Well, the time has come. I have written nine posts on the Blog and am looking to expand it in additional directions. So far, you have all read my thoughts and opinions on topics that I feel are important for any DR professional. I have many more to write about, trust me. Disaster Recovery is ever-changing and encompasses many different approaches to accomplishing what you are here to do: protect your data center and its applications. However, it is time to promote discussion and differing points of view.
I will continue to post articles about once per month. I hope that will bring you back to the site to learn about the new topics I write about. Some may interest you, while others may not. The purpose is to write about what you want to know. However, there are other ways to get additional information across; have guest authors and open discussions.
As I had mentioned early on, this is something that is new to me. I am not a professional blogger. What I am is a long-time IT professional with a ton of information bottled up inside my head that I would love to provide to others to help them on their professional journey in Disaster Recovery. My background in support, application development, and infrastructure helped me succeed in Disaster Recovery. All DR professionals do not necessarily have a vast background in other areas of IT, and I am not saying that you cannot be successful at Disaster Recovery without that background. But everyone has a story and differing knowledge that could help others in the industry succeed.
Therefore, I am asking you to visit the site and write some comments to the blogs that I have already written, providing both feedback and critical questions to start discussion on the topics. Go to the Forum section and start a conversation. If we can get daily questions on the site, and enough DR Professionals interested in reading and responding to those questions, everyone wins. You then know that your questions about a certain process or policy can be answered by other DR professionals and a quality discussion can take place.
When I began in Disaster Recovery, I searched the internet for something like this. I could not find it anywhere. As I mentioned in my post Why a DR Blog, the information that exists out there for DR Professionals is mainly written with Business Continuity in mind. Yes, the two processes go hand in hand, however, many DR Managers are looking for information that will help answer THEIR immediate questions.
My ask here is that each of you helps make this blog something that helps every visitor to the site. Write an article that you would like me to post and you will get credit in the byline. Start a discussion in the Forum. People coming to the site can answer those questions so that everyone can do a better job ensuring that your organization is ready, just in case something does happen, and an actual Disaster is called in your data center. Let us all share our knowledge and make it available to others who share a common goal, ensuring the recoverability of our data centers in the event of a Disaster.
