The most complete guide to data protection, disaster recovery avoidance, and disaster recovery tools, techniques, and technologies! Disaster Recovery Planning, Second Edition shows exactly how to implement world-class disaster recovery for todays distributed environments-without paying for expensive consultants or proprietary methodologies! Veteran planner and analyst Jon William Toigo delivers strategies and insight that any company can use, large or small. Youll find comprehensive coverage of disaster recovery techniques that reflect the latest technologies in data storage, networks, server systems, and the Internet: * E-business and Web based disaster planning and recovery * Recovery strategies for n-tier client/server and ERP systems-the Achilles heel of modern corporate IT * Low-cost steps you can take now to dramatically reduce the risks of disaster * Guidelines for leveraging current and next generation IT and network technologies to ensure maximum protection for mission-critical business processes Disaster Recovery Planning, Second Edition is linked to an accompanying Web site, http: //www.drplanning.org, that will serve as a living appendix-keeping IT professionals up-to

JON WILLIAM TOIGO is author of seven books, including The Holy Grail of Data Storage Management (Prentice Hall PTR, 2000), as well as more than 1000 articles for the business trade press. He is also a consultant providing ongoing research and writing services to a broad range of commercial clients, including AT&T, Cabletron, Cisco, Citrix, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard., Storage Technologies Corporation, and Network Systems Corporation. Over the past 15 years, he has helped numerous companies develop disaster recovery plans for their systems and networks.