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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EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER
Richard L. Arnold, CBCP
richard@drj.com

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jon Seals
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SENIOR EDITOR
Janette Ballman
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ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Ed Pearce, CBCP
ed@drj.com

ASSISTANT EDITOR
Pamela Clifton
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COPY EDITORS
Jim Hammill, CBCP
Richard Sandhofer
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ADVERTISING 
Robert Arnold
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Corporate

President/CEO
Richard L. Arnold, CBCP
richard@drj.com

Vice President 
Robert Arnold
bob@drj.com

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR
Patti Fitzgerald, CBCP
patti@drj.com

CONFERENCE REGISTRAR
Merce Knese
mercedes@drj.com

CIRCULATION
Laura Baugh
laurab@drj.com

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Mike Croy, Forsythe
Jeff Dato, MBCP, KPMG
John Jackson, IBM
Edward S. Devlin, E.S. Devlin & Associates
James Hammill, CBCP, JMH Consulting Inc.
Pat McAnally, SunGard Availability Services
Brian Turley, Strohl Systems
Belinda Wilson, Hewlett-Packard


INTERNATIONAL
CONTACTS
England: Thom Hetherington
Business Continuity
Phone: 0161-237-1007
thomh@tempus.demon.co.uk
Japan: Shinji Hosotsubo
Crisis Management and Preparedness Organization
Phone: 03-3519-6270
fax: 03-3519-6255
hosotsubo@cmpo.org
Brazil: José Carlos Ferreira
Disaster Recovery Mercosul
Phone and fax: 011-3666-9506
jocaff@uol.com.br

Being Prepared In The 21st Century
Since 2000, our world has seen dramatic changes that have caused an evolution in business continuity thinking. The focus is changing from avoidance of threat to “landing on your feet” in spite of it. By MICHAEL CROY

Business Interruption Insurance
A property insurance policy may cover rebuilding a structure after a disaster, but will the business survive long enough to occupy the new building? By JANETTE BALLMAN

Partnerships Help Ease Tough Times
Effective business continuity plans reflect collaborative partnerships between a company and each of its vendors involved in the “supply chain” of the recovery process. By JIM WILLIS

Insurance Coverage Alone Is No Guarantee
A fire at the Farmland Foods facility in Albert Lea, Minn., provided a tough case for all parties involved. By MICHAEL CHILDRESS

The Crisis Facing American Business
The results of a recently-conducted Harris Poll show there is a significant difference between perception and reality regarding the disaster preparation of the nation’s largest companies. By DAVID PALERMO

Terrific Table-Top Tips
Do the words “exercise” or “test” frighten you? If you are new to the industry and/or do not have much experience in this area, then fright would be a natural emotion. However, practice makes perfect. This information should serve as a helpful tool for the novice, as well as the experienced, in conducting a crisis management tabletop exercise. By ROBBIE ATABAIGI, CBCP

Hurricane-Ravaged Businesses Maintain Communications
While many hurricane-ravaged companies had no choice but to close their doors, those with business continuity systems in place were able to maintain some level of business. By MARK SCULLY

The Time Has Come For DRP Metrics
Most companies have been willing to dedicate resources and money to disaster recovery planning, but the discipline of managing and reporting how it is working has been slower to materialize. By JAN PERSSON, CDP

More than Just Window Dressing
My sympathy goes out to any planner asked to create a recovery strategy simply to satisfy legal, regulatory, or contractual requirements. By PATRICK RIDDER, CBCP

The Fusion of Intelligence and Emergency Management
The purpose of this article is to discuss intelligence and emergency preparedness and response fusion issues in the context of the 9/11 commission report and other materials. By GLENN FIEDELHOLTZ

Business Continuity and Satellite Communications
Business continuity in communication systems for people working on oil platforms, remote construction sites, and other distant operations becomes a “business lifeline.” By DAVID MYERS

Making Disaster Recovery Strategy a Reality
It’s our guess that many small companies are wrestling with the same sort of decisions while formulating a disaster recovery strategy and stretching its resources to make it a reality. By DUANE ABBOTT & ALAN CARLSON

IT Department Rises From the Ashes After Fire
Bill Davidson survived one nightmare every IT manager dreads. He arrived to work on a Friday morning as fire devoured his company’s building. By CHAD LOHRENTZ & BRAD BELLEW

Cable Manufacturer Recovers From Fire in Unique Way
Learning that a fire had ripped through the Draka USA facility in Pennsylvania, the manager of enterprise operations accessed the company’s data from his kitchen. By BUD STODDARD

An Internet Based Disaster Recovery System
In this article, an Internet based real-time data backup system is proposed. With this option, the public Internet is used to build a low-cost, highly reliable, off-site disaster recovery system. By PIN YANG, TAO LI, KUI ZHAO & JUN KAI LIAO

Tape-based Back-up Systems Require Care, Feeding
These are true stories that teach hard lessons: backup technology can fail, as can the processes that are put in place to use them. And if your primary system can be taken down, then so can the backup system. By DOUG OWENS

Enterprise-Class Data Protection For Everyone
In recent years, system administrators in well-funded Fortune 500 IT departments have worried less since they were able to afford RAID products. By STEVE MCINTOSH, CISSP

Wide Area File Services Could ‘Save the Day’
When natural and man-made disasters affect storage and around-the-clock availability of data, current IT backup and restore practices somtimes fall far short of “saving the day.” By SHREYAS SADALGI

Addressing the Challenges of Data Protection
Unfortunately, organizations that embarked on this mission of 24x7 data protection have found considerable challenges along the way from many infrastructure challenges associated with managing heterogenous platforms, applications and data, to the challenges presented by limiting and costly technology options available today. By MEHRAN HADIPOUR

Adaptive Backup: Beyond Due Diligence
Coupled with systems management, patch remediation, and early warning solutions, backup becomes highly adaptive and delivers on its promise of protecting business continuity and enhancing overall security. By DANIEL HARDMAN

Branch Office Data Consolidation Adds Streamlined Recovery
Organizations with branch offices are faced with a dilemma. How can they cost-effectively manage the process of protecting branch data while also keeping it available to support business operations?
By KELLY HARRIMAN-POLANSKI


2005 Business Continuity Consultant Survey (PDF)

• From the Publisher’s Desk
• Editorial Advisory Board
• Ask The Executive by Dr. Tom Phelan
• The Perspective of Ed Devlin 
• Executive Council - by Mike Croy
• PPBI
• DRI Interational
• News Briefs 
• Classifieds

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