Mobility Evolution Driving Effective Crisis Response
Most organizations have developed business continuity and emergency preparedness plans by virtue of necessity, with many of them taking the form of thick binders, flipbooks, and extensive Web pages. While these materials are intended to help save lives, mitigate disasters, and provide other instructions for unexpected situations, the reality is that they are often not… Continue reading Mobility Evolution Driving Effective Crisis Response
‘To Be or Not To Be’ – Prepared for Floods
Itâs safe to say that most of the country has experienced extremely volatile weather within the last few years. Research shows that weather patterns are, and will continue to be, increasingly volatile due to changing climate trends. Whether itâs dauntingly cold temperatures or unexpected heavy snowfall, itâs no longer a question of if severe weather… Continue reading ‘To Be or Not To Be’ – Prepared for Floods
Complexities of DR Design for the Federal IT Enterprise
Design of disaster recovery (DR) solutions is sometimes defined as the art of balancing the cost of disruption against the cost of recovery. This simple and elegant definition often masks the true complexity of DR. Cost of disruption is rarely measured solely in terms of revenue loss and often includes the damage to intangibles such… Continue reading Complexities of DR Design for the Federal IT Enterprise
Getting Buy-In for a Business Continuity Management System
Organizational buy-in is critical to the success of your business continuity management system (BCMS) implementation efforts. Getting all stakeholders on board at the outset will help gain the support to conduct research and follow up on findings collected. Support from senior leadership will especially lend authority to your BCMS project and help you to: Ensure… Continue reading Getting Buy-In for a Business Continuity Management System
Technology Reconnaissance: A New Role for Continuity
NEW TECHNOLOGY Technological progress is a wonderful thing. It allows us to change the world more with each passing year. We have instant communications, unbelievably fast data-processing, advanced materials, and design capabilities that yesterdayâs engineers could only dream of. Today, a child has access to a wealth of information that makes the Library of Alexandria… Continue reading Technology Reconnaissance: A New Role for Continuity
Resiliency 2015: Technology That Delivers Intelligence, Insights in Real Time
When a major storm or natural disaster erupts, todayâs businesses and organizations often canât respond fast enough. For organizations, this could cause significant process disruptions and concerns for employees, even if IT systems stay up. It usually takes a post-mortem examination to figure out what happened and how one could have been better prepared for… Continue reading Resiliency 2015: Technology That Delivers Intelligence, Insights in Real Time
A Heartfelt Thanks For Our 50th Show
Time is a funny thing â when weâre looking forward to an event it seems to drag on but conversely when weâre busy working with our heads down, time seems to pass at lightning speed. Now that weâve just wrapped up our 50th show, time has slowed down a bit for us here at the… Continue reading A Heartfelt Thanks For Our 50th Show
Take Off the Blinders
It’s been an extraordinary month, with scenarios that include missing planes; another round of deaths at Fort Hood just as the report on lessons learned in the Washington Shipyard was released; a Supreme Court decision that makes us wonder if the justices believe that free speech is the same as money; and, right in our… Continue reading Take Off the Blinders
Disaster Recovery and Change Management
Change Management is often times the most overlooked aspect when it comes to Disaster Recovery. Not only does it not get enough attention, but we often times forget that building a recovery footprint is just as important as maintaining it. Has your server been operational in sync with the production environment? Have all the new… Continue reading Disaster Recovery and Change Management
Improving Transparency of the Supply Chain
After tsunamis, protests, hurricanes and wildfires, it would be expected that very few management teams would be unaware of their company’s vulnerability to disruptions like civil unrest and extreme weather. Unfortunately a survey released by the APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center) last year revealed that may not be the case and past their Tier… Continue reading Improving Transparency of the Supply Chain