Posts tagged: business continuity

Using SMS in an Emergency is No Guarantee of Establishing Successful Communication

Some agencies are advising the public to use text messaging (SMS) in a large-scale emergency. The rationale is that the voice lines will be overloaded, but the little data packets for text messaging will get through. Conceptually this sounds nice. In fact, I used to advise this in the past, too. But based on my understanding [...]

Wednesday February 10th, 2010 in , , , | Comments Off

The Digital Civilization is Built on Sand – and It Won’t Take A Catastrophe to Realize That

We are building a digital civilization on sand.  In fact, we don’t need anything as drastic as a worldwide catastrophe to realize this.  On an individual level, simply consider the data you may have in old file formats.  On an organizational level, consider how you might restore data off your backup tapes when you need [...]

Tuesday February 9th, 2010 in , , , | Comments Off