by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 31, 2012 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cleveland, OH – May 31, 2012 – Avalution Consulting – a business continuity industry leader in consulting and software – announced today the release of Catalyst, a groundbreaking new business continuity software product. Catalyst is web-based... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 31, 2012 | Blasts
Informational Update For May 31, 2012 The Importance of Testing: Resiliency vs. Recovery Testing is an essential element of any organization’s capability to recover from a disaster. Helping identify plan deficiencies and creating areas for improvement, a... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 31, 2012 | Blasts
Informational Update For May 29, 2012 What is the difference between a business continuity program and a “resilience” program? According to our featured speaker, resilience is about an organizational state of mind. Resilience is the difference between... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 30, 2012 | Press Releases
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — As hurricane season officially begins June 1 and communities in the U.S. and neighboring countries prepare for the threat of storms, Direct Relief announced today the delivery of Hurricane Preparedness Packs to nine U.S. states and seven... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 30, 2012 | Press Releases
PITTSBURGH – Avere Systems today announced the results of a third-party survey that shows NAS Optimization as the top choice of solutions being considered by IT executives to meet the challenges to storage performance posed by virtualization. In the first half of... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 29, 2012 | Blasts
Informational Update For May 24, 2012 Disasters Happen…Are You Ready? — Download this Free DR eBook Today! Whether it’s unpredictable weather, natural disasters or man-made accidents, there always seems to be a potential disaster just waiting to... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 25, 2012 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Hurricane Season begins June 1, 2012, FEMA is providing additional tools for federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officials to alert and warn the public about severe weather. Using the Commercial Mobile Alert System, or CMAS, which is... by Courtney Bowers | May 24, 2012 | DRJ Blogs
By Glen Bricker, Managing Consultant, Avalution ConsultingArticle originally posted on Avalution Consulting’s Blog The goal of any recovery plan, regardless of the size or nature of the organization, is to protect life, minimize damage from an event, and quickly... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 23, 2012 | Blasts
Informational Update For May 23, 2012 Avoid the Hidden Hazards of Do-It-Yourself Disaster Recovery Everyone knows that it’s critical to have disaster recovery. Without a solid disaster recovery solution, you risk losing data due to power or equipment failure,... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 22, 2012 | Blasts
Informational Update For May 22, 2012 Introducing the Everbridge Incident Management Professionals Group In addition to growing numbers of natural disasters, criminal activity and operational outages, incident management systems are being increasingly utilized for... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 22, 2012 | Press Releases
Viby J, Denmark — Debriefing Software, the experts in cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), Storwize and SVC solutions, today announced: a major upgrade to its Wizards for Storwize application, Heat Maps for... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 22, 2012 | Press Releases
Islandia, NY — MaxxVault LLC specializes in Enterprise Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) which provide enhanced document security, cost reductions through improved efficiency and tools to ensure regulatory compliance. SymQuest Group Inc. designs,... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 22, 2012 | ON Demand
Thursday, May 31, 2012. 11:00 AM Eastern, 11:00 AM Pacific IT professionals today tasked with improving disaster recovery preparedness face a significant challenge. With flat budgets, increasing recovery demands, higher level of complexity, and more and more... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 18, 2012 | Press Releases
CHARLESTON, W. Va. — If you are one of the many West Virginians with a cat, dog, other pet or service animal, now is a good time to start planning for what to do with your furry or feathered friend in the event of a future disaster.The Federal Emergency... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 17, 2012 | Press Releases
What happens if the company or organization you work for finds itself in a social media crisis, but hasn’t invested in a social media crisis plan?What do you do when the stress of the situation starts to escalate and you’re still left unclear of your role within the... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 17, 2012 | Press Releases
A recent survey undertaken in New Zealand by Massey University revealed that less than 10% of SMEs have a business continuity plan in place despite the fact that over 40% of them have experienced a crisis in the last five years. The survey found a high degree of... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 17, 2012 | Press Releases
Federal regulations require that Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing homes have written emergency plans and provide employees with emergency preparedness training. According to the study, these plans often lack specific steps such as coordinating with local... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 17, 2012 | Blasts
3 Vital Business Continuity White Papers Available from Strategic BCP Strategic BCP, the industry’s premier thought-leader and creator of ResilienceONE® business continuity planning and management software, has led the way in providing BC Professionals with... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 17, 2012 | Blasts
