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DISASTER RECOVERY
JOURNAL
P. O. Box 510110
St. Louis, MO 63151
(314) 894-0276
Fax: (314) 894-7474
Internet www.drj.com
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PUBLISHER &
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Richard L. Arnold, CBCP
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SENIOR EDITOR
Janette Ballman
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EDITOR
Michelle Saab
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COPY EDITORS
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MFA, MA
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President/CEO
Richard L. Arnold, CBCP
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Vice
President
Robert Arnold
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CONFERENCE COORDINATOR
Patti Fitzgerald, CBCP
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CONFERENCE REGISTRAR
Merce Knese
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CIRCULATION
Laura Baugh
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INTERNATIONAL
CONTACTS
England: Thom Hetherington
Business Continuity
Phone: 0161-237-1007
thomh@tempus.demon.co.uk
Australia: Anthony J. Harvey
Journal of Business Continuity
Phone: 0011-613-953-0055-8
fax: 0011-613-953-0528
sector@notability.com.au
Japan: Shinji Hosotsubo
Quake Japan Co., Ltd.
Phone: 03-3215-2880
fax: 03-3215-2881
Brazil:
Jose Carlos Ferreira
Disaster Recovery Mercosul
Phone: 55
11 3666-9506
conc2000@uol.com.br
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 Why Benchmark Business Continuity Planning? –by GartnerGroup
Benchmarking definitions can vary depending on who uses the terms and for what purposes. After conducting over 6,000 information technology (IT) benchmarking studies, Gartner has developed consensus definitions and models that enable “apples to apples” comparisons of many different facilities.
The Triad Alliance “Preparing the Vulnerable Population” – by Dan S. Lunsford
The terms “vulnerable”, “at-risk”, or “under-served” populations are associated with specific groups or segments of a community whose needs are often not met using the traditional services provided by political sub-divisions, especially during periods of local emergencies or disasters.
The ESOCI Principle: A Systematic Approach to Managing Emergency Response Incidents - by Greg Indelicato
By their very nature, responses to emergency incidents, such as chemical spills, fire or other sudden environmental impairments, are performed under less than optimal conditions. As a result of this less than favorable operating environment, the success of such an emergency operation relies on rapid, accurate assessment of the situation, devising an appropriate plan and the successful implementation of that plan.
Evacuation vs. Shelter in Place, a Situational Comparison - by Charles Richard Yard
Emergency situations take many different forms. In emergency response operations, a decision must often be made to issue an order for a population to either evacuate or to shelter in place. This decision may have large-scale consequences that deserve thorough examination.
 How to Survive the Big One: Disaster Recovery Planning in Oracle8i Environments (part two)
–by Mark J. Smith & David Edborg
The conclusion of the article stating that a wide range of disaster recovery solutions can be assembled using different technologies and implementation approaches. In order to determine the correct approach, the business risk of down time must be estimated.
Fiery Mt. Usu: a Mixed Blessing from Nature – by Shinji Hosotsubo & Nathan Rhoden
The volcanoes on the islands of Japan bring a mixed blessing to the people who live there. Mt. Usu became highly active at about 1:10 p.m. on March 31, 2000.
Texas Tornado - Fort Worth 2000 - by Dean McKinney
To those of us in the restoration business and the disaster and continuity planning fields, it is not news that a deadly tornado ripped its way through downtown Fort Worth, Texas this spring.
So, When Do You Really Need to Update “The Plan”? - by Ralph L. Herbert
June 1 is the date that most of your Disaster Recovery (DR) Coordinators, Business Continuity (BC) Planners and Contingency Planners (CP) circle on their calendars in Florida for the official start of Hurricane Season. Time to get those DR plans updated and ready to roll in case of a hurricane.
Preventing PC Downtime –by David Cane
Corporate IT departments are tasked with many duties battling computer downtime, repairing configuration problems and retrieving lost data for the hundreds and thousands of PCs they manage. Until recently, no automated solutions have existed that address these pervasive problem areas.
Prioritizing Disaster Recovery Plans Using Risk Maps –by Mark Jablonowski
Recovery professionals agree that the first step in establishing effective disaster plans is a systematic risk assessment. The occurrence of disruptions of the type the disaster planner deals with and their affects can rarely be determined in advance.
Disaster Communications: It’s Not Just Radios
- by Peter I. Dworsky
Have you ever been the “in-charge” of disaster and issued an order or directive for someone to get you a radio and they returned with a state-of-the-art AM/FM/CD cassette stereo? But you really wanted a two-way walkie-talkie so you could direct the incident. When this occurs, we tend to blame subordinates and co-workers for not following our instructions, because, obviously our directions and intentions were crystal clear.
Choosing Web-based BCP Software: Don’t Get Caught in the Wrong Web! - by Buffy Rojas
While the move to a web-based product should simplify and streamline planning enterprise wide, moving to the wrong web-based package can leave you with software that simply doesn’t work.
Closing the Hole in our Disaster Recovery Plan – by Linda Hoffman
When I came to Baptist Health Systems of South Florida as its first Disaster Recovery Analyst, I had a tremendous task ahead of me.
Summer 2000 Alternative Site Survey
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Alternative site vendors who responded to our questionnaire are listed in an easy-to-read matrix form. Details about site location, hardware configurations and communications are included.
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