Business Continuity

Process. People. Products. Sun: The Ideal Continuity Ally

To remain competitive, organizations are now integrating beyond the traditional data center to include customers, partners, and suppliers to their extended enterprise. IT infrastructure -- networks, data center operations, and software -- is the primary communications and financial artery of such companies.

Predictability, control, and planning are all needed to assure high levels of system uptime in today's extended enterprise. Any form of downtime or disaster could potentially weaken or destroy the "IT lifeline", leaving a company, along with its suppliers and customers, vulnerable to financial loss and missed opportunity.

Availability & Disaster Recovery Planning

To assure predictable and continuous application access to all forms of end users, high availability and thorough disaster recovery planning are imperative. Availability for open systems is a matter of choosing the right hardware, software and services, and applying sound practices and discipline to keep IT resources continually accessible and usable. Disaster Recovery Planning is the process of creating, testing, and maintaining an organization-wide plan to recover from any form of disaster or disruption in service.

Selecting the right vendor for the analysis, planning, testing, implementation, and maintenance necessary to assure high availability and adequate disaster recovering planning can be difficult. Ideally, that vendor should provide:

• Comprehesive services for availability and disaster recovery planning

• Professional alliances with industry-leading Business Continuity Planning companies

• Products designed specifically for mission-critical availability and recovery

Sun Microsystems stands as one of the few open systems vendors with world-class proven servers, storage, and networking products designed specifically with strong RAS (reliability, availability, and serviceability) capabilities. Our comprehensive training and education programs, Vendor Integration Program (SunVIP) and business continuity services also attest to Sun's commitment to delivering excellent availability and disaster recovery planning.

Sun's long experience and extensive install base of mission-critical systems in many of the world's largest companies are proof of its reputation and commitment to quality, reliability, and service. For additional details, see our Availability and Disaster Recovery Planning pages.