Projects: Disaster Recovery

Disaster-Proofing IT After Katrina

After Hurricane Katrina destroyed numerous court documents, Gulfport Municipal Court streamlined its infrastructure, invested in a digital imaging solution, integrated three databases and stored data in multiple sites to prevent such a disastrous loss from ever happening again.

Business and IT Disagree on Disaster Recovery

In a poll of IT executives and line-of-business leaders, a recent "State of Disaster Recovery" survey found that each group still has its own ideas about business continuity. Conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of SunGard Availability Services, results show what IT workers are up against when it comes to advocating disaster recovery activities.

What Really Happened At JetBlue

A Valentine's day ice storm put a strain on JetBlue's systems and processes for handling reservations, rerouting traffic and tracking flight crews. How did they handle it?

Katrina Update: Tracking The Dead

Most storm victims have been identified but the software FEMA used to track and identify the dead is still lacking.

Social Networking Stars in Disaster Drill

At Strong Angel III—a sort of humanitarian war games held last month in San Diego—vendors like Microsoft and Google set aside competitive instincts to piece together a $35 million computer network for aid workers responding to a disaster. One sc

After Katrina: Is I.T. Ready for Another Killer Storm?

One year after the Category 5 hurricane ravaged the southeast, information-technology managers in New Orleans who are still rebuilding backup systems hope they won't be tested again.

Voice of Experience: Weathering the Storm

How Market Street Mortgage CIO Charlie Pelton prepared for hurricanes.

Network Appliance: Snappy Tools

Network Appliance products get kudos for ease of use and cost savings.

EMC: Acquired Talent

EMC has bolstered its offerings by acquiring technologies.

Veritas: Big Things in Store?

Veritas customers are optimistic the company's new parent, Symantec, will integrate products.

Disaster Recovery: New Orleans

City officials saw disaster preparedness as a job for another day. Then Katrina struck. In the six months since the hurricane blew apart the city, New Orleans officials have been improvising a plan to put its information infrastructure back together. Here

Identifying the Dead: New Orleans Mortuary Response

With the bodies of 270 Hurricane Katrina victims lying unidentified in a morgue, a database intended to help medical examiners make IDs is coming up short.

Diary of Disaster: Riding Out Katrina in the Data Center

Vacuum-cleaner maker Oreck had the linchpin of its business continuity plan blown away by Hurricane Katrina. Intercosmos Media Group rode out Katrina with half a terabyte of data on the line, guarded by a former Green Beret whose preparations included gen

Packing Up Your Data Center

Your data center doesn't cut it anymore. What should you budget for a move to one that can meet your needs?

Back On Track

A blaze in a New York subway station threatened to derail service for years—but a resourceful manager helped get the trains rolling again in 10 days.

 

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