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Bracing for the Next Disaster: The devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 made clear the importance of business continuity planning. Yet because of the expense and effort, many businesses have yet to examine their preparedness and response strategies. In this ZDNet Webcast, Rhoda Phillips, Research Manager at IDC, offers a step-by-step...; Tags: on-demand, ZDNet, Hurricane Katrina, analysis, 9/11 commission, Business Continuity, E-mail, Storage, Webcast, Business Continuity Planning; Webcasts 2007-08-28
Photos: Engineering lessons learned from Katrina: Princeton study finds surprising similarities between Hurricane Katrina and 2004 tsunami.; Tags: Hurricane Katrina, photograph; Image galleries 2007-05-12
IBM and Pragmatix Put Technology Infrastructure Out of Harm's Way for Financial Services Company: Pragmatix, Inc., an IBM Business Partner based in Elmsford, New York, immediately understood what worried the managers of Commonwealth Advisors, Inc., after Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc in Commonwealth's home state of Louisiana in 2005. Hurricane Katrina put a financial advisory firm in Louisiana on notice that it needed a more...; Tags: Financial, Financial Service, Hurricane Katrina, IBM Corp., Louisiana, Financial Planning, Finance; Case studies 2007-05-01
Disaster Recovery for the Real World: Surviving Hurricane Katrina: Are you still relying on tape backups for disaster recovery? Tape backups are important, but when a disaster strikes, you may find that you shouldn't rely on tapes as your only layer of protection. Listen to this TechRepublic Webcast, now available on demand, to hear Peter...; Tags: Tape Backup, XOSoft, Computer Associates International Inc., Hurricane Katrina, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Data Management; Webcasts 2006-08-22
Real World Disaster Recovery: A disaster like Hurricane Katrina raises important IT questions: From the article in IBM Systems Magazine: "Disaster recovery (D/R) planning and testing has been a large part of my career. I've been involved in D/R exercises for a variety of customers, and I was also peripherally involved on a D/R event that happened after Hurricane Katrina. There's a big...; Tags: Event, Information Technology, Hurricane Katrina, IBM Corp., D/R, Disaster Recovery, Data Centers, Data Management, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2006-07-01

Top news searches on Ask.com in 2005: President Bush, Iraq, Hurricane Katrina: Ask.com published the list of top news searches in 2005.President BushIraqHurricane KatrinaTsunamiMichael JacksonBritney SpearsNatalee HollowayAmerican IdolXbox 360Angelina Jolie; Tags: Ask.com, Hurricane Katrina; Blog posts 2005-12-27
Top Google searches in 2005: Janet Jackson, Hurricane Katrina, tsunami: Top Google searches in 2005: Janet Jackson, Hurricane Katrina, tsunamiThat is a SAD list indeed!!!People should be looking up things to EDUCATE themselves about what is going on in this world. No wonder we have such runaway politics in every corner of the globe!!!!HEY you MORONS, who gives a flying...; Tags: Janet Jackson, Brad Pitt, Hurricane Katrina, Google Search, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2005-12-22
Top Google searches in 2005: Janet Jackson, Hurricane Katrina, tsunami: Google revealed top searches in 2005.Janet JacksonHurricane Katrinatsunamixbox 360Brad PittMichael JacksonAmerican IdolBritney SpearsAngelina JolieHarry Potter; Tags: Google Inc., Janet Jackson, Hurricane Katrina, Google Search; Blog posts 2005-12-21
Disaster Response and the Web in 2005: The Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina: The most emotionally affecting memories of 2005 were the two huge natural disasters that struck the world - and how people responded to them. In this post I will review how the Web was utilized by thousands of people to help and to deal with those...; Tags: blog; Blog posts 2005-12-20
IBM provides critical aid and client support in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the IBM Crisis Response Team, working in concert with the IBM Business Continuity and Recovery Services Emergency Operations Center and IBM Corporate Community Relations, delivered targeted technology solutions and services to hurricane victims, government agencies, hospitals, universities, and businesses that suffered damage and loss....; Tags: Hurricane Katrina, IBM Corp.; Case studies 2005-12-01
Hurricane Katrina will cause media spending to drop by $1.13 bln: Hurricane Katrina will cause total media spending to fall by $1.13 bln from August 2005 to September 2006, according to PQ Media. The loss is estimated to account for 2.2% of media spending in the 20 affected designated market areas DMAs in the 12-month period. Of these 20 DMAs, New...; Tags: designated market area, media; Blog posts 2005-11-16
Photos: New Orleans, before and after: Satellite imagery shows the extent of the flooding in the city caused by Hurricane Katrina.; Tags: imagery, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, satellite; Image galleries 2005-09-01
Photos: New Orleans, before and after: Satellite imagery shows the extent of the flooding in the city caused by Hurricane Katrina.; Tags: imagery, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, satellite; Image galleries 2005-09-01
Photos: Hurricane Day 3--relief is on the way: Government and private organizations have plenty to clean up in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.; Tags: Hurricane Katrina; Image galleries 2005-08-31
Photos: Hurricane Day 3--relief is on the way: Government and private organizations have plenty to clean up in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.; Tags: Hurricane Katrina; Image galleries 2005-08-31
A Contact Center Solution From Avaya Keeps Power Customers in Touch, in Spite of Hurricane Katrina: Responsible for generating and delivering electric power to 2.7 million customers in Southeast Texas and most of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, including New Orleans. The challenge was to enable six geographically-separate call centers to operate as an integrated multimedia contact center and strengthen management's ability to adjust operations as demands...; Tags: Contact Center, Avaya Inc., Hurricane Katrina, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), VOIP, Telecommunications, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking; Case studies

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Photos: Engineering New Orleans, post-Katrina: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is putting a great deal of money and effort into new hurricane protection systems that it hopes can reduce the risk of catastrophic flooding in the future. by CNET News.com; Tags: Photograph, Strategy, Management, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-07-03
Part 2: Green tech and corporate ethics: Just following up my post from yesterday about a new consulting service from IBM designed to examine the ethical weight of green technology practices. There's another white paper on the Web site for business process management software vendor Metastorm about the impact that surprise rethinking the way...; Tags: Business Process, Metastorm, Green Technology, Ethics, Operational Planning, Business Ethics, Business Process Automation, Business Operations, Leadership, Management, It Operations, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-01
The Steve Jobs Standard: The Steve Jobs StandardWell saidIn a world of greed, that last sentence was a breath of fresh air.Amen, Tom ntntThe unsung hero of AppleJohnathan Ive.An Apple product develops something like this:Jobs to Ive: Give me something sexy.Ive: Here you go.Jobs: Awesome.Gee - Maybe he should be a SaintNo doubt Steve...; Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Ive; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?: How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?It took Mother Nature...millions of years to lock up the carbon into fossil fuels that we have managed to release in a hundred.Nature can not fix it as fast as we are polluting it. That is the issue. Take a...; Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide; Discussion threads 2008-06-23