Until recently (maybe 10 years ago), advanced information technologies were simply not available to emergency managers. When disaster struck, lives and property hung in the balance while we tried desperately… Continue reading Information Technology For Emergency Management

How will your customers react if your business suffers a disaster? What will your employees do? If the event is newsworthy, how will the headlines read? Answering those questions before… Continue reading How To Avoid A Second Disaster- In Communications

From its early beginnings as a research and education network, the Internet has undergone significant changes during the first half of the 1990’s. Until the last few years, the Internet… Continue reading Internet Security: The Impact of Firewalls on Client/Server Applications

The Disaster Recovery Practitioner’s Resource As originally conceived, the Internet was a technological revolution in information gathering and dissemination. High-speed data links and packet switching allowed mail and file transfers… Continue reading White Paper: The Internet – “Disaster Recovery Issues & Answers”

Observations by a Disaster Recovery Planning Consultant:  Some organizations overlook the obvious as they build  and operate their information systems. From the consultant’s perspective, the ultimate objective of a disaster… Continue reading Lessons Learned

Whether or not you’re a fan of the Internet, it’s a fact of life that can’t be ignored. Every day brings announcements of new functions, more players and emerging opportunities.… Continue reading Corporations Need Protection from Intrusions and Viruses

A disaster tolerant computing system is one that can continue to provide application availability and data access in the presence of a major catastrophe such as a fire, earthquake or… Continue reading Adding Disaster Tolerance to Computing Systems

On February 8, 1996 the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was signed into law, providing the first major overhaul of telecommunications legislation in over 60 years. The law addresses a wide… Continue reading The Impact of the Telecommunications Act on Business Continuity Plans

A New Type Of Crime Crime has been with us for a long time now. Check as far back in your history books as you would care to, and you… Continue reading High-Tech Crimes Can Lead to High-Tech Disasters

Imagine: Your company’s riding high on the success of the new Java applications you installed last year. With Internet access to your legacy applications, you’ve been able to hold your… Continue reading In the Shadow of the Internet