Continuous Computing Technologies for Enhancing Business Continuity

Continuous Computing Technologies for Enhancing Business Continuity

Release Date: December, 2008|Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 364
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-160-5
ISBN13: 9781605661605|ISBN10: 1605661600|EISBN13: 9781605661612
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In today's e-business, system downtime is an unacceptable option since each hour, even minute, of downtime may generate negative financial effects. In many IT-dependent organizations, business must be continuous in order to remain competitive.

Continuous Computing Technologies for Enhancing Business Continuity provides an in-depth and scientific-based explanation of business continuity (BC), business continuity management (BCM), and continuous computing technologies (CCT). Through state-of-the-art coverage in topics such as clustering technologies, fault tolerance, and technologies for reducing downtime, this authoritative reference source identifies a methodological framework, implementation strategies, and guideline for managers for integrating BCM into organizational management.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Agile enterprise
  • Benchmarking
  • Business agility
  • Business Continuity
  • Business Continuity Planning
  • Clustering technologies
  • Contemporary Business
  • Continuous computing technologies
  • Data vaulting
  • Disaster tolerance technologies
  • Economics of downtime
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Off-site data protection
  • Online backup storage system
  • Recovery technologies
  • Technologies for reducing downtime
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This book provides a foundation of concepts relevant to using and managing information technologies in order to enhance the availability ratios of business computing platforms.

– Nijaz Bajgoric, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

In addition to describing the technologies and thier importance, the book also details the role of enterprise servers, server operating systems, and sever-ware solutions in an integrated server operating environment.

– Book News Inc. (February 2009)
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Nijaz Bajgoric is an associate professor of Business Computing and Information Technology Management in the School of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has a PhD from the University of Sarajevo. He teaches and conducts research in information technology, business computing, information technology management and operating systems. He has published papers in the following peer-reviewed journals: International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, Kybernetes, Information Management and Computer Security, Information Systems Management, Industrial Management and Data Systems, International Journal of Production Research, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Agile Management Systems, Journal of Concurrent Engineering, International Journal of Agile Manufacturing and has authored and co-authored chapters in the edited books published by: IGI-Global, Elsevier Science, Kluwer Academic Publishers, CRC Press, and Auerbach Publications. His current areas of research include continuous computing technologies, business continuity, enterprise information systems, and information technology management.
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