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How to Create a Disaster Recovery Plan (With Sample Template)

When an unexpected disaster strikes, the difference between a temporary setback and a lasting crisis comes down to preparation. Without the right strategy in place, incidents like hardware failures, ransomware attacks, or power outages can halt operations, disrupt customer service, and erode trust. This is why it’s vital to create a disaster recovery plan—an orderly and proven strategy that guides your organization back to stability.
In this blog, we’ll provide you with a practical, actionable roadmap for a disaster recovery plan, alongside a sample template you can tailor to your needs.

Tim Burke

Software Development KPIs That Matter

Software development can move at a breakneck pace—and without adequate visibility, even highly effective teams can lose track of what’s really driving progress. When this happens, timelines slip, quality drops, and decisions start to rely on gut instinct instead of data. The answer to these problems lies with key performance indicators, or KPIs. These data points give leaders the clarity they need to steer projects in the right direction and maintain momentum.

Ray Aldrich

How to Run a Cyber Attack Simulation to Your Team

It’s not enough to just assume your cybersecurity posture is strong. Performing a cyber attack simulation exercise is one of the most effective ways to test that your security is as tight as it can be. Rather than waiting for a real breach to expose gaps, a simulated attack allows you to safely stress-test your people, processes, and technology under controlled conditions.

Adam Burke

Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: 5 Critical Differences

Disruption is an inevitable part of modern business operations. From cyber incidents to natural disasters, unexpected events can strike at any time – and their impact often reaches far beyond IT. The difference between a short-lived setback and a full-scale crisis often depends on preparation. Business continuity and disaster recovery may sound similar, but understanding how they differ is key to building a strategy that keeps operations steady when it matters most.

Tim Burke

Infrastructure as Code: What It Means for Modern IT Operations

Technology leaders are under constant pressure to deliver quickly, support growth, and keep systems stable. It can be difficult for traditional infrastructure management to keep pace with innovation, so that’s why Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can be a game-changing strategy. It lets organizations handle infrastructure with the same precision, repeatability, and agility as software development.

Vlad Pivtorak

RTO vs. RPO: What Business Leaders Must Understand About Downtime

Downtime is more than a simple inconvenience. For businesses, every minute that systems are unavailable carries a measurable cost to customer trust, revenue, and operational stability. The difference between a tolerable interruption and a catastrophic disruption often comes down to two metrics: Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO). Both are key components of business continuity planning, and understanding them is essential to putting effective recovery strategies into practice.

Shawn Davidson