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Developers plan integrated platform for managing energy, resource conservation goals

It must be awfully annoying for businesses to have to deal with point applications for environmental/energy management. Plainly speaking, these things should be just part of overall management tools associated with compliance, sustainability and overall operational excellence initiatives. Someone must have clued in ESS, which provides Environmental,...

Tags: Software, Sustainability, Compliance, Greenhouse Gas, Crisis Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-21

IBM & FXA Helping Assure Safety of Vietnam Seafood Exports

IBM's vision of a smart planet is proving to be an interesting intellectual platform from which to invite all actors to think how best to improve sustainability performance with smart use of IT. Yesterday's announcement hat tip James of a partnerhsip between IBM, FXA Group, the Vietnam Association...

Tags: Crisis Management, Farm, Food, Food & Beverage, IBM Corp., Ireland, James Farrar, Management, Manufacturing, Meat, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-05-20

IT Analysis - Crisis Management or Clever Thinking?

As the credit crunch spreads from a banking problem to one affecting consumers and businesses, recession is becoming a reality in many countries. So what is the best way to wriggle through the squeeze - turn to the accountants and worry only about the numbers? At Quocirca they have long...

Tags: Quocirca, Information Technology, Accountant, Crisis Management, Banking, Strategy, Financial Services, Management

White papers 2008-11-25

Taking Auto Insurance to the Next Level

In December 1999, Esurance launched its Web site to harness the power of the Internet and revolutionize the way people purchase insurance. Esurance needs to stay in constant contact with its associates during emergency drills and real-life disasters. Esurance implemented Dell Crisis Management & Alerting services: Emergency Notification and the...

Tags: Esurance Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Crisis Management, Internet, Web Site Development, Insurance, Financial Planning, Collaboration, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance

Case studies 2008-10-01

BP Tracks Hurricanes With Visual Mapping Solution That Saves Time and Aids Decisions

Energy company BP is investing billions of dollars in offshore oil production assets in the Gulf of Mexico region and spends nearly half of each year monitoring the safety of employees and equipment during hurricane season. BP's Houston-based Severe Weather Team used to spend hours each day tracking storms during...

Tags: Asset, Asset Management, BP Plc, Business Operations, Crisis Management, Operational Planning

Case studies 2008-07-01

The NERV: What First Responders Need

In this free video, you'll see how a little technical preparation goes a long way toward helping a community survive a catastrophe. In Johnston County, North Carolina, a devastating hurricane is just another day. Watch as Cisco helps keep its residents prepared with full voice, video, and data connectivity--all in...

Tags: Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Networked Emergency Response Vehicle, Corporate Communications, Crisis Management, Marketing

Presentations 2008-02-19

Mipsis Occupational Safety and Health 2 (Windows)

Using Occupational Safety and Health Software OSHA you can standardize your risk management methodology across multiple sites and departments, allowing real time visualization of the risk landscape within your business. Mipsis Occupational Safety and Health Software OSHA software is a workplace safety management system covering; Employee Register, Examination Records, Prescription...

Tags: OSHA, Client-server, Health Care, Microsoft Windows, Risk Management, Mipsis Software, Mipsis OS&H Software, Financial Planning, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Financial Services, Crisis Management, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2007-11-13

Avoiding Costly Product Recalls With Proactive SPC

This year alone, consumer confidence has been shaken over product quality, reliability and safety concerns within the food processing, electronics, automotive, toy, clothing and personal care industries. The next "Shoe" is just waiting to fall. Conservatively speaking, if one's business is effected, expect to spend more than a million dollars...

Tags: Logistics, Zontec, Crisis Management, Supply Chain, Public Relations, Business Operations, Marketing, Corporate Communications

White papers 2007-09-13

Business Resiliency: Making Risk and Recovery a Major Component of Business Strategy

Business resiliency may be defined as all the measures that a company can take to make sure the business runs smoothly after a disaster or other disruptive event. Within a large enterprise, this can include both the crisis management and the business continuity functions. Business resiliency focuses primarily on maintaining...

