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Month: August 2014

California Earthquake

Any resident of California – specially the bay area is fully aware of the dangers of earthquakes. Almost everyone is schooled in how to protect oneself during an earthquake. While the earthquake may only last a few seconds – the

Matt Gwyther August 27, 2014January 21, 2016 Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Earthquake Read more

I Escaped a Disaster with a Backup Service for my Laptop

Have you had that sinking feeling when the screen of your desktop or laptop turns blue or it stops working completely? It just happened to me and hence this quick missive. A few years back, I backed up my laptop

Matt Gwyther August 26, 2014January 21, 2016 Disaster Recovery, Laptop or desktop Read more

Disaster Planning is Essential for Business and Families Too

A manager friend of mine takes his role as the coordinator of his businesses Business Continuity plan seriously. He ensures the plan is up to date and is not afraid of asking upper management for resources. He usually gets them

Matt Gwyther August 25, 2014January 21, 2016 Disaster Recovery, Family Disaster recovery Plan Read more

Katrina Showed Why Disaster Planning is Essential

I for one, will never forget the images of one of America’s beloved cities, New Orleans drown in water after Katrina.  The low lying areas were flooded after the levee broke.  What resulted was a massive displacement of people – some

Matt Gwyther August 19, 2014January 21, 2016 Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Katrina Business Recovery Read more

Effective Handling of Disasters – Lessons from Tylenol Poisoning and Malaysian Airlines

It was painful to watch the anguished families of Flight MH 370 as they awaited news about their loved ones. The news they got trickled out piecemeal fashion and was often wrong. Many people spoke on the airlines behalf and

Matt Gwyther August 19, 2014January 21, 2016 Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Communications Read more

Recovering from 9/11 – The Cantor Fitzgerald story

  Of the many images of 9/11 seared in my mind is the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald Howard Lutnick being interviewed on TV. The firm had lost over 600 employees in the attack and he survived because he had taken

Matt Gwyther August 4, 2014September 21, 2018 Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Read more

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