Wednesday 21 November 2012

Ryde your way to disaster-recovery success

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Editor's note
Hello again everyone, Do you know what you would do if a catastrophic failure hit your systems, and how long it would take to restore full service? The City of Ryde in Sydney has detailed its experiences and learnings from its latest disaster-recovery test. Everything was back online within 48 hours, except Exchange, and there are plenty of useful disaster-recovery tips in the article. Also this week, we had the latest instalment of Tony McSherry's voyage with Windows 8, which this time focused on his two new Surface RT tablet/laptop hybrids. If you've been following Tony's previous articles, it should come as no surprise that he is enjoying the Surface and Windows RT experience. Personally, though, I think I'll reserve judgment until one of the fabled Surfaces powered by an Intel chip passes by my desk. Have a good week. --Chris

Ryde your way to disaster-recovery success

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