Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity

[astcell]

Re: Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity

A poolside chat sounds nice, akin to the Fireside chat of the FDR days. But FDR never had to worry about P2G. ;-)

[DaKahuna]

Re: Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity

A poolside chat sounds nice, akin to the Fireside chat of the FDR days. But FDR never had to worry about P2G. ;-)

Given the experiences of last year, I do not think anyone has to worry about P2G any longer and that's a crying shame.

[astcell]

Re: Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity

Given the experiences of last year, I do not think anyone has to worry about P2G any longer and that's a crying shame.

Last year was the start at a new venue. Things like P2G have to grow from the slime below, they do not just happen overnight. I believe that the Riv will one day spew forth it's own version of P2G.

[bpitt]

Re: Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity

Now this is an interesting topic, given the threats today. After Katrina, oh no, did I just give my location away, there was mass communication problems in south Mississippi and south Louisiana. I'm fortunate enough to work for a company that deals in such things. We installed some comm equipment for an EOC, but we looked around and there were no trunks or T facilities, so basically, they had a kick ass intercom system. We were milling around when a gubberment employee asked if we were ready for the T connection, sure, we say, but Bellsouth ain't go no cable, cuz the poles were gone, as well as the c.o., so how we gonna connect a T to our switch? He comes back with this guy in a uniform, I think he was Air Force, I dunno, he hands me the end of a cable and says, here's your T!! I'm like, wtf, he says, you don't need to know. It goes out to some satellite the gov't uses, it was quite fascinating to actually see. Looking back, it was quite an experience to see how communications, both voice and data, were implemented in response to the disaster. Since then, the company I work for has put together these mobile commincation units. One can interconnect phone, data, radio, wi-fi, T-1's, copper trunks, satellite, etc., all through one switch set-up. Freakin' awesome!!! And it can fit in the back of an SUV. One can hop on a phone and contact an amateur radio operator out in the field, and can patch them through to anyone around the world, via traditional trunking or satellite. No more waiting on bell to get the damn trunks back working!! Any sort of data can be handled as well, IM, email, etc. It's just awesome how some have answered a need. I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing how tech will evolve to meet the needs after disasters.