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The Disaster Resource Guide is a valuable resource for business continuity, disaster recovery, homeland security and crisis management issues.Did You Know: Small Business Administration and DR
Perhaps you already know that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) provides low interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private, non-profit organizations to repair or replace real estate, personal property, machinery and equipment, inventory and business assets that have been damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster.
So You Want to Be a Speaker - Read On
If you’re a speaker looking for opportunities related to Business Continuity, check out the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP). They have a speakers bureau, and recently offered the following topics of interest to their members:
- Focus on Business Continuity Standards Recent BCP Regulations, Audit, Governance and Compliance Issues
- Building a Methodology to Support British Standard 25999 and Others
- Continuity Successes and Challenges: How Are We Measuring Up?
- Leveraging Virtualization for Disaster Recovery
- Disaster Preparedness Before-During-After
- Identify and Manage Security Exposures in Your DR Strategies
For more information on the ACP speakers bureau please click here.
Safety Tips for Wet-Cell Backup Batteries
What is a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) without backup power? Backup power can be the batteries or flywheel that rides an outage until the main power or an alternate backup power source such as a generator comes on.
NEW BOOK: Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery: A Corporate Insurance Policy
Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery: A Corporate Insurance Policy
by Preston de Guise
The success of information backup systems does not rest on IT administrators alone. Rather, a well-designed backup system comes about only when several key factors coalesce—business involvement, IT acceptance, best practice designs, enterprise software, and reliable hardware. Published in October, 2008 Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery: A Corporate Insurance Policy provides organizations with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and features involved in effective enterprise backups.
336 pages. Order #DR831, $70.00.
Study: Economic Impact of a Major Earthquake on California’s Hayward Fault
Risk Management Solutions (RMS) recently announced the results of a study analyzing the impact of a major earthquake on the Hayward Fault in California. The study marks the anniversary of the 1868 Hayward Earthquake (which ruptured the southern section of the fault 140 years ago during October) and was conducted in collaboration with research seismologists led by the US Geological Survey.
A New Look At The Data Center “Three Rs” Of Business Continuity
As is true in most areas of IT some things are new and some things remain the same. This is certainly true of disaster recovery/business continuity. We simply cannot move ahead with new recovery strategies if any lingering problems remain. What this post suggests is that there is a logical progression when dealing with data center backup and recovery. The key is to make sure that the proper steps are followed.
ACP Elections - Deadline to Vote November 7
If you’re a member of the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP), don’t forget to vote for new members to the national board of directors.
InterCEP Seeks Volunteers for Title IX Working Groups
InterCEP, the International Center for Enterprise Preparedness at New York University, the world’s first major academic center dedicated to private sector crisis management and business continuity, is hosting the next phase of working groups in which participants will provide input on the design and development of the Voluntary Public Sector Certification & Accreditation Program, also known as Title IX.
Texas Fines IBM for Failure to Complete Timely Backups
Could this happen to your organization?
Recently, the Department of Information Resources (DIR) for the State of Texas fined IBM $900,000 for failure to complete timely backups as required by its $800 million dollar contract with the State. The fine was prompted by what has been called a server malfunction in the Texas Attorney General’s office that destroyed nearly half of eight months’ worth of documents.
Reports have now surfaced noting that in the months prior to the incident ten other agencies complained about network breakdowns and server backup problems with IBM. As a result, Texas Governor Rick Perry has suspended IBM’s contract to assess the cause and receive a full review and explanation from IBM.
Never assume that your data backup program is going to work when you need it - test, test, TEST!
Blowing up a Data Center?
So, who says disaster recovery can’t be fun?
Blowing up a data center may be a bit extreme, but it sure is a dramatic way to test data center fail-over and resilience.
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