Enhancing Business Continuity and IT Capability [electronic resource] : System Administration and Server Operating Platforms.

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Downtime and Modern Business -- Background -- Framework for the Book -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 2 Economics of Downtime -- Background -- Business Computing in the Digital Age: Always-On Information System and Always-On Business -- The Role of the Server Operating Environment and System Administration -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 3 Business Continuity and IT Capability

Business Continuity Management -- Brief Business Continuity History -- BCM Implementation -- Crisis -- Business Continuity Planning -- Contingency Planning -- Disaster Recovery Planning -- Business Continuity Planning Strategy -- Methodology for Developing a Business Continuity Plan -- BCM Maturity Models -- Information Technology Capability -- BCM and IT Capability -- Conclusion -- Real-World Example -- Ransomware Hobbles the City of Atlanta -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 4 Server Operating Environments for Business Continuity

Background: Enterprise Information Systems and Information Technology Architectures -- Server Operating Environment -- Enterprise Servers -- Server Configurations of Major Server Vendors -- Choosing A Server for Business Continuance -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 5 System Administration and Business Continuity -- Background -- Operating Systems in E-Business Era: The Three Perspectives -- Server Operating Environment for Continuous Computing: Major Enablers -- Business Continuity-Oriented System Administration Features of the Main SOS Platforms

System Administration and Business Continuity: Basic and High-availability Features of Some Server OS Platforms -- HP-UX Server Operating Environment -- IBM AIX Server Operating Environment -- Oracle Solaris Server Operating Environment -- Windows Server Operating Environment -- SUSE Linux Operating Environment -- Business Continuity-Oriented Operating Systems Course -- Lectures -- Practical/Problem Sessions -- System Administration and DevOps -- Plan and Track -- Develop -- Build and Test -- Deploy -- Monitor and Operate

DevOps Implementation and Impact on the Availability of an Information System -- Continuous Integration -- Continuous Delivery -- Microservices -- Infrastructure as a Code -- Configuration Management -- DevOps Tools -- Infrastructure Automation -- Configuration Management -- Deployment Automation -- Log Management -- Performance Management -- Monitoring -- Continuous Deployment -- Testing -- When Not DevOps -- The Impact of Modern Software Architectures on System Administration -- Sysadmin 4.0 -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- References

Enterprise servers play a mission-critical role in modern computing environments, especially from a business continuity perspective. Several models of IT capability have been introduced over the last two decades. Enhancing Business Continuity and IT Capability: System Administration and Server Operating Platforms proposes a new model of IT capability. It presents a framework that establishes the relationship between downtime on one side and business continuity and IT capability on the other side, as well as how system administration and modern server operating platforms can help in improving business continuity and IT capability. This book begins by defining business continuity and IT capability and their importance in modern business, as well as by giving an overview of business continuity, disaster recovery planning, contingency planning, and business continuity maturity models. It then explores modern server environments and the role of system administration in ensuring higher levels of system availability, system scalability, and business continuity. Techniques for enhancing availability and business continuity also include Business impact analysis Assessing the downtime impact Designing an optimal business continuity solution IT auditing as a process of gathering data and evidence to evaluate whether the company's information systems infrastructure is efficient and effective and whether it meets business goals The book concludes with frameworks and guidelines on how to measure and assess IT capability and how IT capability affects a firm's performances. Cases and white papers describe real-world scenarios illustrating the concepts and techniques presented in the book.

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