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Data Integrity Meets DR
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Claus Mikkelsen | Articles | CommentsServer-based, network-based, array-based, application based: You’ve heard the arguments before from a host of vendors. Who, if anyone, is telling the whole truth? Are there advantages of one technology over another and why does it matter? How do...
DR Planning at Healthcare Organizations: Internal vs. External Solutions
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Kevin Chenowith | Articles | CommentsThis session will provide a comparison of internal and external IT disaster recovery solutions and how they might fit into the overall business continuity strategy. The factors involved in deciding whether to develop internal solutions for recov...
Raising the Bar for Resiliency and Security at Bridgestone/Firestone (Case Study)
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by David Sarabacha | Articles | CommentsThe concept of business continuity management is foreign to many manufacturing organizations and those in other industries where regulatory drivers for business continuity management do not exist. However, given the ever increasing focus on the ...
Continuity of Business is Business Continuity (Case Study)
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Eugene Bridges | Articles | CommentsExecutives from both the public and private sectors are being forced to educate themselves on the possible risks to which their organizations may be vulnerable. With regulatory and standards requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), COBIT, ...
Risk:
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Ellen Pfeiffer | Articles | CommentsLike disaster recovery before it, business continuity efforts often focus on what is perceived by professional practitioners as necessary. But this necessity must flow from the risks that confront the organization and those that it is willing to...
What’s Happening in the Hot Site Industry?
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Ted Brown | Articles | CommentsWith SunGard’s acquisition of Comdisco’s hot site business, the hot site industry changed. But are there really fewer vendors, or are there actually more? What’s the impact of Hewlett-Packard bolstering its hot site offerings? And what does IBM’...
Lincoln National’s Business Continuity Maturity Assessment (Case Study)
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by James Gelineau | Articles | CommentsThe Lincoln National Life Insurance Company assessed its business continuity program using a maturity model in August, 2004. Attendees at this presentation will learn what happened before, during, and after. We will discuss the fundamental goals...
Everything Happened in 2005:
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by John Copenhaver | Articles | CommentsRight from the start, 2005 found us coping with unfathomable disaster, as January 1 came just on the heels of the one of the worst disaster in history – the Indian Ocean Tsunami. And 2005 has continued to pack quite a punch with the impacts of H...
Unleashing the Value of Compliance Investments
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Patricia McAnally | Articles | CommentsHave compliance issues created more work, more complexity, more distraction, and more expense? Do compliance projects get the resources you really need? Then don’t miss this session. Attendees will learn how to view compliance in a new light, to...
Preparedness Assessments:
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Scot Ferrell | Articles | CommentsDetermining the right mix of preparedness within your enterprise is the single most important decision any business continuity professional faces when developing a program. Too many professionals learn the hard way that they haven’t identified r...
Every Crisis Management Team Needs a Critical Decision Checklist
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Roseanne Rostron President | Articles | CommentsIn many cases, the crisis management team spends its time actively responding to the event. There is little time for reading and reviewing the crisis management plan during the actual response. And, although this team may be well prepared for th...
Business Continuity Management Program Requirements, Benchmarking Results, and Best Practices
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Marty Plevel | Articles | CommentsEnterprises today are facing the challenges of building and sustaining a business continuity management program that supports the needs of their organization and interdependent stakeholders. In this presentation, the NFPA 1600 Standard on Disast...
Sarbanes Oxley + BCP + Enterprise Risk Management =
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Michael Keating | Articles | CommentsHow does a business continuity team take advantage of high profile risk management initiatives within its organization to improve the business continuity program and strengthen the whole organization? This session will discuss the convergence of...
BCP Budgeting that Works (Case Study)
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Tim Matthews | Articles | CommentsWhen the business continuity program is stuck in the proverbial mud, an assumptive approach can wake up the boardroom and get the funding your BCP really needs. So often funding is requested to assess and study the problem. Incremental budget re...
Furthering Your BCP Career
May 8, 2006 8:00 pm | by Chris Worton | Articles | CommentsThe employment environment for business continuity professionals has become more competitive as the visibility of the profession increases. Given this atmosphere how can business continuity professionals prepare themselves to advance their caree...
