A great read from Quest explaining how to spot activities that pose true risk, without getting buried in an avalanche of alerts, using Quest's Change Auditor Software. This is something that Halcyon is particularly skilled at.
Businesses revolve around data and the availability of data. Downtime is no longer an acceptable risk for any industry. Sound planning around BC/DR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery) is fundamental. Traditionally, businesses have looked at DR to require a near mirror of their production environment. This is a costly and difficult situation to justify.
There are many 'gotchas' that will often surface once you start peeling back the layers and looking at the true nuts and bolts of your scope or what is required to move or migrate. There are many of them, but here are a few you should be looking for out of the gate.
Migration… A word that strikes fear within I.T. boardrooms around the world. 3 simple syllables that bring to mind a bunch of birds flying south for the winter, but the reality is, we all wish we could fly south instead of facing the project that is looming over our heads.
