The importance of having uninterrupted access to business data and applications is nothing new.  "Availability" has become such a vital aspect of doing business in today’s world that it is no longer  even a buzz word. It is an imperative. And with the proliferation of network computing―not only  network-accessible data, but network-accessible applications as well―"availability" has begun to  take on a whole new meaning. It has become important to protect more than just your data. The  applications and infrastructure that allow users to work with that data must also be protected.Compound the hazards of local hardware failure with the potentially debilitating (if not fatal)  financial blow that could be dealt to an organization by a natural catastrophe or an act of  terrorism, and the importance of having a sound disaster recovery solution in place becomes  incredibly clear.

This paper discusses today's options for ensuring business continuity by protecting missioncritical data in the event of the destruction of local computing resources and how NEC's solutions can provide every company with an affordable way to allow surviving resources to continue working with access to the latest data after a disaster.