Global warming and climatic change are forcing weather experts to concoct new terms. The latest addition in this list is what is known as a ‘bomb cyclone’ that unleashed 97 mph wind gusts in Colorado Springs, bringing in its wake blizzards and even a flood threat – an unlikely occurrence, given the city’s climate. So […]
Recently, a friend of mine, Jim (not his real name) lost his job. The business that employed over a 100 people had a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) that was based on the attitude – “that will never happen to us”. What tripped them up was not a disaster that struck them but one that struck […]
Many people in business are under the mistaken impression that the default setting of a disaster is a naturally occurring one. Some companies go under because they are unprepared to face downtime due to technical reasons in their organizations. Let us look at a few of the technical reasons that affect production. Personnel However automated […]
Difference Between Disaster Recover (DR), Business Continuity (BC) AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT (CM) When a disaster strikes any business organization, three important aspects of managing the incident, recovering from the disaster and ensuring Business Continuity come into play. Though these terms are interrelated, they are different, as they attempt to do various functions as a part […]
