Long range data clustering developed

IBM and Avokia have developed a long-range database clustering technology, which links active data servers located thousands of kilometres apart.

The technology, called "active-active" database clustering, describes a process by which all of an organisation`s information management systems are kept online, regardless of their physical location, ensuring continuous availability of critical business information, reports Continuity Central News.

In its latest member newsletter, the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has announced that the European Commission is to formalise its business continuity activities under a single framework based on the BCI`s Good Practice Guidelines.

The European Commission decision, which was agreed in July 2006, "takes into account the requirements of host governments and local authorities as well as other EU institutions such as the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament", reports Continuity Central News.

New Zealand-based TelstraClear has conducted a simulation which tested disaster recovery plans for the company`s Claris suite of products - including Clarify. In the exercise the products suffered a technical issue and were not serviceable, reports Continuity Central News.

"We have installed new SUN E25K servers and Hitachi SAN storage equipment in Auckland and Wellington so it was important that we tested both production environments," explained TelstraClear`s chief of operations Luigi Sorbello. "The simulated technical problem affected critical TelstraClear in-house systems so that our whole business was potentially at risk."