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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.   |
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
December 6, 2007
Nathan Conz |
Insurers View Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity As More Than IT Issues To maintain operations and service levels in the face of a catastrophe, insurers are increasingly viewing disaster recovery and business continuity plans full-fledged business initiatives. |
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... |
Insurance & Technology
November 11, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Mutual of Enumclaw Has Built Potential Mt. Rainier Eruption Into Its Disaster Response The insurer's Enumclaw, Wash., headquarters stand less than 30 miles from one of the country's largest active volcanoes, and has taken IT measures to protect itself and its clients from any event. |
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. |
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. |
Insurance & Technology
October 7, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Mean Season In addition to driving a more expeditious claims process, technology has played an important role in minimizing the effect of an event like Katrina on the fortunes of insurance companies and the industry as a whole. |
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. |
PHONE+
November 16, 2009
Cara Sievers |
Helping Customers Plan For Disaster MegaPath offers up business continuity planning checklist. |
Bank Technology News
December 2007 |
Resiliency: Broadband Needs to Get Much Broader Much of banks' contingency plans rely on their ability to get work completed remotely. While a simultaneous drop in the communications and electric workforces may affect banks, the real concern is the availability of bandwidth. |
Wall Street & Technology
February 14, 2006
Jim Grogan |
Holistic Information Availability While superior disaster recovery capabilities have been a necessity for financial firms, it has become clear that the industry requires a more holistic, proactive approach. |
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... |
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. |
Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005
Maria Woehr |
Bracing for the Claims Storm Many insurance carriers have invested in new back-office and field technologies within the past year to enable more-efficient claims processing and provide better customer service. And, for many, it wasn't a moment too soon. |
National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2006
Parke M. Chapman |
An Insurance Storm One month into hurricane season, commercial property owners along the Gulf and Florida coasts are coming to grips with the jaw-dropping costs of insuring against future hurricanes. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
June 6, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Ringing (False?) Alarm Bells IBM and HP are launching disaster recovery services as the hurricane season kicks off. |
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. |
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? |
InternetNews
August 26, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
The Trouble With Virtual Disaster Recovery Embracing virtualization helps cut costs, but will it lead to trouble when there's a massive systems failure? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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... |
Insurance & Technology
January 25, 2005 |
Deja Vu All Over Again Many of the major areas of focus for senior insurance technology executives in the coming year will be familiar ones that have become even more pressing. Insurers will boost their offshore outsourcing activities and increasingly dip a toe into business process outsourcing (BPO). |
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. |
Insurance & Technology
September 16, 2005
Deena M. Amato-McCoy |
Eye of the Storm Insurers that implement processes and technologies for accurately assessing data and measuring risk across business lines and geographies before disaster strikes will weather the storm. |
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. |
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?' |
Insurance & Technology
January 25, 2005
Cynthia Saccocia |
Did You Say Controlled Tech Spending? Aw, Not Again! Insurance is an industry that reacts decisively to its business cycles and urgently to intrusions of reality such as catastrophic claims, economic issues and regulation. |
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. |
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. |
Insurance & Technology
November 26, 2003
Cynthia Saccocia |
Placing Your Bets Technology Will insurers ante up on technology investments in front-office or back-office systems in 2004, or hold back? In this exclusive preview, TowerGroup assesses the field. |
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. |
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... |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 30, 2004
Ivan Schneider |
Political Conventions Spur Bank Readiness Disaster recovery plans get a workout in Boston and N.Y. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2007
Emil Lee |
Disaster Preparedness: Are Insurers Ready for the Big One? With private insurers withdrawing from the coastal areas, leaving the taxpayers holding the bag, one wonders: What should investors do if the big one does hit? |
Insurance & Technology
September 14, 2006
Maria Woehr |
One Charter to Rule Them All? Insurers, analysts and vendors are weighing the benefits and risks of the National Insurance Act of 2006 - a plan to adopt an optional federally chartered regulatory system - as well as the impact the federal regulation could have on IT systems. |
CIO
June 29, 2011
Maryfran Johnson |
Why Personal Leadership Style Matters When Disaster Strikes CIOs say helping workers cope is key to recovery. |
InternetNews
March 4, 2010 |
Google Highlights Disaster Recovery Offerings The search giant opens up with more details as to just how its cloud-based Google Apps suite recovers from disaster. |
Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Digging for Dollars The insurance agent often is portrayed as going door to door with an oversized briefcase brimming with paper applications. While that might have been so in the 1950s, today, selling insurance means connecting with the customer, and it takes more than just a smile and a shoeshine. It takes knowledge. |
