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Insurance & Technology
November 11, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurers Prepare for the Worst by Strengthening Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery To some extent, American National's example reflects the superior preparedness typical of the financial services industry.   |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 27, 2006
Deena M. Amato-McCoy |
Planning for Continuity The severity of the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons taught financial institutions that disaster recovery programs alone cannot protect their businesses, forcing banks to reevaluate the strength of their backup plans. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 23, 2005
Paul Allen |
BCP: Expect the Unexpected Whatever strategy organizations employ, it is clear that business continuity planning will require a long-term commitment. The London bombings may not lead to a material change in regulatory policies or institutions' internal plans, but they already have turned up the pressure for financial services firms to get their plans in order. |
Insurance & Technology
April 20, 2007
Peggy Bresnik Kendler |
It Pays to Be Prepared Insurers are leveraging lessons learned from past disasters and technology such as data replication and virtualization to prepare both IT and employees for a disaster. |
Insurance & Technology
October 7, 2005
Maria Woehr |
The Sun Will Come Out For small insurance entities, recovering from a disaster often depends on a third-party provider. Here's how SunGard Availability Services maintained a third-party administrator's systems and preserved its viability in the wake of Katrina. |
Bank Technology News
May 2009
Robin Arnfield |
Dress Rehearsals Reveal Holes When Farmington Savings Bank (FSB) staged a mock disaster affecting a branch, back office operations, as well as accounting and lending, the post-mortem on its disaster recovery plan revealed weaknesses. |
CIO
June 1, 2002
Michael Symmers |
'What If' Technology Planning Experience has shown that asking 'What if?' is the best way to guard against 'Why me?' |
Bank Technology News
April 2002
Amy Newell |
Backup, Recovery and Beyond Sept. 11's terrorist attacks heightened awareness about data protection, and industry insiders recommend that financial institutions view the issues in both present and future terms... |
PHONE+
September 25, 2009
William Bumbernick |
Selling VoIP as a Disaster Recovery Solution Hosted VoIP improves telecommunications continuity and brings profit opportunity to channel partners. |
Financial Advisor
November 2008
David Lawrence |
Averting Disaster Advisors often discuss the financial planning process to clients in terms of worst-case scenario planning. Yet the financial advisor often doesn't ask these same questions of himself for his own firm. |
Insurance & Technology
October 5, 2006 |
Preparing for the Unknown Mike Byam, Vice President, Business Resilience Office, The Hartford, spearheads the firm's aggregated risk management movement. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 23, 2005
Greg MacSweeney |
BCP: Murphy's Law Applies When it comes to BCP, shortsightedness and lack of top-down leadership may be the greatest danger. Just because there hasn't been a need to invoke a business continuity plan doesn't mean that something won't happen tomorrow. |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2007
Charlene O'Hanlon |
Disaster Recovery :: Courting Disaster Districts that are not prepared in the event of fire, storm, earthquake, or whatever else nature may bear are asking for trouble. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2005
Pamela Black |
Shelter from the Storm National disasters have underlined the importance of business continuity planning for financial advisers -- it's not just about compliance. |
CFO
March 1, 2012
Yasmin Ghahremani |
To Be Continued? Five steps you can take to make sure your company survives catastrophe. |
CIO
October 15, 2000
Sarah D. Scalet |
Weathering The Storm - Contingency Planning Kodak has been developing a business continuity program for more than a decade. Now it's time to move on that knowledge... |
Insurance & Technology
March 7, 2006
Deena M. Amato-McCoy |
Storm Surge Refusing to be caught off guard again, insurance companies are reexamining their IT strategies and operations in anticipation of the fast-approaching 2006 hurricane season. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 7, 2005
Jim Hatfield |
Built to Last Lasalle National Bank's thorough emergency planning and effective disaster recovery systems helped prevent loss of life and preserved business data in the five-alarm blaze at the company's 45-story headquarters in Chicago. |
PHONE+
November 16, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Helping Customers Plan For Disaster MegaPath offers up business continuity planning checklist. |
InternetNews
June 12, 2007
Paul Shread |
Startup Makes Disaster Recovery Work Continuity Software claims it can make disaster recovery work better - and it won't charge customers if it can't. |
CIO
December 1, 2001 |
Nasdaq's Best Practices NASDAQ, whose 1 Liberty Plaza headquarters is next to the World Trade Center, has itemized disaster recovery lessons learned from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks... |
CIO
February 24, 2014 |
How CIOs Prepare for the Worst Three CIOs discuss how a successful business continuity plan requires prioritization, awareness and testing |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
Kurt Johnson |
Practice Tips Many disaster recovery plans look good on paper but lack the detail necessary to function in a real disaster. Consider these factors when establishing your recovery procedures. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2006
Barry B. LePatner |
Are You Prepared? While disaster management planning is likely to be low on commercial property owners' to-do lists, unexpected events such as Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have demonstrated the importance of having a disaster management strategy. |
Wall Street & Technology
May 15, 2006 |
