The Virginia Tech shooting was the significant event that pushed not only schools and universities to get phone notification systems, but energized the entire industry.  At one point there were over 87 companies offering phone notification systems of one type or another.  Already that number has dwindled to around 37. To read the article, please… Continue reading Shakeout in Alert and Warning Systems Coming

People are the No. 1 reason why private clouds fail. The traditional IT management team is composed of tactically oriented, powerless leaders who aren’t familiar with their core business and aren’t equipped to handle dynamic IT business challenges presented by private clouds. They’re more comfortable with sticking with what they know, avoiding change and ignoring… Continue reading The No. 1 Threat to Private Cloud Deployment: IT Management and ITIL

Historically, disaster recovery required a significant investment in physical infrastructure. Organizations had to balance the risk of not being prepared for a disaster with the cost and level of recovery they could afford. As a result, many executives perceive traditional disaster recovery as an expensive “insurance policy” that is only accessible to organizations with big… Continue reading How Businesses Can Recover From Data Disasters

The recent Colorado wildfires, which erupted on Saturday, June 23, 2012, have been called the worst wildfire on record in Colorado’s history. The cause of the fires remains unknown, but they have so far forced the evacuation of 32,000 residents, and have eviscerated over 346 homes. To read the article, please click here: http://midsizeinsider.com/en-us/article/colorado-wildfires-and-the-need-for-disa

Talking about the future of cloud technology, Abhijit Varma, Director, Management Consulting, KPMG said that he expects hybrid cloud to be the route that most companies will take in the medium term, during an interview at the recently held Computerworld India IT RoadMap 2012 event in Bangalore. To read the article, please click here: http://www.cio.com/article/710547/KPMG_Official_Hybrid_Cloud_is_the_Way_Ahead_for_Enterprise

I am working in SE Asia for the next ten days conducting pandemic flu exercises with the culprit being H5N1.  Currently I am in Thailand.  It has been most interesting and a bit disturbing to read of the deaths of young children in Cambodia and the uncertainty as to the cause.  It is with some… Continue reading Reflections On Contemporary Issues In The Fields Of Business Continuity Planning & Emergency Management Home Contact About EMS Solutions About Regina Phelps Scary diseases close up…watching the EV-71 (Hand, foot, and mouth disease) out

As London tackles the daunting task of planning to keep participants and spectators safe, law enforcement is also working with government officials, insurers and brokers to mitigate the immense financial exposure presented by the inevitable civil disturbances. To read the article, please click here: http://www.riskandinsurance.com/story.jsp?storyId=533349218&topic=Main

As big banks face the fallout from a global investigation into interest rate manipulation, American and British lawmakers are scrutinizing regulators who failed to take action that might have prevented years of illegal activity. To read the article, please click here: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/libor-scandal-intensifies-spotlight-on-bank-regulators/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120710

Risk management is not a separate module or product – Instead, it is an approach that adds value to both top-down and bottom up activities within the organization. Risk management is in everyone’s job description and ERM is all about how to identify the aspect of risk management in every role and connect the dots… Continue reading Manage Tomorrow’s Surprises Today

The availability of services and applications to employees and customers is more critical than ever before, but many organizations still focus their data protection objectives on data and servers rather than applications. To read the article, please click here: http://www.cio.com/article/710452/How_to_Build_a_Data_Protection_Plan_That_Ensures_Application_Recovery