Library

Welcome to Continuity Software's Library, a constantly expanding repository of information on issues related to disaster recovery and business continuity. Please feel free to download white papers, analyst reviews, data sheets, and explore the many other resources available here. Check back often to see what new items have been added. And, of course, if you need more information feel free to contact us.

 

Videos and Flash

On - Demand Webinar: Downtime Avoidance - Datacenter Management Series

In this webinar, you will learn how to detect unprotected assets in any high-availability clustered environment and resolve the problem(s) before operations are impacted. You will discover why the greatest threat to business continuity could be the smallest configuration error, as well as how it could impact availability – and the business.

Demo: Recoverguard in Action

Watch this demo to learn how RecoverGuard can help you automatically uncover the RPO and RTO risks that are hiding in your data center.  This informative demo will help you understand why manual HA/DR testing is not enough to protect your business, and how automated testing and monitoring can help you minimize downtime, data loss or performance degradation.

On - Demand Webinar: Why Your HA/DR Systems Will Fail and How to Make Sure They Won't

If you can't afford to miss your business continuity objectives, then you can't afford to miss this webinar featuring insights from Taneja Group analyst Christine Taylor. Learn how to bullet-proof and optimize your HA/DR systems, and why automated configuration testing and monitoring is the only way to ensure you can achieve your Recovery Point and Recovery Time Objectives

       On - Demand Webinar: Solving HA/DR Configuration Drift

Configuration drift is inevitable in today’s complex data centers, and it is also the greatest threat to your business continuity. Discover why it increases the risk of data loss and extended outages, and how automated DR and HA monitoring can eliminate the problem  

On - Demand Webinar: Critical Recovery Risks Most DR Tests Miss

Traditional disaster recovery (DR) testingn often fails to uncover serious DR gaps that exist in every IT infrastructure. Find out what that can mean to your business and how you can uncover those gaps before operations are impacted

NetworkWorld Tech Update: How to Ensure Disaster Recovery Systems are Working 
Gil Hecht, CEO of Continuity Software, shows how problems in disaster recovery can arise and what can be done to guarantee backup systems work when disaster strikes

RecoverGuard 2-Minute Tour
A quick look at how RecoverGuard ensures business continuity and DR readiness

Putting Disaster Recovery to the Test  

August 26, 2008

In this IT Link podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, Continuity CEO Gil Hecht explains why an inability to test disaster recovery plans usually leads to cataclysmic failure

Virtual Strategy Magazine TV (VSM TV)

August 25, 2008

VSM speaks with Brian Schwarzentruber, Sales Engineering Director at Continuity Software about its RecoverGuard solution

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Analyst Reports

Continuity Software's High Availability and Disaster Recovery Monitoring and Management in the Field
By Taneja Group
"The enterprise routinely replicates data between primary and secondary environments, which theoretically provides strong levels of protection should the primary host or site go down. However, over time IT frequently makes changes in the primary environment without making identical changes to the secondary and/or localized high availability (HA) solution (i.e., clusters). This process can play havoc with replication systems, leading to a dizzying 75% failure rate within a year of a company’s most recent disaster recovery (DR) test and mitigation."
Continuity Software Launches DR Assurance Service as Complement to RecoverGuard
Author: Michael Fisch, Director of Storage and Networking, The Clipper Group “Many IT executives will admit off-the-record that while they have employed the most advanced and trusted solutions available, the ongoing changes, updates, and interdependencies in their infrastructure create the possibility of a failed or partial recovery. Enterprises should strive to close this gap -- to ensure the effectiveness of their DR investments -- by using a solution like Continuity Software's RecoverGuard.”
Continuity Software’s RecoverGuard Closes the Gap on Disaster Recovery
Author: Michael Fisch, Director of Storage and Networking, The Clipper Group “If your enterprise is spending hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars on DR technology, you want to know it will work fully when it is needed. However, DR gaps and vulnerabilities can hinder its ability to perform a failover. The worst part is that you often do not know they are there until it is too late.”
Will Your Disaster Recovery Solution Work?
Author: Bob Laliberte, Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) “Continuity Software’s RecoverGuard is well positioned to validate a company’s ability to successfully recover from a disaster. Clearly, this functionality is a must-have for any company that can’t tolerate downtime.”
Disaster Recovery Management: An Emerging Approach for Avoiding Data Protection Disasters
Author: Dan Yachin, Research Director, IDC EMEA Emerging Technologies
“Given the dynamic nature of enterprise data centers, in which production configuration changes occur frequently, an automated approach for identifying data protection gaps is becoming increasingly necessary.”

Sample RecoverGuard Reports

Sample Energy Company Vulnerability Scan Report
This report is an excerpt of a full RecoverGuard Pilot Scan analysis conducted for a leading U.S. electric company. RecoverGuard uncovered 36 hidden configuration gaps, some of which posed serious risks to the firm’s ability to recover. Note: All identifiable customer information has been removed.
Sample Financial Firm Vulnerability Scan Report
This report is an excerpt of a full RecoverGuard Pilot Scan analysis conducted for one of the largest financial institutions in the United States. RecoverGuard uncovered over 20 configuration gaps that had either gone undetected in the last full DR test, or had occurred after the test was completed. Note: All identifiable customer information has been removed.
Sample Insurance Company Vulnerability Scan (NetApp Environment)
This report is an excerpt of a full RecoverGuard Pilot Scann analysis conducted for a major insurance company. RecoverGuard uncovered 16 configuration gaps which were exposing the company to the risk of data loss and downtime. Note: All identifiable customer information has been removed.

White Papers

Five Critical Recovery Flaws Your Last DR Test Missed
A look at why traditional DR testing fails to uncover serious disaster recovery gaps and what it can mean to your business
RecoverGuard White Paper
This paper explores why disaster recovery efforts have such high failure rates and takes a closer look at how RecoverGuard automated DR monitoring software can ensure business continuity.

Data Sheets

DR Assurance Service
The fastest and easiest way to ensure disaster recovery readiness
RecoverGuard Automated DR Testing and Monitoring Software
Automatic insight into your disaster recovery replication environment, vulnerability detection and SLA validation

Solutions Note

Disaster Recovery Testing with RecoverGuard
Ensuring recoverability with automated DR testing and monitoring
Data Center Migrations with RecoverGuard
Using automated infrastructure testing and monitoring for seamless data center migrations
Host Configuration Analysis with RecoverGuard
Identifying barriers to availability with automated infrastructure testing and monitoring

Case Studies

Cellcom Case Study
Discover how this leading cellular communications company uses RecoverGuard to ensure data protection and recoverability, and boost resource optimization.
IDC Case Study- Bank of Israel
Addressing Disaster Recovery and High Availability Challenges. Learn how Israel’s central bank overcame the limitations of traditional disaster recovery and high availability testing to automatically validate readiness between its production and DR sites.