Summer Brings Many Hazards
Summer has arrived with a fury in much of the nation. It seems like everyday there is a new Disaster, problem or concern affecting businesses and their employees.
Workplace Violence
As I sat to determine what to write for this issue, one topic kept rising to the top of the list. Since I live in Missouri, not far from the city of Kirkwood, where, in February 2008, a resident fired shots during a city council meeting, the topic of workplace violence kept surfacing. The aftermath of this tragic Event was six deaths, including the gunman, and one critically injured.
Who Made Mother Nature So Angry?
Its only the middle of June, and the question has to be, Who made Mother Nature so angry?
Building an Enterprise-wide BC/DR Program
It all started in the data center. Once computers became part of the business landscape, even before the introduction of personal computers on individual desks, it became pretty clear we could not return to our manual processes if our computers failed. The business model changed.
Shifting the Emphasis: Disaster Recovery as a Service
One of todays most frequently referenced IT improvement paradigms is the shift to a services-oriented architecture (SOA). Wikipedia explains SOA as a design for linking business and computational resources on demand to achieve the desired results for service consumers.
Implementing a Disaster Recovery Strategy Thats Not an IT Disaster
Disaster recovery has been a fundamental offering from most storage software and hardware vendors over the last decade. However, a deeper look reveals that not all disaster recovery solutions are created equal.
Implementing a Disaster Recovery Strategy Thats Not an IT Disaster
Scott Ream is president of Virtual Corporation. Since 1994, Virtual Corporation is a business continuity consulting and software company that assists organizations with all aspects of their business continuity (BC) programs.
An Interview with Scott Ream of Virtual Corporation
Scott Ream is president of Virtual Corporation. Since 1994, Virtual Corporation is a business continuity consulting and software company that assists organizations with all aspects of their business continuity (BC) programs.
Simulating Distance Effects in the Lab
Scott Ream is president of Virtual Corporation. Since 1994, Virtual Corporation is a business continuity consulting and software company that assists organizations with all aspects of their business continuity (BC) programs.
Partnerships Add Value
If we have learned nothing more from catastrophic events, we know that partnerships have played an important role. Disaster response and recovery are not individual efforts. They are more like a symphony than a solo performance.
Crisis Communications and the CEOs Role
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, Johnson & Johnson Chairman James Burke and President Ronald Reagan are lauded as examples of leaders who inspired, comforted and led with confidence and distinction during crises.
Delivering Urgent Notifications Through Telephony Ports
With recent catastrophic world events generating a growing number of business continuity and disaster recovery plans, the demand for reliable and efficient notification systems has grown.
Common Sense Measures to Safeguard your Community
In order to improve coordination and communication among all levels of government and the public in the fight against terrorism, the president signed Homeland Security Presidential Directive 3 on March 12, 2002, creating the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS).
The Need To Be Green: Data Center Strategies Becoming More Eco-Friendly
As Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore stated recently, It is a mistake to think of the climate crisis as one in a list of issues, it is the issue.
Moving Mainframe Tape Outside The Data Center
For years, enterprise IT has been faced with a variety of challenges that are almost mutually exclusive: support and enable business growth while reducing costs; increase data protection while improving global data access; meet shorter recovery objectives while managing growing amounts of data, to name a few.
The Real Impact of Power Outages on your Bottom Line
Temperatures are rising, summer storms are brewing, and your network may soon be crashing. During this season of uncertain weather and certain power outages, businesses suddenly become quite vulnerable.
Debating Distance and Disasters
It’s a frequent topic on DRJ’s Internet forum. It’s discussed on other business continuity and related lists.
Stepping It Up: Advancing Your Recovery Strategy by Integrating Virtualization and Replication
Imagine ABC Company recently completed an extensive server virtualization project to reduce their data center footprint, save costs associated with hardware purchasing and maintenance, and enhance their ability to recover from a disaster.
Action-Oriented Plan Set to Guide South Carolina Community in Times of Disaster
Most governmental entities have plans in place to mobilize critical emergency relief resources during a disaster. Yet few have similar plans in place to drive the disaster recovery process.
What Is Organizational Certification?
There has been a great deal of difficulty in determining the effectiveness and quality of an organizations business continuity process and where to turn for the best guidance regarding how to build an effective program.
Beaufort County Hosts National Guards Largest Ever Disaster Response Event
As part of Vigilant Guard 2008, the South Carolina National Guard put on one of the largest disaster response training exercises in the history of the National Guard.