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Disaster Recovery Glossary: 27 Terms To Know

Search Disaster Recovery, Monday, December 23rd, 2024

Creating a disaster recovery plan is challenging, but critical for long-term business success. DR teams and IT can benefit from understanding these 27 terms.

In a time of crisis, no one wants to be unsure of what a business process or IT component is.

Disaster recovery is the strategy businesses use to prepare for and recover from disruption or cessation of operations. IT disaster recovery addresses data, service and infrastructure issues to restore functionality.

With such a broad array of functions and technologies involved, it's critical that employees working on disaster recovery understand the terminology. With the right information, you can either help fix an issue and move the recovery along, or inform other relevant parties what is happening moment by moment.

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