The National Preparedness Month 2013 Toolkit

September is National Preparedness Month! Here are the “official” toolkits provided by FEMA-  (via community.fema.gov) The National Preparedness Month (NPM) 2013 Toolkit includes suggestions for activities and events that state, local, tribal and territorial governments, business, non-governmental organizations, and community organizations could sponsor to promote NPM. This toolkit also includes templates and drafts of newsletter articles, blogs,… Continue reading The National Preparedness Month 2013 Toolkit

Emergency Preparedness, Zombie Style!

From the Centers for Disease Control’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response  (seriously) There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe… Continue reading Emergency Preparedness, Zombie Style!

Do you have a TARDIS? A STORServer might just be the next best thing.

This blog written in honor of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Who and YouTube’s Geek Week. If you can’t travel back in time, you better know you can recover your data.  In BBC America’s series “Doctor Who,” the Doctor has the ability to travel through time in space in a device called the TARDIS (Time and… Continue reading Do you have a TARDIS? A STORServer might just be the next best thing.

More than a Plan: Establishing a Disaster Recovery Program

By Glen Bricker, Avalution ConsultingOriginally posted on Avalution Consulting’s Blog Many organizations think having a disaster recovery plan is all the protection they need from disasters. However, there is so much more to disaster recovery than just a plan! That’s why most industry professionals see disaster recovery as an ongoing program or process that contains… Continue reading More than a Plan: Establishing a Disaster Recovery Program