Tags: Recovery, Business Strategy, Business Resiliency, Crisis Management, It Services

White papers 2007-09-01

Build a viable plan for disaster recovery and crisis management

Building business resilience into your organization depends on effective disaster recovery. Disaster recovery DR involves the ability to respond to and recover from disruptive events. DR is essential, not only to plan for disaster, but to confirm that your organization is in compliance with regulations. IBM can help establish...

Tags: Crisis Management, IBM Corp., Disaster Recovery, Data Management

White papers 2007-06-01

Communicating in a Crisis: What Really Works

Crisis Management and Business Continuity professionals understand that effective communication before; during and after an incident can drastically alter the outcome of that incident. This paper explains what commercially available communication systems really work in a crisis, drawing on real world examples of communication in both large and small scale...

Tags: Siemens AG, Crisis Management, It Services

White papers 2006-06-29

Crisis Management

Keeping your organization on its feet during a crisis hinges on your ability to implement the disaster recovery strategies you have in place. This may include mobilizing your emergency management team, setting up a communications center, and executing your business continuity plans. Learn about ways to develop and effect your...

Tags: Crisis Management

Download resources 2006-03-28

AT&T urges FCC to set telecom mandates

It looks like industry is starting to understand what's required in creating a disaster-proof telecommunications system. And it may be industry that leads and the government that follows. Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T Corp.'s CIO, called on the FCC to require every communications provider to adopt crisis management plans, Computerworld reports....

Tags: telecommunications, satellite

Blog posts 2005-09-13

Resilience Plans and Procedures Development: Develop a Well-Designed and Comprehensive Resilience Plan With Step-by-Step Guidelines to Monitor, React, and if Necessary, Recover Your Business Operations

IBM's resilience plans and procedures development creates a road map for the organization to follow as it identifies incidents and track them through to a responsible conclusion. IBM's consultants help to interlock the business strategies with the crisis management plan, IT recovery plan and business unit response plans. They help...

Tags: Monitor, IBM Corp., Resilience Plan, Crisis Management, Strategy, Management

White papers 2005-07-01

Decision Rights: How to Avoid Confusion or Conflict and Gain Cooperation During a Crisis

Planning for and managing disasters is very much like a military operation. Those at the front lines and in the midst of battle know the actual conditions with which they must deal. A Corporate Command Team located in the headquarters hundreds of miles away from the incident cannot possibly assess...

Tags: Business Continuity Planning, Business Continuity, Disaster Resource Guide, Business Security, Crisis Management, It Services, Strategy, Business Operations, Management

White papers

Implementing an Effective Crisis Management Plan Within the Rail Industry

Londonlines was set up in 2001 as the headquarters of National Express Group's London train operations - Wagn, c2c and Silverlink. Before joining Londonlines as Operations Director, Richard Morris worked at the Strategic Rail Authority SRA where he was influential in improving crisis management across the rail industry. Morris knew...

Tags: Crisis Management, Siemens AG

Case studies

Implementing an Ongoing Programme of Scenario-Based Crisis Management Exercises for Senior Management

With total assets of more than c290 billion, WestLB AG is one of the leading providers of financial services in Germany and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Landesbank NRW. WestLB had previously completed various forms of disaster recovery testing and had exercised their crisis management plan for Y2K, but they...

Tags: Crisis Management

Case studies

A Crisis Management Plan: Are You Prepared?

Most people like to think they do their best work in the midst of a crisis or controversy, when the adrenaline is flowing and they can make vital decisions in a split second. And in fact, many executives do perform extremely well under pressure. But, in a world when the...

Tags: Decision, Executive, Disaster Resource Guide, Crisis Management

White papers

Additional Resources

Intel is ready for your fourth quarter business: Will you show up?

Intel spent a lot of time talking about inventories on its fiscal third quarter conference call. The industry is stocking up on Intel chips ahead of server refreshes and the launch of Windows 7. The nagging worry for many analysts: Will businesses and consumers show up to drive the upgrade...

Tags: PC, Inventory, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion

I'm not buying their claims.. It looks like they're declaring all IT activities as a failure which is patently ridiculous.. The companies I support rarely experience a failure. I do the product evaluations up front and determine if a product is worthy of purchase and deployment. I use...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, software, CPU, information technology, IT Failure

Discussion threads 2009-09-30