| Business Continuity’s role in Supply Chain ResilienceUntil relatively recently, business continuity management for most companies focused primarily on the risks associated with IT failure or the loss of a building. The increasing reliance upon outsourci...Read More >> |  |
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| What is Missing From Your Disaster Recovery Program?For many years, your company has worked on getting what you would need to get your company back up and running after a disaster happened. You more than likely have purchased computerized equipme...Read More >> |
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| Monday Morning Quarterback Review of the Indianapolis Colts and Risk ManagementWhile a debate regarding who is the best quarterback in the National Football League would certainly include multiple viewpoints, there is little disagreement among those close to the sport about whic...Read More >> |
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| School Bus Enhances CDP Mass Casualty ExerciseHands-On Training Provides Mass Triage Scenario
The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala. is known for its realistic, emergency response exercises. Responders attending the Hands-O...Read More >> |
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| Public and Private Sector Relationships in Emergency ManagementWhen studying the field of emergency management and how it has evolved over the years, it is virtually impossible to analyze it without also researching the role of the private sector. Charities such...Read More >> |
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| Social Media and Crisis Management: 10 Common MistakesIf your organization is already on its social media journey, you may want to think of yourself as a traveler. It can be an exciting time out there on the road, but it can also be a challenging time...Read More >> |
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| The benefits of BDR in SMBsYour business is running smoothly, with customer orders coming into your website, emails from suppliers promising delivery times, and quotes from service providers on the next expansion to your busine...Read More >> |
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| Big Data Disaster Recovery in the CloudIt should come as no surprise, the explosion of digital information is real and continuing to grow at a much faster pace than our ability to capture, preserve and use it effectively. Analyst firm IDC...Read More >> | |
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| Choosing Between the In-House Option or a Service Provider for Disaster Recovery/Business ContinuityWhile there is no denying the importance of disaster recovery/business continuity (DR/BC) planning for any enterprise that wants to minimize the impact of unplanned disruptions, it is also a given tha...Read More >> |
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| Advantages of Business Continuity Software Expand as Analysis MaturesThe debate over the use of software for business continuity planning is typically focused on the perceived value of the system functionality. Software vendors champion their automation features whi...Read More >> |
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| An Update on TC 223 and ISO 22301 (Updated November 11, 2011) [EDITOR'S NOTE – Brian Zawada is a member of the US Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee 223. Zawada participated in the June 2011 Berlin and November 2011 Beijing meetings as a m...Read More >> |
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| RAD Operations Training Improves Radiological ResponseThe recent earthquakes and subsequent radiological impacts in Japan have increased the awareness and interest in how communities respond to radioactive incidents. Despite the recent increased atten...Read More >> | |
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| Disaster Proofing Your Business with an Electronic Document Management SystemCritical Backups and Data Protection in the Event of a Disaster
Nearly 18,000 businesses were dislocated, disrupted or destroyed by 9/11. Thousands more were affected by Hurricane Katrina. Accordin...Read More >> |
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| The Cloud is a Cost-Effective Option for Disaster RecoveryDisaster recovery is all about trade-offs: you need to find a cost-effective solution that is always active and makes it as easy as possible to recover your data and restart your business if something...Read More >> |
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| Disaster Recovery Assurance: The often forgotten factor in data protection planning
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When you think of data protection, what do you think of? I’ll bet that you think of daily backup windows, restore SLAs, tuning back-up systems and off-site archiving. It is e...Read More >> |
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| Small Business Disaster PreparednessPlanning Preparedness Tips For Small Businesses: The Products and Services Catalog
In light of what has occured in the Midwest and Southern states this spring, disaster preparedness is now on the min...Read More >> | |
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| Getting Your Business Back: Pulling Together Business Continuity, Crisis Management and Disaster RecoveryI have talked to many organizations about their recovery programs, and an observation that I have made that seems to be a common thread is that the responsibility for recovery seems to lie in several...Read More >> | |
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| Virtualization Can’t Guarantee Data Availability | | Virtualization Can’t Guarantee Data AvailabilityVirtualization platforms such as those from VMware, Microsoft and Citrix can provide for advances in high availability (HA) for most enterprises. By extending this concept to non-company-owned server...Read More >> | |
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| Everyday Leadership | | Everyday LeadershipWe hear the word “Leadership” so often in our daily lives that sometimes you have to wonder whether the context in which it is used justifies the usage. Take for example any sound bite we read or...Read More >> |
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| Of templates & check lists | | Of templates & check listsLately I've seen pleas, some from people claiming to hold "senior" business continuity titles, asking for templates.
Usually the request is for a very specific template; a call center or IT dep...Read More >> |
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| Insight – The Intuitive Foundation of Contingency Planning | | Insight – The Intuitive Foundation of Contingency PlanningWhy is contingency planning such an alienated concept? Now, some of you may be thinking, “Alienated, but we have our business continuity plans in check, our disaster recovery exercises were co...Read More >> | |
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| Configuration Knowledge Must Be Collaborative: Disaster Recovery Depends on Configuration KnowledgeThe weakest link in most disaster recovery strategies is the one most easily and often over-looked. Configuration documentation is the single element that can make or break business continuity in many...Read More >> |
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| Data Center Infrastructure Management: A New Tool for Disaster Recovery Planning and ResponseAdministrators are constantly assessing data center and network capacity needs in preparation for a potential disaster, but are often at a loss to respond in an optimal way to balance capacity and per...Read More >> |
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| Continuous Application Availability: Strategy for Business Resiliency | | | Continuous Application Availability: Strategy for Business ResiliencyThe Internet has transformed the landscape of business. Traditional high availability is no longer good enough; key applications must be accessible at all times for businesses to survive and thrive i...Read More >> |
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| Art as Risk Mitigation | | Art as Risk MitigationThe Internet is a wonderful thing.
It provides a fast, low cost means to share ideas.
Couple that with a business continuity planner's innate ability to think of "off-the-wall" relationships and you...Read More >> |
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| Understanding High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Your Overall Recovery Strategy | | | Understanding High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Your Overall Recovery StrategyWhen developing a disaster recovery strategy, customers frequently ask me to clarify the difference between disaster recovery and high availability. And now with the rise of cloud computin
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