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Data Resilience Strategy: Consider a Multi-Layered Approach

Solutions Review

This is part of Solutions Review’s Premium Content Series, a collection of contributed columns written by industry experts in maturing software categories. In this submission, Arcserve Director of Product Management Ahsan Siddiqui offers advice on how to create an effective data resilience strategy via a multi-layered approach. What is data resilience?

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Super Charging Your Communications Capabilities

Disaster Zone

Have you looked at satellite communications?

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Fire Safety for Electric Vehicles and Other Modern Vehicles in Parking Structures

National Fire Protection Association

In spite of the global supply chain issues and loss of vehicles in the Felicity Ace cargo ship fire, the sales of electric vehicles (EVs) has been on the move, hitting 6.6 million in 2021, which is more than triple their market share from two years earlier. While this might be good news for our environment, it also brings unique fire challenges to both first responders and fire protection designers.

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Satellite Communications in Disasters

Disaster Zone Podcast

Communications in disasters has always been an issue—across the board. In this podcast we dive into what makes communications so difficult in a disaster and how having communications options and redundancy is critical. Today’s guest is James Clevenger. He has been in the telecommunications industry for over 20 years, the past 15 of which he has supported both state and federal agencies and their missions.

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The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity

The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity is a step-by-step resource for developing an effective Business Continuity Management (BCM) program and navigating challenges. Whether building from scratch or enhancing a plan, this guide offers practical tools, expert advice, and strategies to ensure resilience. What You’ll Learn: Key elements of BCM and resiliency Steps to build and test your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Conducting risk assessments and BIAs Integrating cybersecurity into p

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Intelligence Work Is Exciting. And Traumatizing

The Rand Blog

The intelligence community needs to communicate to its workforce about the varied forms of trauma, how it affects individuals, and what resources exist to help. Protecting the intelligence workforce can help protect us all.

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How to Build a Crisis Communications Strategy from Scratch

BryghtPath

When your company ends up on the news for its next (inevitable) data breach, will your company know what to say, who will do the “saying,” and how you plan to follow up with media requests? In other words, has your company learned to build a crisis communications strategy? If your company is known for … The post How to Build a Crisis Communications Strategy from Scratch appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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The Four Cs of Sustainability

Pure Storage

I consider myself to be a passionate guy on many topics: my family and friends, my profession, and helping partners bring true sustainability solutions to customers in Europe. . What? Is my focus too narrow? I’d argue it’s not. . For those of us lucky enough to live in the Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) region, we enjoy an incredibly diverse range of climates, cultures, and histories.

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Five Factors to Watch as the Chinese Communist Party Faces Protests

The Rand Blog

It may be too soon to compare protests against China's zero-COVID policy to the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement. But looking back to 1989 still provides valuable insights into what might happen next.

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COVID, China and Freedoms

Disaster Zone

Understand what a police state looks like.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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New Report on Cost of Wildfires

Recovery Diva

From the Pew Foundation: Wildfires: Burning Through State Budgets. Increased spending on suppression threatens fiscal stability and impedes cost-saving mitigation efforts.

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Self-service Storage Provisioning That Takes Only Minutes

Pure Storage

It’s been a few months since the official launch of Pure Fusion ™, and things are getting very exciting! This is the year of Pure building a complete cloud anywhere operating model, and Pure Fusion is a key component of this powerful portfolio. . Over the next few months, we’ll be posting a series of blog posts covering how Pure customers have successfully deployed Pure Fusion and why you should as well. .

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How to secure your smart home with Synology Routers

Synology

Hundreds of thousands of users fall victim to cyberattacks and the situation is only going to get more complex, especially with the seemingly unstoppable rise of smart devices in our homes. With this in mind, we have put significant care into equipping Synology Router Manager (SRM) — the operating system that powers every Synology Router […].

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Weaponizing Information

Disaster Zone

Situational awareness in emergency management and on the battlefield.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Climate Change and Slow Onset Disasters

Recovery Diva

New Report from the Congressional Research Service: Climate Change, Slow-Onset Disasters, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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How to Make Your Christmas More Sustainable

Constellation

These sustainable Christmas tips will help fully celebrate the holiday in ways that benefit the environment, reduce stress, and are easy on your budget. An eco-friendly Christmas can be free of any bah-humbug, yet will save energy and money with a few thoughtful adjustments in your plans and traditions. The post How to Make Your Christmas More Sustainable appeared first on Constellation Residential and Small Business Blog.

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The Best Gets Even Better: Zerto and DRaaS Updates

Zerto

Why DRaaS? Implementing a disaster recovery (DR) solution can be a complex task for an organization that is new to the process. Obtaining the expertise, finding a suitable DR site, choosing the right DR solution, formulating an effective DR strategy, and testing DR plans can be overwhelming and lead organizations to implement less-than-ideal DR plans and solutions.

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Disasters are Like Mass Shootings

Disaster Zone

We move on to the next event.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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The 2022 Hurricane Season

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost: Hurricane season was tamer than expected and horrific all at once. “The 2022 Atlantic season, which ended Wednesday, was quieter than average despite Hurricane Ian, which was among the most disastrous U.S. storms on record.

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Tried and True: These Classic DR Concepts Are As Valid As Ever 

MHA Consulting

At this time of year, hot trends and shiny new toys tend to attract a lot of attention. But when it comes to disaster recovery, the way to get the … The post Tried and True: These Classic DR Concepts Are As Valid As Ever appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Politics of Ukrainian Reconstruction

The Rand Blog

When fighting subsides, Ukraine may undergo reconstruction on the scale of the post–World War II Marshall Plan. Debate is ramping up about core issues, such as the scope of reconstruction, sources of funding, and reforms needed for success. Ukraine and the West might begin now to forge consensus on these issues.

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We Have a Science and Risk Communications Problem

Disaster Zone

How do we reflect the science so people are warned?

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Lack of Hospital Readiness in FL

Recovery Diva

From Politico: Florida hospitals weren’t ready for Hurricane Ian. Some fear the next big storm. “ Despite being under evacuation orders and in the path of the catastrophic storm, five hospitals remained open and removed only a handful of patients before the Category 4 hurricane made landfall.

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A look at the future of Citrix with our CTPs

Citrix

We recently had a great Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) session where we shared the go-forward plans for Citrix and talked about our vision, strategy, and priorities. The CTPs were happy to connect with the new leadership team headed by Citrix … The post A look at the future of Citrix with our CTPs first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories Applications are open for the CTP and CTA classes of 2023!

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How COVID-19 Transformed the Jobs Market

The Rand Blog

The COVID-19 pandemic initially devastated the U.S. economy. It also exposed and exacerbated existing inequities in society. But in as yet unpredictable ways, it may have accelerated profound changes in how labor works today.

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Nursing Shortages Are Everywhere

Disaster Zone

Not to mention truck drivers, cops, firefighters, cooks, wait staff.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha