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Brocade and Ciena Join Forces
The two companies are partnering and creating a SAN (Storage Area Network) to support organizations that have had business continuity disruptions
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Cubic, AMTI continue to support DHS emergency drills program
Practice makes perfect, and two experienced companies help DHS design and run disaster drill to make coordination among different levels of government in the event of a disaster more effective
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Hurricanes cost the Bahamas 8 Percent of GDP
As we get ready for the 2006 hurricane season, it would help to consider what previous such seasons cost; in the Bahamas they concluded that the 2004 season cost 8 percent of GDP; the figures for the 2005 seas are not yet in
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Raytheon to bid as prime contractor on SBI
Large defense contractor is going to bid as prime contractor on large border security project
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Preparing for the hurricane season
To make sure your communication system does not collapse during the next hurricane, you may want to a consider satellite-based system
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Key to business continuity: Microfilm
Companies have two types of information — active, and semi-active; active information should be stored digitally, but this solution may be too expensive and demanding for semi-active information, so storing it on microfilm may be the best solution
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U.K. authorities clarify role, responsibilities of institutions in event of financial disruption
The U.K. government is clarifying the roles of the three agencies that have responsibilities for ensuring the financial services sector continues to operate if disaster strikes
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IT sector to fashion disaster response and recover plan
The U.S. IT sector governing council wants to define and tighten the sector’s disaster recovery and business continuity procedures
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Eagle, WCC in satellite communication collaboration
The conventional communication infrastructure collapsed during Katrina; the only system that worked was satellite communication, and two companies now join to offer that technology to emergency crews
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Slow Q4 sales affect Strategic Diagnostics' 2005 financial results
A company offering sophisticated solutions for water and food quality monitoring suffers as a result of decline in large U.S. water monitoring projects
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The long view
Revising the Cost of Climate Change
Climate scientists have warned of calamitous consequences if global temperatures continue their rise. But macroeconomists have largely told a less alarming story, predicting modest reductions in productivity and spending as the world warms. Until now. New study of economic toll yields projections ‘six times larger than previous estimates’.
Efforts to Build Wildfire Resilience Are Heating Up
Stanford’s campus has become a living lab for testing innovative fire management techniques, from AI-powered environmental sensors to a firebreak-creating “BurnBot.”
Autonomous Disaster Response Technology Successfully Applied to Fire Extinguishing System of a 3,200-ton Vessel
An innovative technology for autonomously responding, without crew intervention, to ruptures to the pipes within the fire extinguishing system of vessels has been successfully verified for the first time in Korea.
Reducing Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise in Virginia
As the climate changes and sea levels rise, there is concern that sinking coastlines could exacerbate risks to infrastructure, as well as human and environmental health in coastal communities. The Virginia Coastal Plain is one of the fastest-sinking regions on the East Coast.