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Flooding in South Africa

Disaster Zone

Disasters are happening everywhere.

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Will 911 Survive Modernization?

Disaster Zone Podcast

When emergencies and disasters strike, we all depend on 911 Centers to be functional. Disasters range from earthquakes, cyberattacks and wildfires to local power outages, an ice storm or a white powder delivered to your door. Today 911 Centers are tech heavy places and getting even more technical as they try to keep up with consumer technology trends.

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Rebuilding Ukraine

The Rand Blog

By leveraging better investment conditions and reforms and broad international support, Ukraine could carry out a well-executed reconstruction program. It might repair much of the war damage and help Ukraine move into the ranks of faster-growing European economies.

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Nation-State Cyberattacks: What Your Business Needs to Know

Unitrends

Nation-state-backed cyberattacks are by no means a new concept in today’s increasingly digitized world. These kinds of attacks accelerated further amid the COVID-19 pandemic as cybercriminals exploited escalated international tensions to steal intellectual property (IP) data related to COVID-19 vaccines. With the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the spotlight is once again on nation-state attacks as threat […].

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Supply Chain Resilience Checklist

Strengthen your operations with the Supply Chain Resilience Checklist. This practical, easy-to-use tool helps your organization prepare for disruptions and ensure long-term continuity in an unpredictable world. Why Download: Identify and assess critical supply chain risks Ask the right questions to evaluate vendor preparedness Implement effective strategies to reduce vulnerabilities Improve communication, transparency, and coordination across your network What You’ll Learn: How to evaluate and m

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Infrastructure 101: On Building Roads

Disaster Zone

Will anyone find our blacktop roads 2,000 years from now?

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Preparing for a Cyberattack Starts at the Local Level

The Rand Blog

The ongoing Russian war in Ukraine has highlighted the need for federal, state, and local level emergency managers to prepare to respond to a cyberattack with widespread impacts that significantly disrupt critical infrastructure.

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More Women Emergency Managers Are Needed

Recovery Diva

From the NYPost: More women are leading emergency responses but FEMA says industry diversity has ‘a long way to go’. Statistics from DataUSA.gov show only about 11.7% of emergency management directors are persons of color. More than 62% of emergency management directors are male, and 71% are white.

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Mask Wars

Disaster Zone

To be continued.

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Pure’s Earth Day Commitment: Sustainability for Customers and the Planet

Pure Storage

With the recent publication of Pure Storage®’s inaugural ESG report and the celebration of Earth Day on April 22, it’s the perfect time to highlight Pure’s commitments toward a better future for our planet, as well as the ways our products and services enable customers to make a difference for the environment. One of the many things that sets Pure apart is our mission to deliver products that not only exceed our customer’s expectations for performance, reliability, and simplicity but also for en

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How to Avoid Pitfalls In Automation: Keep Humans In the Loop

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.

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Raising Business Continuity Awareness

BryghtPath

When creating an effective business continuity plan (BCP), most business leaders focus more on complacency than awareness. Most of these organizational leaders assume that no disruptive phenomena would ever happen to their company. Take the current COVID-19 pandemic, for example. Most companies were caught off guard and didn’t have a robust business continuity plan to … The post Raising Business Continuity Awareness appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Are You on the Edge? Edge Computing, That Is…

NexusTek

READ TIME: 4 MIN. April 20, 2022. Are You on the Edge? Edge Computing, That Is… As the next “big thing” in technology, edge computing has created a buzz that is exciting but not always easy to decipher. Is edge computing just a fancy name for the Internet of Things (IoT)? Will edge computing replace the cloud? How do I prepare my business for edge computing?

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What to Expect of the Russian Assault

Disaster Zone

This could be decisive, or not.

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Don’t Miss Out: Join Us for Pure//Accelerate techfest22

Pure Storage

Where can you explore the latest innovations from Pure Storage®, hear from customers and peers, and discover the insights and trends to power your data? Pure//Accelerate techfest 22 is the place! Mark your calendar for 9 am PT on June 8, 2022, and get ready for a digital event that will ignite your inspiration and accelerate your data success. Whether you’re seeking to move away from legacy storage or looking for new strategies to solve nagging data challenges, Pure//Accelerate ® has the product

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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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United States Decision on ASAT Testing a Positive Step Towards Space Sustainability

The Rand Blog

The United States recently committed not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing. This sets an important example others might follow and takes an important first step towards a binding, international ban.

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How Citrix ADC gives you flexibility to weather chip shortages

Citrix

Can Software Save Your Network? The supply chain shortages that have hit the networking chip market have made this a very interesting time. These shortages have affected most manufacturers that produce specialty networking hardware. In my role overseeing the Citrix … The post How Citrix ADC gives you flexibility to weather chip shortages first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Ukraine: What is the Difference Between a Rocket and a Missile

Disaster Zone

One is guided, one is not.

