Richard Dolewski

CTO & VP of Business Continuity Services at WTS

Richard Dolewski is Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Business Continuity Services for WTS. Richard is a certified systems integration specialist and disaster recovery planner and is globally recognized as a subject matter expert for business continuity for IBM iSeries and i5 environments. An author and frequent technical contributor to publications such as Common and iSeries Magazine, Richard is a winner of numerous speaking awards including COMMON’s Impact Award and is a member of COMMON’s Speaker Hall of Fame. Richard’s book titled System i Disaster Recovery Planning is available from MC Press and Amazon.com.

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Article: Should You Host Your Applications In The Cloud? PDF
Hosting software applications in a cloud-based model receives lots of attention and press coverage these days. But is it for you? If you are responsible for IT operations, how will you evaluate the pros and cons of outsourcing the management of your company applications to an outside vendor? How can you know whether private cloud-based application hosting will work reliably and cost effectively for you? Although the idea of outsourcing mission-critical operations might at first seem counter-intuitive for an organization that is used to handling all IT tasks in-house, the benefits of outsourcing make the decision worth considering. Use this primer to find out whether it will work for your company.


Paper: Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery PDF
Many corporate IT departments have used tape technology for data backup and recovery for years. It may be time for a change. Terms such as backup service, cloud backup and data vaulting describe the process of electronically sending data off-site, where it can be protected from hardware failure, unplanned downtime, loss, and other systems risks. In today’s business environment, continuous access to corporate data is a vital step to supporting your external customers and internal users. Gaining access to and providing availability of this data is crucial to support your business continuity plan in the event of a disaster.


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