"International Data Corp. estimates that companies lose an average of $84,000 for every hour of downtime. Strategic Research puts the figure closer to $90,000 an hour. Yet many enterprises put off implementing enterprise-wide DR plans until it is too late." —Searchstorage.com

Welcome to the Disaster Recovery Resource Center. This is the place to start if you need to create or complement your data recovery, business continuity, business resilience and information availability strategies. You are at the right place if you:

• Are an IT manager who has been tasked to find ways to mitigate, eliminate or minimize as cost-effectively as possible the risks and effects of unplanned outages on the business.
• Are a C-level executive who wants to be proactive about protecting your information assets and ensuring optimum business uptime for your organization.
• Have not yet been tasked with this challenge, but want to be prepared by learning as much as you can.

Both unplanned and planned downtime take their toll in business productivity and unnecessary expense. But there are cost-effective solutions for these twin challenges. Use this site to learn, explore and prepare yourself with the latest disaster recovery, business continuity and information availability information.