Archive for the ‘Tech Preparedness’ Category

Business Disaster Plan Study

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Given my past experience in IT and Business Continuity, I could not pass up the opportunity to share a link to this report from Gartner. The article at this link summarizes some of the data. I've seen the inner workings of a good plan and a not so good plan. Additionally, ...

Get Notified

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Receiving notification and official direction from local authorities during an emergency could save time, effort and lives Your local Emergency Management Office may participate in an automated notification system that can alert residents, businesses and even mobile phones of events that require immediate action. These systems can dial a high volume ...

Plan For Data Disasters

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Though minor, a hard drive loss during flood, fire or simple failure could cost you Whenever I get into a discussion about preparedness, the usual questions I field are storm or terror related. While natural disasters are the most likely scenario to cause one to put a plan into action, ...