Resource Center
Resource Center
Welcome to DBSi’s Resource Center; here we provide access to industry relevant news articles, links to important government and industry websites and more. Our goal is to inform and educate both our clients and the general public on the latest news and technology regarding disaster recovery, managed hosting and data center services. If you have any questions or would like to know more about a particular subject, please don’t hesitate to contact us directly.
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Industry Relevant Articles
- Fire Shows Need to Back Up Digital Public Records (The Morning Call)
On July 29, the Whitehall municipal building was ablaze, the suspected cause a lightning strike; but did lightning strike twice, at least symbolically? There was fire, smoke, and water damage, but the secondary damage to the township’s ability to serve the people of Whitehall can be the far more significant impact. MORE - A Decade of Risk Magnification (TCCP Vol 2 Issue 18)
The past decade has been one of accelerated growth and unprecedented changes in how we use technology, and who uses technology. In the 2002-2003 timeframe we reached an apex where the management of disparate but interconnected systems became the major “Risk” component of growth. MORE
Websites of Interest
The Real Cost
of Downtime
Failure of business critical services can cause a devastating loss of money. According to a 2001 Merrill Lynch/McKinsey report, each hour a business spends “down” can cost from $14,000 to $6.5 million, depending on the industry dollar amounts that are downright conservative by 2007 standards.
Once inflation and the increased prevalence of the Internet are factored in, the numbers could easily range from $25,000 to $10+ million per hour.