The Power of Stakeholders In IS Continuity / 11

What is the power of stakeholders in the continuous operation of an information system? Following are the results of a web-based survey to benchmark stakeholders in IS continuity.

by: Arkalgud Ramaprasad, Paul Ambrose, & Mikhail Komarov

The San Leandro Landslide: A Community’s Response / 14

The foundation that anchors city officials and elected officials to its community is the conviction of "doing the right thing"; giving back more than it receives, supporting and being supported, and embracing and being embraced.

by: Dan S. Lunsford, CEM

Prepare or Fail / 18

When it comes to Disaster Recovery (DR), pre-planning is of the utmost importance, especially if you are the one responsible for timely restoration of IT resources.

by: Mike Sheehan

Year 2000 File Aging / 20

Many words have already been written about the so called millennium bug. Probably many more will also be written prior to January 1, 2000. So why am I adding to the number when surely we would all be better off rolling our collective sleeves up and getting down to fixing the problem while there is still some time left? After all it is essentially a very simple problem - too few digits in the year - so why all this talk?

by: Ian Stewart

Disaster Recovery Services Help Keep Operations Flowing for AS/400 Systems / 22

With natural disasters and unforeseen computer glitches a constant threat, the data that you must maintain is always at risk. Increased dependency on computer systems requires pro-active services to maintain constant availability.

by: Mike Underwood

The Temporary Organization for Emergency Response / 25

The development of effective life-saving response capacities within private industry is an important link in community-wide recovery from disaster.

by: Trauma Intervention Specialists

by: John Newton, Ph.D., P.Eng. and Rex Pattison, FBCI

Originally printed in an earlier issue of DRJ, the authors recently revised this article with newer data concerning the IS departmental processes.

Contingency Planning for Year 2000 / 34

Basically the problem is very simple to understand. In the 1960's and 1970's when computers were first emerging on the business scene, computer programmers had very limited system memory and capacity available to them.

by: Betsy Sayers

Largest DR Conference Ever Features New Location, Events / 38

The largest gathering ever of disaster recovery professionals met at the Hyatt Orlando for DRJ’s latest conference. Besides the new location, attendees were able to enjoy a variety of new features, events and attractions. These included a Mock Disaster Exercise, Cyber City Cafe, and additional general sessions.

by: Janette Ballman

Fear Management / 46

Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) terrorism by definition causes mass casualties, both direct and indirect. History (i.e., the Tokyo Subway sarin attack) teaches us that the greatest numbers of victims or casualties arise from the indirect psychological consequence – FEAR.

by: Mark J. Morgan, MSA & Paul M. Camper, Ph.D.

So, You’re Contemplating Changing Recovery Software / 54

In today’s world, it is unlikely that you will survive if you cannot embrace the constant changes in technology, business practices, legislation, consumer demand and a myriad of other things. The one constant in our world today is "change."

by: Melanie J. Fels, CBCP

1998 PC / Mainframe Survey Results

DRJ’s recent surveys list some options for your DR Planning Software selection.
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The 10th Annual Corporate Contingency Planning Seminar & Exhibition / 75

The industry’s best offering of disaster recovery information arrives in San Diego, CA on March 21-24, providing vital information, networking opportunities, and much more!