Callisma Unveils Operationalized Business Continuance Solution.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2002 New Solution Helps Companies Mitigate Disaster Risks, Achieve Continuous High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , and Meet Comprehensive Service Level Agreements for All Key Business Applications With disaster preparedness pre·par·ed·ness n. The state of being prepared, especially military readiness for combat. Noun 1. preparedness - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them and recovery top-of-mind at businesses worldwide, Callisma, the premier provider of network services, today launched a business continuance The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court to a later date of the same or another session of the court, granted by a court in response to a motion made by a party to a lawsuit. solution focused on maximizing the availability of applications' data as well as the networks upon which they depend and operationalizing their recovery in the event of a failure. The new solution leverages Callisma's expertise in networked storage technologies, high-bandwidth optical networks, and operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. . The performance and economic advantages of these new technologies enable companies -- for the first time -- to cost-effectively bring business continuance in-house and to achieve the levels of data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. required to meet critical business and service level agreements. "Traditional mainframe and client-server-based disaster recovery scenarios not only rely on complex procedures, but are notoriously difficult to maintain and keep current," says Ralph Troupe, Callisma president and chief executive officer. "With advances in storage and optical technologies, however, companies can cost effectively mirror critical data and applications at multiple data centers. This greatly simplifies recovery processes and assures critical data and applications will be quickly available, with minimal or no loss, should a disaster strike." Callisma works with clients to assess their business and application availability requirements and then develop a technology plan to achieve their appropriate recovery objectives and to meet specific service level requirements. Depending on the degree of availability required, data and applications can be configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: in a high-availability cluster High-availability clusters (also known as HA Clusters or Failover Clusters) are computer clusters that are implemented primarily for the purpose of improving the availability of services which the cluster provides. , where data is mirrored between sites in real-time, or data can be mirrored at specified time intervals. Backups can be performed across the wide area network for less critical requirements. Callisma's solution covers key areas in the business continuance lifecycle and is designed to help companies assess, plan, implement, test and operate a high availability business continuance strategy over the long term. Specifically, Callisma consultants work with companies to develop strategic plans, based on detailed requirements definitions and analysis. The Callisma team will develop company-tailored business continuance plans and designs and implement solutions infrastructure. Finally, the team will ensure business continuance plans are operationalized and will thoroughly validate that business applications are tested for fail-over as part of the recovery processes. "In our work with leading enterprise and service providers clients, we've seen an escalating need for more complete continuity assessments, plans, and procedures," said George Orlov, Callisma chief technology officer. "Leveraging our technology and operations management expertise, we've devised a full service offering to help our clients recognize and quickly recover from service interruptions, optimize operations management processes, and eliminate redundant and costly functions. In short, we're helping our clients move to a high-availability business continuance paradigm at a time when such preparedness is increasingly critical to long-term success." About Callisma Callisma is setting a new standard for network consulting, helping today's enterprises and service providers design and deploy networks that deliver strategic business value. By providing its clients with a broad base of technical practices, a flexible, results-oriented engagement style and the highest quality documentation and communication, Callisma delivers superior solutions -- on time and on budget. Callisma practices include IP Telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. , Internetworking, Optical Networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. , Operations Management, Project Management, Security and Storage Networking. Callisma is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices located throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information, visit the Callisma website at http://www.callisma.com or call 888/805-7075 |
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