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WP-DBManager by Lester Chan is a popular WordPress plugin. With over 811,000 downloads as of this writing, WP-DBManager is a full-featured database management and backup tool that allows you to optimize, repair, backup, and restore your WordPress installation’s MySQL database. In addition, the plugin can delete backup copies of your database, drop tables, and run [...]
Continuity of Operations training instructs business users how to plan for keeping their business functions operational in the event of the loss of the computer systems they depend so highly upon. At UConn, the loss of the primary data center may require 30 days or longer to fully recover system operations. The sad truth is [...]
A Remote Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) site offers the best protection against catastrophic system disruptions. After Hurricane Sandy, University Information Technology Services (UITS) scrambled to build a local CIP site in the Chemistry building approximately 300 yards distant from the Math Science Building (MSB) where UConn’s central data center is located. While the MSB data [...]
Information systems are vital to the University of Connecticut’s mission/business functions. It is critical that services provided by University Information Technology Services (UITS) are able to operate effectively without excessive interruption. The Critical Infrastructure Protection Plan (CIPP) establishes comprehensive procedures to fail over and/or recover critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) quickly and effectively following [...]
As the author of “The Ultimate Guide to the SDLC,” I am somewhat of an expert with the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Business profitably is driven by a balance of margin, sales and net profit. The success of an IT organization to deliver high business value is driven by the three-legged stool of IT [...]
After forming the governance teams and dealing with Hurricane Sandy, much of my time was spent creating a BCP/DR toolkit and document library. When I arrived at UConn, all they had was a single document they called a Business Continuity template. It was wholly inadequate to serve the needs of BCP/DR program. There are many [...]
Category 3 Hurricane Sandy, October 22, 2012 – October 31, 2012, produced winds as high as 115 mph (185 km/h) and was responsible for 285 deaths. It was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the second-costliest hurricane in United States history. It was also an eye [...]
As I began gathering requirements from key stakeholders, one major task that had to be accomplished is to develop a governance structure over the Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) program. At UConn, this is easier said than done because of the tenuous history between University Information Technology Services (UITS) and the independent IT organizations [...]
It’s rare these days for anyone in IT to build a program from the ground up. Yet, I recently had the opportunity to establish a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) program for the University Information Technology Services (UITS) group of the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT (UConn). UITS is UConn’s central IT service [...]
WordPress version 3.4 has been released. While many of the improvements are under the hood, there a few you need to know about. Watch the video and feel free to share it with anyone.
