Aug 21
2009
Hurricane Bill headed northwest – may reach eastern Canada as early as Aug. 23
Bloomberg reports today that Hurricane Bill’s maximum sustained winds decreased slightly to 115 miles per hour as the system headed northwest over the Atlantic Ocean at 17 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The eye of the hurricane was about 385 miles south of Bermuda. The storm may reach eastern Canada as early as Aug. 23.
Organizations, governments and agencies are probably thinking about contingency planning. There is lots of discussion around about how cloud computing, web-based software, (also known as SaaS) can help with disaster planning in terms of data protection and recovery.
A key feature of cloud computing is that users’ information is housed in multiple, geographically dispersed data centers that provide extensive backup, data archive and failover capabilities. This includes a multi-level backup strategy of disk-to-disk-to-tape data backups which ensure maximum recovery speed with minimum potential for data loss. Major suppliers of cloud computing infrastructure such as Salesforce.com provide very high levels of service availability through virtualized servers at multiple data centers. Users of web-based services have both their data and server availability protected in the event of a natural disaster.
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Great post. I will read your posts frequently. Added you to the RSS reader.
Thanks Dan. Look forward to your participation.