Disaster Recovery World II by Disaster Recovery Journal

DISASTER RECOVERY WORLD II
by Disaster Recovery Journal

This book is a comiplation of nearly all of the articles published in the Disaster Recovery
Journal from
October of 1991 through July of 1993.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING
How Do You Get Ready For a Disaster? By Jim McGovern
Disaster Recovery Planning Process (Part 1 of 3) By Geoffrey Wold
Disaster Recovery Planning Process (Part 2 of 3) By Geoffrey Wold
Disaster Recovery Planning Process (Part 3 of 3) By Geoffrey Wold
Reciprocal Agreement Plans: Fact or Fiction? By John E. Nevola
Why Business Recovery Planning is an Absolutely Necessary Competitive Strategy By Judy
Bell.
Disaster Recovery: A Key Component In Any Quality Program By Michael Pearce
Tough Problem, Simple Solution By Joseph Flach
Mind Your HOWs and WHOs By Joanne Piersall
Telecontingency Planning: What's Your Excuse Now? By Paul Kirvan
Justifying the Contingency Plan By John Watkins

CHAPTER 1A: DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN TESTING
Putting the Plan in Motion: A Checklist By Frank Donaldson
The Test That Wasn't a Test By Mary Lou Roberts

CHAPTER 1 B: CORPORATE WIDE DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING
Business Continuity: Out of the Data Center and Into the Boardroom By Anne M. McCarthy
Business Resumption Planning Beyond the Data Center By William E. Gaines
"Banking" For Better Service By Hal Rabin
Small Business - Big Risk By Joanne R. Piersall
Weather Insurance: A Tool For Corporate Recovery By Harold Mollin

CHAPTER 1 C: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING
Emergency Planning for the Disabled By Gregg Dawson
Effective Outsourcing: Role of Consultants in Disaster Recovery Planning By Mary Carrido
Disaster Evacuation Planning in the Tourism Industry By Thomas E. Drabek
Legal Necessity By Kevin P. Cronin
The Disaster Recovery Planner and Insurance By Ed Jones
Expecting the Unexpected Part of the Unexpected By Ronald A. Cuccaro
Family Leave: What The Contingency Management Has to Face y Joanne R. Piersall
Documentation: When Do You Go Outside? By Don Wallbaum

CHAPTER II: HUMAN-MADE DISASTERS
The Siege of Los Angeles By Stuart Johnson
Guadalajara Gas Explosion Disaster By Dr. James Dugal
World Trade Center Bombing By Richard Arnold
Worst Single-Site Disaster Tamed by Crisis Management Approach By Julian Onorato
IBM Is Helping 30 Customers
Commodities Brokerage Recovers Successfully
No Plan, No Site, No Business By Anne M. McCarthy
We're Back In Business By Bill Boss
Electronics/Communications Recovery at the World Trade Center By Pat Moore
A Top Consultant Discusses the Bombing of the World Trade Center By Ed Devlin
Thoughts on the Trade Center Bombing By Wayne Lewis
Is Los Angeles Prepared for Another Civil Disturbance? By Mary L. Carrido

CHAPTER III: COMMUNICATIONS
AT&T Failure Raises Questions
A Review of the News Events By Stuart Johnson
Another Day, Another Crash By Paul F. Kirvan
For The Want of a Nail ... By Benjamin W. Tartaglia
Making The Connection By Leonard Lee
Brought To Justice By Chris Bigelow
Changing Technology Makes Telecommunications Susceptible to Power Quality Disasters
By W Bush
Fiber Challenges Copper But Brings Its Own Challenges
Mirror, Mirror on the Fault ... By Doug Anderson
Telecommunications DRP for Natural Disasters By Benjamln W. Tartaglia
How To Avoid A Second Disaster - In Communications By Carol A. Keslar
Using Cellular as a Backup By James F. Kainz
Network-Based Storage Provides Recovery Capabilities Closer to Point of Failure By Jim
Morin

CHAPTER IV: DATA PROCESSING RECOVERY
A Data Survival Guide By Michael Rogers
Enhance Your Mainframe D/R Plan To Cover Micro Computers By Fadi J. Nasr
Data Protection Techniques for Midrange Systems By E. Robert Kleckner
An Ounce of Prevention ... By Ralph A. Weidler
Dow Corning Achieves 1 00 Percent Improvement in Data Restoration Time By Stanley
Pope
Technical Equipment: Restore or Replace? By Michael Woelfel and Max Klepp

CHAPTER IVA: PC SOFTWARE
Planning for the Recovery of Vendor Acquired Software By Ray Dicasali
The Ease-Of-Use Issue in Software Selection By Michael Gomoll
Selecting PC-based Disaster Recovery Planning Software (Part I of II) By Wold and
Rocheleau.
Selecting PC-based Disaster Recovery Planning Software (Part II of II) By Wold and
Rocheleau

CHAPTER V: NATURAL DISASTERS
Cut Winter-Related Property Losses With Proper Planning
The Worst Snow Storm Of The Century
Lessons Learned
Earthquake Protection for Data Systems By Robert A. Olson
Earthquake Mitigation Technology By Robert J. Kuntz and Daniel L. Tanner
The Impact of Recent Disasters By Stuart Johnson

CHAPTER VA: HURRICANES
Hurricane Bob: A Report from the National Hurricane Center
We Were Spared! By Jim Williford
Hurricane Andrew The Human Side of Hurricane Recovery By Richard Arnold
Nation's Costliest Disaster By Mike Tobin
Wind, Water, Devastation By Pat Williams Moore
Hurricane Andrew The Mother of All Disasters By John Nevola

CHAPTER V B: FLOODS
Surviving The Deluge
Drowning In Debt By Janette Ballman
Disasters Can Happen To Anyone By John A. Jackson
We Knew What We Needed To Do .... By Sue McDermott and Kirk Lowery
Underground Flood Hits Chicago's Loop, Shutting Down Businesses For Weeks
Reacting to the Flood By Michael Gomoll
Chicago Businesses Forced to Declare a Disaster By John Jackson
The Worst Disaster in Recent History By Barney F. Pelant
The Drying of Chicago By Charles H. Wyatt
Crisis Management: Planning Pays Off By Robert Winkler and Gene La Valle
Flooding Leads to Large-Scale Power Outage By Bob Bazzetta
After the Flood, Dehumidification Specialists Face the Challenge By Thomas Zoll
Flood Restoration in Chicago By Pat Williams Moore
When It Rains, It Pours By Richard Arnold

CHAPTER VC: FIRE
Planning Speeds Bank's Recovery From Fire By Mark Phillips
Taking Steps to Decrease The Risk Of Office Fire Losses
California's Biggest Fire Since 1906 By Ronald R. Sathre
Choosing the Right Automatic Sprinkler By Joseph Hankins
The History of the Automatic Sprinkler
Disaster Provides Opportunity to Build Bridge Between East and West By Kirk Blackmon

CHAPTER VI: SURVEYS
Restoration Company Survey Results
Consultant Survey Results
Alternate Site Survey and PC-Based Survey Addendum
One in Eight Organizations Have No Telecommunications Back-Up By Benjamin Tartaglia
A Disaster Recovery Survey Volume 2 By Jim Mannion and Jan Persson
Survey of Disaster Recovery Services
Alternative Site Survey Addendum
1992 Automated DR Planning Software Survey
1992 Annual Alternative Site Survey
1993 Annual Alternative Site Survey

1993, 268 pages Order #DR-134 $50.00

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