ContinuityTalk - Episode 4
By admin | October 8, 2007
Show Notes
Welcome to episode 4 of ContinuityTalk! Links for the news hightlights include:
The news this week was harvested from David Honour’s great website, ContinuityCentral.com. Stories include:
- Is the threat of influenza pandemic being overplayed?
- US public better prepared to deal with disaster
- ABI hound the British Government over proposed schedule for flood spending
- Dept for Homeland Security cough up $113million for training
- Iron Mountain open operations in South Africa
This week we meet with Simon Cooke to talk about crisis management and the gold, silver, bronze concepts. During the conversation Simon made reference to Tuckman and Jensen and their work with The Stages of Team Building, here is the link for you to research if you would like to take it further.
This weeks music is from Stavia, and the track is called Lucky Day. You can buy it from the Podsafe Music Network.
Thank you to Evolve Business Consultancy who have once again kindly sponsored this show.
Topics: ContinuityTalk | 1 Comment »
ContinuityTalk - Episode 3
By admin | September 23, 2007
Show Notes
Welcome to Episode 3 of ContinuityTalk!
This week we interview Simon Cooke of 6 Alpha Associates. We discuss bomb threats and techniques for dealing with them. The interview is very informative and for this reason we decided to keep all of it! Because the interview is slightly longer than usual, we made the decision to cut the news!
The track we play on this show is from The Shakes and its called Liberty Jones. You can find it on the Podsafe Music Network.
Thank you to Evolve Business Consultancy who have kindly sponsored this show.
Topics: ContinuityTalk | No Comments »
ContinuityTalk - Episode 2
By admin | September 20, 2007
Welcome to Episode 2 of ContinuityTalk! Links for the news hightlights include:
UK Police Exercise Casualty Bureau
If you would like to help with the UK Police Exercise of the Casualty Bureau, please contact Chris Green (chrisgreen@hbosplc.com) or the BCI Secretariat (bci@thebci.org) as soon as possible.
Typhoon Wipha
Our interview this week is with the energetic Nick Butler. Nick is an active member of the new social media scene, runs an IT Consultancy and provides insight into what virtualisation means for the disaster recovery industry.
The music for tonights show is from Matthew Ebel, is a hit from his album Beer and Coffee and its called Drive Away. You can buy it from the Podsafe Music Network.
Thank you to Evolve Business Consultancy who have kindly sponsored this show.
Topics: ContinuityTalk | No Comments »
ContinuityTalk - Episode 1
By admin | September 13, 2007
Welcome to episode 1 of ContinuityTalk! Today we take a brief look at some of the industry news, including:
- Virtualisation
- Asia Business Continuity Awards
- Tsunami in Indonesia
- New Disaster framework for Dept of Homeland Security
We interview with the grandfather of Business Continuity, the one and only Jim Burtles. We cover how Jim started in the business in 1974 and recovered a computer that used papertape (yep 1974 folks, leds and papertape) and a question of standards and what the future has in store for Business Continuity.
The music from tonights show is a wonderful track called Roadless Traveller from Anduze and you can get it from the Podsafe Music Network.
Thank you to Evolve Business Consultancy who have kindly sponsored this show.
Topics: ContinuityTalk | No Comments »
New directions for Disaster Recovery?
By admin | September 7, 2007
I think Disaster Recovery is going through a watershed of change. Yes I saw the appearance of blade servers (and the subsequent race to change the airconditioning designs of server rooms). I watch the ongoing transition to accommodate VOIP in disaster recovery, but I have to say - I think virtualisation is something that snuck up on me. It wasn’t until I recently met Nick Butler at PodcampUk did I start to get my head around the consequences of virtualisation technology on the Disaster Recovery industry. What happens to your Disaster Recovery strategy when your servers are virtual? What if you are locked into a 10 year contract with a recovery provider like Sungard? Will you be locked into recovering actual tin boxes or will they be able to work with you to leverage the benefits of virtualisation? Nick is appearing on the podcast very soon, if you have a question for him, let us know this week. Take a moment to read some of his thoughts on O’Reilly
This is a new direction, and if its not coming to your companys IT strategy, maybe you should ask why?
Topics: Disaster Recovery | No Comments »