Disaster Recovery Journal, Winter 2010

DRJ, BCPWHO Partners To Promote BC in the Healthcare Industry

ST. LOUIS – Disaster Recovery Journal and Business Continuity Planning Workgroup for Healthcare Organizations (BCPWHO) have partnered to raise awareness on business continuity and disaster recovery issues in the healthcare industry. The healthcare industry is a fast-growing segment that faces many challenges when tackling data storage, regulatory and compliance standards, privacy issues and more. It is imperative that planning professionals remain up to date on the latest information, methodologies and technologies.

This partnership will serve as an information portal for planners and will offer many benefits for anyone in the healthcare business continuity and disaster recovery fields.

According to Bob Arnold, president of DRJ, the information will be disseminated through DRJ’s online site, the magazine and through annual conferences.

“Healthcare is such a critical component of our infrastructure. It is imperative that this sector remain well protected against any risk. The recent pandemic has again reminded us how important it is to protect that resource. We hope in this new partnership with BCPWHO we can share the knowledge needed to those tasked in the healthcare industry on how best to protect their organizations”, said Arnold.

BCPWHO will provide exclusive online articles throughout 2010. These will appear on drj.com. In addition, two articles will appear in editions of the Disaster Recovery Journal. Other information could include White Papers, surveys, newsletters and conference presentations.

“With the move to electronic medical records, the
increasing number of events requiring contingency
planning responses, such as ‘surge’ situations , and
more stringent regulatory compliance guidelines
for protecting the medical records, it is impera-
tive that we be prepared for ‘all hazards’, says Bill
Rider, President of BCPWHO,, “ We are pleased that
through our partnership with DRJ our members will
have access to additional resources to ensure health-
care continuity programs are in place to care for the
communities we serve.”
Healthcare professionals and those in related
industries are encouraged to visit the healthcare
industry portal often. Participation in surveys, white
papers and more will build the information-sharing
opportunities in the healthcare industry.

For more information, visit www.drj.com or www.bcpwho.org.

KPMG, Archer Technologies Announce Alliance

NEW YORK, NY – KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm, and Archer Technologies, a provider of enterprise governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, have announced they have joined forces to deliver GRC services and solutions to organizations seeking to improve their risk-controls environment. This relationship couples KPMG’s deep experience around developing and optimizing business processes with Archer’s automated GRC solutions, which KPMG utilizes as a vehicle for service delivery to its clients.

“This market arrangement will leverage KPMG’s deep knowledge and understanding of risk management, risk measurement and risk assessment

processes around IT and operations with Archer’s
flexible software solutions,” said Greg Bell, a prin-
cipal in KPMG’s Advisory practice. “Together, we
can help clients improve their GRC programs by
configuring Archer solutions to fit their company’s
special needs for information protection, enterprise
risk management and GRC.”
Archer and KPMG have a strong history of pro-
viding teams of experienced professionals to help
clients design and deploy Archer solutions in their
organization.

For more information, visit www.us.kpmg.com or www.archer.com.

COOP Systems elects Janus-SI as
European Distributor

HERNDON, VA and PARIS, FRANCE – COOP Systems, the global provider of myCOOP business continuity software, announced today the selection of Janus-SI, a well-established integrator of value-added software solutions based in Paris, to help meet the growing demand for COOP Systems technology in continental Europe. Janus-SI joins COOP Systems’ partners list as its first continental European partner and French-speaking distributor.

“Janus-SI staff is recognized and greatly respected
as an innovator through its know-how in the specific
business continuity challenges that French-speaking
enterprises are facing,” said Chris Alvord, CEO of
COOP Systems. “Continental Europe is a strategic
element of our global strategy. We’re excited to be
partnering with Janus-SI in this market.”
COOP Systems has seen very high demand from
global customers needing support in continental
Europe, as well as from enterprises with European
headquarters.

“As a strategic partner of COOP Systems for the French-speaking market, we are eager to begin the sales and support of myCOOP to our customers,” said Christian Raoul-Duval, CEO and co-founder of Janus-SI. “The software applies directly to business continuity challenges that continental European enterprises are constantly facing. These include managing the change of business requirements and business risks, as well as strong compliance requirements and limited resources.”

Send Word Now Announces
Software Offering

NEW YORK, NY – Send Word Now, the leading worldwide provider of emergency notification and on-demand alerting and response services, has announced it will offer an Incident Management (IM) service and a Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Service, each of which will be fully integrated with Send Word Now’s core notification service. The enhanced service offering will be available this quarter and early in Q1 2010.

Send Word Now is the leading provider of on-
demand alerting and response services for both rou-
tine and emergency communication. The easy-to-use,
web-based emergency notification service is used by
government agencies, municipalities, universities,
non-profit organizations and businesses, including
many Fortune 500 companies, to ensure fast, effec-
tive, two-way communication in real-time. Send
Word Now’s Alert Tracer provides a full audit trail of
messages sent and received for after-action reporting
and follow-up. Designed to reach anyone, anywhere,
anytime, with any device over any type of connec-
tion, Send Word Now’s mass notification system is
capable of transmitting hundreds of thousands of
voice and text messages in minutes. The company is
headquartered in New York City and was listed 825
in the 2009 listing of Inc 5000 companies.

Bank of Hawaii Counts on
Everbridge for Business Continuity
Communications

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Everbridge, the world’s recognized leader in incident notification systems, today announced that the Bank of Hawaii has implemented the Everbridge Aware emergency notification system to enhance business continuity communications, automate critical communications and to communicate during pandemics, such as the H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak.

After evaluating seven incident notification
system vendors, the Bank of Hawaii commit-
tee selected Everbridge for value and ease of use.
Numerous business units within the bank now lever-
age the Everbridge Aware system for both emergency
applications – to disseminate time-sensitive commu-
nications to ensure the safety of its 2,500 employ-
ees in more than 140 locations throughout Hawaii,
American Samoa, Guam, Saipan, and Palau – and
day-to-day
Everbridge, the world’s recognized leader in inci-
dent notification systems, merges technology with
industry expertise to help millions of people commu-
nicate in a crisis, manage operational incidents and
connect on a daily basis. The company’s notifica-
tion platform and incident lifecycle communications
model makes communicating to many as simple and
effective as communicating to one. Organizations
in more than 100 countries – including Salesforce.
com, Air Tran Airways, the American Red Cross, and
Virginia Tech – rely on Everbridge for their emer-
gency notification and day-to-day communication
needs. For more information about Everbridge, visit
www.everbridge.com.

New Self-Registration Portal for
REVERSE 911 Emergency Notification
System Available

TEMECULA, Calif. – PlantCML has announced the release of its new Self-Registration Portal (SRP) for the patented REVERSE 911 emergency notification system. This company-hosted gateway offered through subsidiary Dialogic Communications Corporation (DCC) will provide public safety operations a proactive means for gathering contact information from the community-at-large, ultimately improving communications during all types of contingencies.

The SRP is a simple-to-access web tool that allows local residents to sign up to receive alerts issued by local law enforcement, fire/EMS or emergency management. Once implemented, the SRP’s URL (website address) or quick link appears on an operation’s home page, forwarding visitors to DCC’s hosted portal. Here, they can complete a short form with fields for address, telephone number(s), etc., easily enlisting to receive future system-generated notifications.