Industry News


Business Continuity Solutions to Provide Disaster Recovery for the Deb Group

BCS will provide both on- and off-site data storage capabilities for the Stanley, NC manufacturing operation.

Study: 87 Percent of Small to Mid-Sized Businesses Have Inadequate or Out of Date Disaster Recovery Plans

Forty-five percent of small businesses don’t enforce security policies.

DBSi Data Centers Successfully Complete Type II SOC 2 and SOC 3 Examinations

A third-party audit of DBSi’s procedures, policies and standards provide its clients expert assurances about data center security and availability.

Research Finds 23 Percent of IT Pros Include Cloud Services in Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plans

Just 8 percent allocate 20 percent or more of their total IT budgets for business continuity/disaster recovery, according to InformationWeek Reports.

ABC Domes to Construct Smart Dome Vault for Certified Records Management

Scheduled for completion in March, the NARA-compliant Smart Dome Vault for Certified Records is 60 feet tall and has 12,000 square feet of interior space, including a floor to ceiling metal racking system.



Survey: More Information Security Investment Necessary by TMT Companies

Driving factors include hacktivists, advanced persistent threats, cloud, mobile and social media.

More than Half of Organizations Experience Data Loss after a Disaster Event

Survey reveals that disaster recovery remains a major challenge and priority, but implementation of best practices varies.

Virtual Corporation to Support VA Department's Contingency Plans and Disaster Recovery Planning

Virtual Corp.’s Sustainable Planner software program will manage and maintain more than 100 disaster recovery and contingency plans.

nScaled Selects Equinix to Support the Expansion of Its Cloud Disaster Recovery Services

nScaled offers risk-averse customers multiple cloud solutions, including primary application hosting, disaster recovery and backup.

MIR3 Hosts Webinar on How to Choose a BC/DR Standard

The informative online briefing is designed to help business owners in their BC/DR planning by exploring real business scenarios and offer expert insights and perspectives.

Free Handbook Helps Transportation Agencies Create COOP/COG Plans

The Mineta Transportation Institute publication also benefits private industry.

Research Finds 68 Percent of IT Pros Use or Plan to Use IT Process Automation Tools

InformationWeek Reports says 55 percent use or are evaluating HP Operations Orchestration/Opsware; Microsoft, IBM and CA.

NJIT Offers Online Crisis Management & Business Continuity Graduate Certificate Program

The 12-credit certificate concentrates on the business and information systems sides of emergency management.

Smartphones Change How People and Disaster Experts Respond To Emergencies

allRisk says smartphones are becoming a necessity for disasters.

FEMA Encourages Americans to Participate in Sept. National Prepardedness Month

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Ready Campaign, in partnership with Citizen Corps and the Ad Council, recently announced the launch of new web tools that will make it easier for individuals and organizations throughout the nation to join the 2011 National Preparedness Month (NPM) coalition and pledge their support to help prepare their families, businesses and communities for emergencies of all kinds.