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California fires test companies' business continuity plans
The fires raging in southern California forced many companies to involve their business continuity plans; companies with solid business continuity plans seem to be weathering the disaster fairly well
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Latest Microsoft research on trends in cyber crime
Cyber criminals increasingly target personal information to make a profit and are threatening to impact people’s privacy; key to corporate security: inter-departmental collaboration.
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SMBs ill-prepared to thwart cybercrime
Small and medium-size businesses account for a large portion of the economies of advanced countries, but a recent Webroot report says SMBs have minimal IT staffs and do not apprciate the risks
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Ten points to disaster recovery
Business continuity should not be an abstrraction or a concept, but a real plan containing real steps to make your business better prepared for disaster; here are ten important steps
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Disaster planning in South Bend
Leafy South Bend is not as exposed to natural diasters as, say New Orleans or towns on the Mississippi River’s flood planes, but business in the city join hands to form a preparedness strategy nontheless
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Acronis, AMD partner to offer recovery solution
Acronis True Image 9.1 Enterprise Server allows customers to create a precise image of a server; it will now be available on servers and computers running on AMD processors
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Criticism notwithstanding, FCC stands pat on 700 MHz auction rules
FCC stands on open-access and build-out requirements for 24 Jaunary 700 MHz auction; auction will require the winner to build a national network to public safety specifications
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"Disaster tolerant" environment: Going beyond contnuity, recovery
The key term in business continuity is no longer “recover” or “continue” — it is “disaster tolerant” environment
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Eminent domain hobbles Kansas recovery efforts
Eminent domain legislation was meant to protect property owners from the heavy hand of government, but in Kansas it prevents post-floods recovery efforts
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"Virtualization": IT managers look beyond server consolidation
Virtualization helps enterprises collapse their data center footprint and thus reduce all of the costs that go along with it
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House passes 911 bill
Bill facilitates migration from today’s 911 system to a IP-based 911 system to enable the public to access 911 from anywhere, anytime, and from any device
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AT&T acquires portion of 700 MHz for $2.5 billion
The 700 MHz spectrum is being vacated by TV operators, and telcoms — but also Google — vie for a portion of the valuable band; FCC to allocate portion of band for public safety
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U.K. data decryption law takes effect
As of Monday, a controversial new British law allows authorities to demand that individuals and businesses to decrypt data sought in police investigations
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Verizon Business deploys satellite network for U.S. Postal Service
The $25 million contract calls for Verizon to deploy system to provide communications for about 5,000 Postal Service sites; prepositioned assets will help during disasters
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India-Pakistan nuclear war would cause global mass starvation
An India-Pakistan nuclear war involving 100 Hisroshima-size bombs would lead to a reduction of 1.25°C in the average temperature at the earth’s surface for several years, cutting annual grain growing season in the world by 10-20 days; hundreds of millions would starve
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The long view
Helping MTA in Combating Climate Threats
NYU Tandon School research team developed computer model that quickly tests hundreds of resilience strategies to determine the best ways to defend subways against coastal storm surge flooding.