Time Is Of the Essence In a disaster recovery situation, a business can be irreparably damaged if operations cease for just a few hours, according to a survey. |
Financial Advisor
June 2007
David Lawrence |
Ready, Willing-Able? Is your financial practice prepared to help your clients, or even to function, if disaster strikes? |
Entrepreneur
April 2003
Daniel Tynan |
In Case of Emergency A smoke alarm or a life preserver may save your life, but they won't save your business. You need a real disaster plan now. Your business's survival depends on it. |
CRM
November 1, 2005
Marshall lager |
When Disaster Strikes Emergency services operate like any other business; those with weak communication and slow response to customer needs fail while good CRM practices can greatly improve an organization's ability to take care of its customers and improve the bottom line. In this case, the bottom line is lives saved. |
CFO
September 1, 2003
Scott Leibs |
Two Years Later, Still Adrift? After 9/11, business continuity got plenty of attention, but many companies remain ill-prepared for disaster. |
Bank Systems & Technology
December 1, 2005
Katherine Burger |
Calling in Sick There may be a kind of disaster looming that even the most recovery-savvy businesses have not anticipated -- a major flu outbreak. The implications regarding business continuity plans are as serious as a looming hurricane. |
PC Magazine
December 20, 2006
Matthew D. Sarrel |
Your Disaster Recovery Plan Building a business continuity plan in case of disaster is vital to the survival of your company. Even small businesses should pay attention. |
PHONE+
May 21, 2009
Adam Myers |
BCDR Basics for Agents Recommending backup links in case of a network outage is a sound strategy, but if that's the extent of your business continuity/disaster recovery advice for business customers, you are missing critical solutions and revenue opportunities. |
InternetNews
December 14, 2009 |
EMC Improves Backup, Replication Reporting EMC claims that its Data Protection Advisor eliminates the need for disaster recovery testing. |
InternetNews
April 13, 2004
Jim Wagner |
IBM Buys Schlumberger Assets for Data Safety Looking to provide more disaster recovery options, IBM buys 40 recovery sites from European tech provider Schlumberger. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2004
Traci Purdum |
The Show Must Go On Having a contingency plan and being able to execute it will ensure the bottom won't fall out of your bottom line. |
Wall Street & Technology
April 20, 2007
Ivy Schmerken |
Hedge Funds Are Focusing On Disaster Recovery Following the Recent Market Volatility Fund advisory firms have become more conscious of disaster recovery and business continuity to back up applications and data since the February market decline. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 23, 2005
Maria Wakem |
Boosting BCP Tragedies like the London bombings will serve as unfortunate reminders that financial institutions must continue to be vigilant in their business continuity planning and to improve IT's role therein. |
Bio-IT World
May 9, 2003
Salvatore Salamone |
Catastrophes and Contingencies @#$! happens, but savvy IT managers can take it in stride by incorporating disaster recovery into everyday planning. |
Entrepreneur
March 2006
Melissa Campanelli |
In Harm's Way? A plan can help you keep your website running in a time of crisis. |
InternetNews
June 6, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Ringing (False?) Alarm Bells IBM and HP are launching disaster recovery services as the hurricane season kicks off. |
Wall Street & Technology
February 14, 2006
Leslie Kramer |
CIO Challenge Business continuity planning has been on the top of most financial services firms' agendas since Sept. 11, 2001. However, recent fears about an Avian flu epidemic and other possible disasters have some firms revisiting those plans. |
CIO
January 15, 2002
Lorraine Cosgrove Ware |
Disaster Recovery Becomes Life and Death An October 2001 online survey asked CIOs, vice presidents and directors of IT how their organizations had prepared for disaster, and how their IT contingency and recovery plans would change after the events of Sept. 11... |
CIO
July 11, 2008
Carol Sliwa |
Marriott Goes Underground With Disaster Recovery, Virtualization Effort In a highly secure, naturally cooled former limestone mine located 220 feet underground, virtualization fuels Marriott's new disaster recovery strategy. With help from Iron Mountain, the hotel giant is cutting energy costs and recovery time while adding flexibility. |
PHONE+
May 19, 2010 |
iland Treats Home Health Care Company's BC/DR Needs The health care company found a solution in iland Continuity Cloud, which is designed to provide secure, cost-effective business continuity options to enterprises of all sizes. |
Entrepreneur
July 2008
Chris Penttila |
Ready for Anything Make sure your business is fully prepared for when disaster strikes. In fact, having a disaster plan can actually help your business grow during good times. |
InternetNews
March 31, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Are Your E-mail Archives Safe? You'd think enterprises would ensure their e-mail archives are kept safe. Not so, a recent study finds. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 21, 2004
Maria Santos |
Fine-tuning the BCP Sept. 10 marked the last of several SEC-approved deadlines for NASD and New York Stock Exchange members to implement business continuity standards. |
InternetNews
August 13, 2004
Paul Shread |
The Big Blackout, a Year Later A year ago, the power went out over much of the Northeast. Are enterprises now true believers in disaster recovery and business continuity planning, or are they still in the dark? |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2008
Rama Ramaswami |
Making a Comeback Lacking the resources companies have to protect their data in the event of disruptions, K-12 technology directors are devising their own backup solutions. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Paula J. Kelly |
Meeting the Needs When two devastating hurricanes struck the Gulf Coast in less than a month, it was clear that the response from the philanthropic community would need to be as unprecedented as the disaster. |
