery: The Human Side of Business Continuity]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3250/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Natural and manmade disasters have costly, far-reaching impacts on businesses. And organizations of all types are making business continuity plans that protect their data, networks, core business applications and facilities. But it&rsquo;s important to build resiliency into your business operations as well your human capital. This Web seminar on Workplace Recovery will take you through the risks related to human capital resiliency and provide a framework for addressing them.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Coming to Grips with IT Risk]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3272/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to the EIU, companies fear IT collapse more than they do terrorism, natural disasters, financial risk or regulatory constraints.&nbsp; Nonetheless, most companies do not have sound IT risk management processes in place.&nbsp; This brief summarizes the findings of an online survey conducted with 145 senior executives from a variety of industries on their current and planned strategies for minimizing IT risk.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Expanding Risk Evaluation Strategies for Better Information Protection]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3379/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-09 13:59:04</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today, companies have more at risk than ever before. To stay in business, they must evolve their traditional business continuity programs to include continuous enhancements. They must also provide continuous service and support to their customers, suppliers, stockholders and stakeholders. The best approach requires a detailed analysis of both business and technical requirements, an understanding of available options, and a deep inspection of the many variables that will support their ultimate strategy.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LifeLink Foundation Builds Virtual Data Center for Continuous Operations Using EqualLogic and VMware]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3508/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-29 14:54:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LifeLink Foundation needed to provide business continuity and DR of critical transplant related information to multiple locations and needed to manage DR planning and implementation in a hurricane zone. Learn how VMware &amp; Dell EqualLogic worked together to implement two remote sites providing consolidated virtual storage, snapshot-based backup and recovery.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Automated Disaster Recovery with VMware SRM and Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.windowsecurity.com/whitepaper3509/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-29 15:00:39</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Virtualized IT infrastructures can simplify management and facilitate business continuity while helping minimize power consumption and procurement costs. Virtualization also helps organizations automate disaster recovery plans. Dell EqualLogic PS Series arrays and VMware&reg; Site Recovery Manager (SRM) software provide integrated, cost-effective, automated site recovery and testing for enterprise data centers.]]></description>
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