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Staying Connected
Emergency notification systems have risen in popularity over the past
few years. These communication tools offer a faster, more efficient
way to communicate in a variety of settings. By JANETTE BALLMAN
Emergency Notification and Escalation Systems
As corporations continue to decrease response times, it has become
essential to mobilize mission-critical staff quickly following an adverse
event. In the past, manual call trees were the standard for notifying
staff. Today, automated emergency notification and escalation systems
are becoming commonplace in many corporations. By CHRIS GAY, CBCP
Tips for Managing a Mainframe Internal Recovery
Project
So your company has decided to implement internal recovery for the
mainframe environment. Both the solution and the principle vendor have
been selected, and you are ready to move forward. What’s next?
By MIKE SMITH
 Boardroom BIA: Elevating Our Profession
I frequently hear from other BC/DR professionals who are either unable
to secure funding or gain support from senior management for their
efforts. Year after year, they continue to press on with the same approach
and message, hoping that some day something within the organization
will change. The problem is, nothing within the organization will change
until we change ourselves.
By JAMES G. CALLAHAN, CBCP
 Responsibilities
Outside ‘Area of
Authority’
As a professional business continuity planner, I should be expected
to “plan
ahead” and be prepared for all contingencies. ... Translation: If I miss
the meeting it’s my fault. By JOHN GLENN, MBCI
Back to the Basics
I took a moment to ask how many had a personal preparedness plan and
sufficient supplies for their home. I was a bit surprised when only
a quarter of the audience raised their hand. By BRANDON BOND, CBCP
How Risk Assessment Works with Success
The purpose of a risk assessment is to identify the internal and external
threats that could cause a business interruption and assess their
probability and impact of a variety of specific threats.
By FRANK KAI FAT CHOW
Recovery Steps: The Horsepower for Recovery
Planning
Everyone is well aware of all of the recent natural disasters and political
upheavals, and the tendency is to focus on these headlines and structure
our preparedness accordingly. But in the real world and work environment
that we function in daily, these sensational events are hectares
apart from the more likely disaster and recovery scenarios that will
test an organization’s ability to recover
if and when they occur. This is the very reason why turning one’s attention
away from blockbuster disasters to the more commonplace disruptions is the practical
solution. By SARA WILLIAMS, CBCP
Creating Effective Training Sessions
A critical part of business continuity that is often missed is to provide
training to your employees on the business continuity process. The
following steps are the basics you will need to use to prepare basic
continuity training. By CANDY WEHENKEL, CBCP
 After Disaster Strikes
As soon as a claim is filed, insurance companies begin formulating
their opinions of your claim. They also begin setting aside their
approximation of how much money they are willing to pay for your
claim – an amount not necessarily
in line with your estimate of the true cost of recovery. By WES BALDWIN
 20 Years In The Making
Twenty years ago, Richard Arnold saw a need in the disaster recovery
industry and set about to fill it.
By JANETTE BALLMAN
Hospitals Look to Technology to Prepare
NYU’s Downtown Manhattan Hospital was one of many victims of
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The hospital is just blocks from the
World Trade Center and was a primary care site on that tragic day.
In fact, it was overwhelmed with too many victims to count. By PAUL
DIMITRUK
Nothing Ever Happens
My job is nothing. If I do my job well, nothing happens. I don’t want anybody
to need anything I’ve worked on. In other words, I’m a business continuity
planner and if I’ve done my job correctly, I’ve mitigated problem
areas and made them non-issues. How boring. By RON FAUSET, CBCP
 Opening Communication Capabilities
Recent experiences with workforce disruptions have consistently pointed
to three critical areas of dependency among enterprises. These three
areas include access to applications, accounting for people, and
communications. By GOUTHAM RAO
No Rain, No Power
The prolonged drought in Uganda has led to low water levels of Lake
Victoria, which in turn has caused a fall in electricity supply.
This has forced Umeme to resort to rationing of electricity supply.
This rationing of power supply has affected manufacturers, communication,
agricultural activities, service providers, and water supplies. By
CHARLES TUSHABOMWE-KAZOOBA & IMELDA KEMEZA
Disaster
Recovery: A Pragmatist’s
Viewpoint
The CIO’s role varies widely from organization to organization and can
range from “trusted advisor” to “resented overhead.” Whatever
the perception, the professional CIO knows that today’s business requirement
mandates an executable DR plan, and that the DR plan be supportive of real business
priorities.
By DICK BENTON
An Advanced Method for Microsoft Exchange
Recovery
Protecting Microsoft Exchange Server against disaster and data loss
is a constant challenge. The explosive growth of e-mail is increasing
Exchange store size and straining existing disaster recovery methods.
In particular, traditional data protection and disaster recovery
tools for Exchange are falling short in the areas of recovery point
and recovery speed. By BOB SPURZEM
E-mail Backup and Archiving
Ask virtually any executive which IT application he or she simply cannot
do without and the answer will likely be e-mail. Organizations have
come to rely on e-mail as a primary tool for communication, information
sharing, completing business transactions, and more. By NICK MEHTA
The Multi-Service Application Challenge
Applications today are no longer single entities residing on a single
device. They have become a collection of disparate and cooperating
services and devices that come together into what a business designates
as an application. Businesses today are only capable of managing
individual services and are challenged with providing high availability,
transaction persistence, transaction integrity and maintenance for
these applications across multiple sites. By SATYA VARDHARAJAN
2007
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