Disaster Recovery Journal, Fall 2009

FALL 2009 • VOLUME 22, NUMBER 4

Contents

12 – Four Practical Ways to Improve Your Pandemic Plan Unlike an earthquake or tornado, pandemics can last for months, even years. While the long-term nature is not preferable, it does give us one major advantage – the ability to adjust our response as we go along, not just clean up and prepare for the next disaster. By REGINA PHELPS, RN, CEM, BSN, MPA

COVER — Pandemic

16 – Cloud Computing with Business Resiliency

Technology continues to mature to the extent where companies regardless of size may be able to utilize leading edge yet stable solutions and infrastructure. Storage, network, and computing systems have all increased in performance consistent with Moore’s Law (doubling every two years). By JAMES M. MYERS

20 – The Need For Small Business, Business Continuity

I have been asked recently, “Why does a small business need a business continuity/emergency preparedness plan? Isn’t that really just for big businesses?” For anyone who has owned or operated a small business in their career, there is an understanding that day-to-day survival is one of the primary goals.

By MARK R. LUPO, CBCP

Page 16 — Cloud Computing

22 – Business Continuity as a Business Strategy

A recent trip to a local grocery store demonstrated organizational understanding of business continuity. While checking out my grocery purchases the store’s point-of-sale system went down. Sounds of angst reverberated from all of the checkout lines. By Dr. WILLIAM “STEW” MCCONNELL

24 – Keep It Simple, Stupid

At the risk of being branded a heretic, there are times when we in the business continuity profession get in the way and become our own worst enemy. To see what I mean, look at a typical small business – say 50 employees or less. By KEN SCHROEDER

26 – Getting it Right the First Time

No two organizations are the same. Each has unique objectives, challenges and opportunities and thus needs solutions that fit it exactly. By BILL HUGHES

Page 20 — Small Business

32 – Managing Downtime in a Hyper Connected Web 2.0 World On June 29, Rackspace experienced a localized outage in its Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (DFW) data center, its first outage in more than two years. The following week, the same data center experienced another outage, this time shorter in duration and affecting a smaller amount of customers.

By JACQUES GREYLING

34 – How to Determine if Self Recovery is an Option for You Print-to-mail disaster recovery has evolved in many organizations over the last few years from an optional process to an operational or risk management necessity. Once the decision has been made that your organization needs a formal print and mail disaster recovery plan the hard part begins.

By STAN JOHNSON

Page 26 — Getting It Right

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