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November 14, 2008
Most critical power protection solutions, incorporating uninterrupted power supplies (UPS), today are interfaced with an alternative source of back-up power, which could be a fuel cell or flywheel but more usually it is a diesel generator. Generator sizing and UPS compatibility are fundamental to ..
October 22, 2008
Home owners know that a little preparation one early Fall Saturday afternoon can dramatically help you weather the affects of a winter storm this season. Being ready for a storm is just as important as being ready for a natural disaster or other emergency. Frigid temperatures or excessive moisture ..
October 16, 2008
Choosing between transformer-based or transformerless uninterruptible power supplies may not be a simple ‘either/or’ decision, particularly above 10kVA. Both technologies have their place in today's power protection scenarios but the key differences between them are: physical size, ..
October 10, 2008
In general, power protection (specifically uninterruptible power supplies) comes under the remit of the IT department whose responsibility also includes cramming increasing numbers of revenue-earning servers into decreasing computer room space.Secondary to the problem of space is capacity of the ..
October 03, 2008
Let's face it most businesses need power to operate, and yes there are some service businesses and transportation companies that can operate, albeit not very well, without power. So, the question is what do you do when your power goes out in your business? Do you have a back-up generator? Have you ..
October 03, 2008
After the Northridge, CA Earthquake apartment buildings were leveled, many people had perished and there was no power or water for weeks in so many areas. The Freeways were closed and there was absolute gridlock, it was difficult to even get supplies in to help the victims. Folks were forced from ..
September 22, 2008
Floods can be devastating as we have seen in the last few years on the news. We watched the Tsunami in Indonesia and the intensive 2005 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season with such infamous named storms as Katrina, Rita and Wilma. We saw other problems this most recent year when the Mississippi ..
September 22, 2008
Museums, libraries and other organizations have the important and vital job of preserving historical archives and books for future generations. The best way for institutions like these to prevent document and archive loss is to implement storage techniques that will protect valuable articles ..
September 22, 2008
Too Big for a Small Business As businesses began to increase their focus on having reliable and available data centers, centers began to grow in size and complexity. No longer a single room housing a comparatively simple computer system, businesses now required very large Internet data centers. ..
September 16, 2008
It is often after a hurricane, a tornado, a flood or earthquake, when businesses realize that they were not prepared for a natural disaster. And, then it is too late.This is true for many entrepreneurial companies -- especially virtual companies. However, with a little planning and taking some ..
August 25, 2008
A member of your association gets a phone call from the police. Their premises have been vandalized. During the incident a wash basin was pulled away from the wall and the spraying water damaged computers, documents and stock.The stock damage, loss of information and temporarily losing access to ..
August 25, 2008
For any type of business, whether it's a retail store or a large investment firm, computer data matters. In fact, in our technologically evolving world computer data is more important than ever. Without our computers many businesses would simply fail to run. The problem comes in when businesses ..
August 16, 2008
While many businesses can recover from brief power outages, there are some industries where such outages can cause massive problems. Without a constant flow of electrical current, their systems would fail to operate. If that were to happen, the results could have a long-lasting, ruinous impact. ..
July 29, 2008
There's a powerful tool in the arsenal of disaster mitigation (which includes prevention) systems-the Graphical Information System (GIS) that includes oblique imagery. With this tool, it is possible to look at cities and rural areas as if you were Superman, with the ability to rapidly fly around ..
July 16, 2008
How often have you regretted not taking simple precautionary measures which could have prevented a sizable loss or inconvenience in your business? Whether it's ensuring that the anti-virus software is updated or the fire alarm system is in place, most businesses have a need to protect themselves ..
July 15, 2008
Surviving the Inevitable - 7 Steps to Avoiding Technology Disasters You Might Not Have ConsideredDo you have a technology disaster plan?Technology disasters come in all shapes and sizes. From something as simple as hard disk failure to something as significant as an emergency affecting critical ..
June 16, 2008
As far back as we go in history, protecting data for business continuity has always been essential. From the days when the dead sea scrolls were imperfectly stored in pottery jars and wrapped in linen and left in a mountainside cave to the days when Gutenberg was developing his moving ..
June 07, 2008
Home Security is certainly one of the most pressing worries for anyone who cares about family and loved ones. But once your physical defensive means against home intrusion are in place and after you possibly installed some form of Surveillance, you may think that the job is done and that life is ..
June 03, 2008
Ensuring uninterrupted power is a vital part of any organisation's business continuity planning and can be achieved with the correct deployment of a suitable uninterruptible power supply (UPS). Different types of UPS can be used as stand-alone solutions or in conjunction with one another other. The .
June 03, 2008
Business has never been more reliant on a continuous supply of electricity - and never better served than by modern UPS manufacturers. Whether it's an easily portable desktop uninterruptible power supply or a powerful parallel-redundant installation backed up by standby power sources, every ..
May 29, 2008
In the early days of the American textile mills, fires were fought using a sprinkler system made of perforated pipes. This system was not automated and had to be turned on manually. Around the time of the Civil War, men started trying to find better ways to protect factory workers from fire. In ..
May 28, 2008
How prepared are you for some natural or man-made disaster? Now that we are well into the 2008 tornado season here in the U.S., that's a question many small business owners should be asking themselves. Most people don't have the first clue as to how to prepare their business for a disaster of any ..
February 29, 2008
If you are in the market for a global commercial satellite service provider of voice, video and data connectivity solutions, you're not alone. Businesses, government entities, humanitarian groups and public service departments such as fire, police and emergency responders are increasingly in the ..
January 25, 2008
There was a time when frequent flyer miles, loyalty award systems and credit card points were virtually unknown to businesses and consumers alike. CRM history shows that customer relationship management is the system that popularized consumer benefits such as this.CRM history is indeed a brief one ..
January 10, 2008
Continuity and disaster recovery is one aspect that a company has to focus on to have effective and successful operations most of the time. This would assure them that in the event of any kind of disaster, their business would be able to remain fully functional and operational.Unfortunately, ..
January 07, 2008
The risk analysis, as well as business impact analysis would have identifiable risks to the primary business functionalities. Additionally, the potential impacts and possibilities of these risks and the costs needed in the prevention or mitigation of damages and the time needed to recover would ..
January 07, 2008
Analysis of business impact would be a crucial aspect of the process of the business continuity planning. This step would be quantifying the data and would be getting into the real issues of potential losses, which could negatively impact your business. This particular step is used to be able to ..
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