Informational Update For May 15, 2012 Supporting information technology risk management Data loss, corruption, inaccessibility and failures in the system or infrastructure can severely impact an organization’s productivity. While eliminating risk entirely may... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 14, 2012 | Blasts
Fall World Homepage Discount Information Exhibiting/Sponsoring Justification Kit DRJ Virtual World View the Complete Fall World 2012 Agenda! Plans are in place for another great DRJ conference, Fall World 2012. The full agenda has been released and is available online... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 14, 2012 | Blasts
Informational Update For May 11, 2012 MIT’s BCP Course: The Top Five reasons YOU should attend! MIT Professional Education is again offering its “Crisis Management and Business Continuity” Course at the MIT campus in Cambridge MA on July 23 –... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 13, 2012 | Fall World 2012
Pre Conference Courses Note: Registration for All Pre/Post Classes are available through our Main Registration. Pre Conference Course 1 Successfully Conduct your FIRST BCP/DRP Drill! Sat., Sept. 8, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sun., Sept. 9, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 13, 2012 | Fall World 2012
Post Conference Courses Note: Registration for All Pre/Post Classes are available through our Main Registration. Post Conference Course 1 From Response to Recovery: Everything You Need to Know to Design a Successful Exercise Wed., Sept. 12, 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 13, 2012 | Fall World 2012
Tuesday Workshops 3:00 – 5:30 p.m. Workshop Session 1 Develop a Top-Notch Incident Management Team Intermediate/Advanced Regina Phelps, EMSS Do you have an incident management team (what in the old days was called a crisis management team)? Are you developing... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 13, 2012 | Fall World 2012
Breakout Track 4 Tuesday 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Strategic Session 4 Implementing BCM standards for Organizational Certification and Program Sustainability Novice/Intermediate Tejas Katwala, Continuity Logic This presentation will review and compare new and most... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 13, 2012 | Fall World 2012
Breakout Track 3 Monday 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. Strategic Session 3 All About Business Continuity Metrics Intermediate/Advanced Frank Perlmutter, Strategic BCP Are you constantly seeking more executive buy-in for your BC program? Do you have difficulty presenting to... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 13, 2012 | Fall World 2012
Breakout Track 2 Monday 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. Strategic Session 2 Achieving Disaster Tolerance in Data Centers Intermediate/Advanced Tom Clark, Liberty Mutual Insurance Data centers have become a significant focus during the last 20 years as technology has... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 13, 2012 | Fall World 2012
Breakout Track 1 Monday 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Strategic Session 1 The State of Business Continuity Preparedness Novice/Intermediate/Advanced Stephanie Balaouras, Forrester Research Learn the current state of enterprise business continuity preparedness and... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 13, 2012 | Fall World 2012
General Sessions Monday General Session 1 We Need to Talk: Building Trust When Communicating Gets Critical 8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Phillip Van Hooser Communication skills are vital in our industry. Clients can be won or lost, crisis can be mismanaged and... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 12, 2012 | Fall World 2012
Sunday Workshop Sessions 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Sunday Workshop Session 1 Birds of a Feather – Business Continuity Roundtable Discussions Novice/Intermediate/Advanced Facilitated discussions on business continuity trends and key topics of interest coordinated... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 10, 2012 | Blasts
Live Webcast May 23: High-Performance Disaster Recovery — Beat your RPO/RTO targets for less! If you’re struggling to meet RPO and RTO targets of under 4 hours for your business-critical workloads, you’re not alone. Gartner estimates that a full 70%... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 8, 2012 | Blasts
Informational Update For May 8, 2012 Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery Barriers And Drivers In The Enterprise White Paper While data growth explodes and environments become more complex, enterprise IT professionals are challenged to deliver services to customers without... by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 7, 2012 | Fall World 2012
BCI Fall World Class Schedule Registration for All BCI Fall World Classes are available through our Main Registration. Is your BCP missing key building blocks? Get certified. Build the foundation needed to strengthen your organization and your career. The BCI is... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 3, 2012 | Blasts
Informational Update For May 3, 2012 There is considerable pressure for large and distributed organizations to improve Business Continuity programs. Audit demands, risk factors, new ISO standards, and good business sense all point toward the use of a Management... 
by Mike McClain, Senior Web Designer & Site Manager | May 2, 2012 | Blasts
Informational Update For May 1, 2012 Webinar – Incident Notification Message Anatomy 101 featuring Dr. Robert Chandler May 15, 2012 10 am PT / 1 pm ETWhat are the four components of an effective incident notification message? How about the DA 4 – 3 &... 
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