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The Impact of Slow Code Implementation - What is an Inspector to Do?

National Fire Protection Association

The 2023 edition of NFPA 70®, National Electrical Code (NEC®) will soon be released. You might be thinking wait, what? My jurisdiction is still enforcing an older version of the NEC, wait for me! The NFPA standards development process has hundreds of volunteers, who donate over 30,000 hours of time thoroughly reviewing each NEC article and section along with thousands of public inputs so that a. [[ This is a content summary only.

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Emergency Preparedness: Active Shooter Tabletop Exercise

April is Workplace Violence Prevention Awareness Month. Enhance your organization’s emergency preparedness with our Active Shooter Tabletop Exercise. Download now to strategically plan, prepare, and test your response to active shooter situations. Key Features: Plan, prepare, and test your emergency response strategy. Simulate real-world scenarios to mitigate risks.

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Climate Change Will Transform How We Live, but These Tech and Policy Experts See Reason for Optimism

The Rand Blog

To slow climate change and adapt to the damage already underway, the world will have to shift how it generates and uses energy, transports people and goods, designs buildings, and grows food. That starts with embracing innovation and change.

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Citrix App Layering and reporting

Citrix

Having worked with customers for many years deploying Citrix App Layering, I know additional reporting features are in high demand. I have worked on several ways to produce custom reports that I will walk through in this blog post. I … The post Citrix App Layering and reporting first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories Why the future of retail must be built on digital foundations 5 new ways Citrix and Google are simplifying your cloud transition The Click-Down: Managed DaaS.

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Job Openings in Emergency Management at Washington State

Disaster Zone

Jobs, jobs, jobs.

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Improve IT Operations with Response Analytics

everbridge

Your IT team just finished resolving a complex incident, customer service finished their last call about the issue, and your business is back to being fully operational. Now that the storm has passed, you should be planning a postmortem to determine the cause of the incident and lessons learned. Postmortems require specific data that can highlight where your team is succeeding and where they can improve.

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How to Put Your Business Continuity Plans into Action

During a crisis, successful organizations are led by strong leaders who communicate continuously with all stakeholders and have plans that are flexible enough to allow changes to be made on the fly. What You'll Learn: Understanding the characteristics of actionable business continuity plans. Step-by-step guidance on building robust and adaptable BCPs.

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Reopening Old Wounds: Two Stories, One Lesson

The Rand Blog

The shocking events unfolding in Ukraine serve as a vivid reminder to two RAND researchers of the profoundly human consequences tied to the strategic level of decisionmaking they study and weigh in on each day.

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Get more out of your native Azure Virtual Desktop with the Citrix Optimization Pack

Citrix

The Citrix Optimization Pack for Azure Virtual Desktop is a new Citrix offering for optimizing native Azure Virtual Desktop workloads. It includes Workspace Environment Management (WEM) service within Citrix Cloud as the primary offering, which you can use to better … The post Get more out of your native Azure Virtual Desktop with the Citrix Optimization Pack first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Your COVID Questions Answered

Disaster Zone

Some good information on common questions about COVID.

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Announcing Fibre Channel Advancements in FlashArray

Pure Storage

Fibre Channel has a long history in the enterprise storage market, and yet it’s continually being enhanced to better accommodate the needs of the enterprise. Pure Storage is excited to introduce several new standards-based features in our Fibre Channel offering. 64GFC Fibre Channel Support. With the 6.3.0 Purity release, Pure will support 64GFC Fibre Channel on FlashArray//XL arrays, doubling the maximum Fibre Channel port data rate to 6,400 megabytes per second.

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Next-Level Fraud Prevention: Strategies for Today’s Threat Landscape

Speaker: Sierre Lindgren

Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.

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Iran: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response

The Rand Blog

Iran has faced an uphill battle since the first cases of COVID-19 were found in the country. Despite limited resources, Iran has also had its share of successes and innovations in combating the virus. A RAND study identified several of these common challenges, successes, and innovations.

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Supporting the Hybrid/Remote Work Evolution: 2022 and beyond

Citrix

While it may be premature to say we are emerging from the COVID pandemic, there do seem to be signs of reopening as I sit down to write this. In two short years, we have gone from talking about remote … The post Supporting the Hybrid/Remote Work Evolution: 2022 and beyond first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories Transform your iPad into a full-scale workstation with Citrix Workspace app for iOS Thrive as a Marketing Professional: Strategies to accelerate your growth in 2022 Digital

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DHS Concentrates on Counter-Drone Technologies

Disaster Zone

Not everyone is in love with drones.