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This article in InfoWorld reviews mixed Linux/Windows enterprise IT deployments. We're seeing more and more of this among our customer base as well. A purchase of LifeKeeper for Exchange may be followed by the evaluation of an Oracle/Linux solution. System admins want the best tool for the job and as long as they feel the burden of supporting multiple OS platforms is within their ability, they will choose without religion as to Windows vs Linux.
A Business Continuity Report was published by The Times (London) as a special supplement on July 26th. Among articles in this version of the report are:
You can download a condensed version here.
A story in today's USA Today documents the results of a recent survey of 183 cities which found that:
eight in 10 cities say their emergency responders still can't communicate with each other or area towns, 44% have not created or updated their evacuation plans, and nearly three-quarters say they're not prepared to handle a flu pandemic outbreak
With hurricane season about to move into its most active period, those of us along the eastern coast (I am writing this from Charleston, SC) would like to believe that lessons learned from last year's catastrophes would have led to concrete substantive action. Apparently, this is not the case.
These government findings are in contrast to those of our own survey of corporate BC plans which found that on the whole corporations do have solid plans in place and do test and update them will regularity. In fact, we found that 45% of those companies who have plans have actually invoked them. If you would like a copy of the full survye results, send me an email at bobw@steeleye.com
Our CTO, James Bottomley, is just back from the Ottawa Linux Symposium where he was selected to deliver next year's keynote speech. If you have ever had the pleasure to hear James speak, you know the unforgettable experience that the audience has in store for them. If not, here is hint: bring your OED. You may enjoy this writeup of this year's keynote and the clever way that the selection of James was revealed to the attendees. Congratulations to James on this well-deserved recognition.
