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2006 Articles

How Prepared Are We? Business Continuity Planning in the Face of Pandemic (And Other Threats)
Michael Croy, Director, Business Continuity Solutions
ContinuityInsights.com 12.01.2006
Is pandemic a different kind of threat? What is the potential risk to the organization? What can organizations do to prepare for a pandemic?

Solving IT Equipment Disposal Issues at Procurement
John Carcone, Senior Vice President, Financial Services
AFCOM 11.17.2006
Leasing can eliminate end-of-useful-life headaches and costs because IT executives can simply return the equipment at the end of the lease term to the owner of record (namely, the lessor). It is a cost-effective method and ideal way for companies to mitigate most risks involved with acquiring IT assets because the lessor assumes the responsibility for proper disposal.

ITIL and Process Development
Mike Tainter, Practice Manager, IT Service Management
ITSMwatch.com 11.10.2006
Good ITIL practices start by clearly defining process, writes ITSM Watch guest columnist Mike Tainter of Forsythe.

Identity Theft’s Impact on the Information Security Program
Pamela Fredericks, Director, Security Advisory Services
ISSA Journal 10.09.2006
Identity theft is usually considered to be a consumer issue rather than a corporate one – a matter of privacy rather than security. However, it is both of course, because there are now two types of data in most organizations.

Are the Cost Benefits of VolP Fading Away?
Joel A. Pogar, Director, Network Solutions and Security Practice
Internet Telephony 10.01.2006
How will the FCC, the USF, and CALEA affect the future of VolP? The question sounds more like alphabet soup than a business concern, but if you’re using VolP, or considering a new VolP deployment, these are acronyms you should know about. They are the regulatory agency and laws that will have the biggest impact on VolP in 2006.

A Fast, Practical Start to ITSM
Chuck Kirchner, Practice Manager, IT Strategy
Mike Tainter, Practice Manager, IT Service Management
ITSMWatch.com 08.16.2006
Getting ITSM going is made easier by utilizing ITIL’s best practices.

Best Practices in Data Center Relocation
Fred Latala, Director, Data Center Relocation Services
The Data Center Journal 06.20.2006
The benefits of carefully planned and executed data center relocation go well beyond what meets the eye of the user or customer. Successful data center relocation can completely transform the overall operating environment – its processes, procedures, documentation and personnel – in a way that has significant, lasting benefits for an organization’s disaster recovery readiness as well as day-to-day operational efficiencies.

IT Spending Smarts: Strategies for Paring Costs and Risks
John Carcone, Senior Vice President, Financial Services
Computerworld 06.05.2006
The pressure to control the cost and risk of technology investments is likely to intensify. CFOs and CIOs can demonstrate spending “smarts” by taking a strategic IT management approach that begins with a detailed, holistic view of the IT environment.

Business Continuity After Hurricane Katrina
Michael Croy, Director, Business Continuity Solutions
Financial Executives International 05.17.2006
With hurricane season 2006 soon upon us, a business-continuity expert discusses how last year’s disasters have changed corporate thinking, and offers tips for becoming aware and prepared.

The Convergence of VolP and Storage
James E. Geis, Director, Integrated Solutions Development
Storage Networking World Online 05.15.2006
“You’ve got mail” can mean many things now. Is it e-mail? Is there voicemail in your e-mail box? The postman is often ringing twice as consumer demand for message accessibility has increased over the last several years. The technical requirements for convergence have led to an increased dependence on storage delivery over the IP network.

IP Communications is Transforming Business Continuity Planning
Michael Croy, Director, Business Continuity Solutions
Richard Zimmermann, Vice President, Network and Security Solutions
ContinuityInsights.com 04.01.2006
Michael Croy, director of business continuity and Richard Zimmermann, director of network solutions marketing at Forsythe Solutions discuss how IP communications can enable improvements in an organization’s day-to-day business processes and operations.

NIMS/ICS in a Private Sector Company
Peter Laz, MBCP, Senior Consultant, Business Continutiy/Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery Journal 03.01.2006
Most people are aware that the National Incident Management System/Incident Command System (NIMS/ICS) was developed, refined and is used heavily by public sector entities. These include the federal Department of Homeland Security, state and county Emergency Management Office and local fire and police departments.

Protecting Your Information Assets: The Crossroads of Data Storage and Data Security
Pamla Frredericks, Director, Security Advisory Services
James E. Geis, Director, Integrated Solutions Development
Information Storage and Security Journal 02.28.2006
Ever since the introduction of Open Systems into the data center, a problem has been brewing. Too often, the storage environment isn’t seen as an area with security considerations. Until recently, corporate security policies rarely considered the data center storage environment; sometimes there was no real link between the two. Security was managed at the operating system level or within applications, and a storage location was seen as purely a physical hardware issue with little bearing on user access or security controls.

Building an Information Management Framework
James E. Geis, Director, Integrated Solutions Department
Storage Management Solutions 01.01.2006
Building the information management framework is an organizational exercise that should encompass all levels of the corporation, including the boardroom, management, end users, customers, system administrators, and application developers. Instead of starting with technology and backing it into what you need to manage information, develop policy that will trickle down and dictate usage.