What Can You Learn From These Business Owners In the Shadow Of Hurricane Katrina? by Mike Makler
Here is a Case study of how Online Business owners affected by Hurricane Katrina got through the crisis. We can all learn from their stories. Business owner 1 ran a very successful online storefront from his home in the Gulf Coast region. He ran his business off a desktop computer. ... Today 2 weeks after the Hurricane Katrina Disaster he is running his online business from his hotel room on his laptop. ... Louis Area 700 Miles from the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Area. ... In both cases our business owners were able to recover from Hurricane Katrina by listening to the warnings and doing...

Lessons From Katrina - Does Your Business Have an Adequate Disaster Recovery Plan? by Mike Makler
The Hurricane Katrina Disaster has lessons for all business owners. Now is a Good time to look over your Disaster recovery plan and see if it would survive a Hurricane Katrina Type Disaster. You may be surprised how easy and cheap it is to have a Disaster Recovery Plan that will protect your... If the Area of my home had suffered a Hurricane Katrina like Disaster even if the bank and the contents of that safe deposit box survived the Disaster that backup may not be available to me for weeks or months.

Accelerating Advanced Natural Disaster Aftermath Response by Lance Winslow
We certainly learned after Hurricane Katrina how difficult it was to find trapped people who had climbed up into their attics to get away from the floodwaters in New Orleans. Today luckily we have advanced systems like infrared sensors, scanners and these can be mounted on Helicopters and... What if we sent these units in immediately following a natural disaster? ... It means loss of life at the end of the disaster areas.” Indeed this makes a lot of sense and it is just one more way that we maybe able to assist people in their time of need.

Data Loss and Preventative Measures to Avoid It by Brian Cain
Data Loss can be devastating. It could instantly take a small or medium size business from “Open for Business” to “Out of Business” in an instant. On a personal level, it can wipe away weeks, months and even years of critical data where there is no means of accessing or recreating the valuable... With a Natural Disaster such as a category 3 hurricane approaching, there are exterior preparations as well. ... We are also seeing an increase of drives on a local level that have been affected by this natural disaster, just as we did after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Abatement Cleanup Combing Swarm Strategies by Lance Winslow
Have you ever watched a child comb their hair and considered how each column does its job and in three or four strokes their hair is in perfect place? Well, is it possible to use combing strategies with unmanned robotic autonomous vehicles in environmental cleanup and abatement procedures on an... Thinking now on the problem at New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and the incredible pollution, which was left in the groundwater, in swimming pools and puddles, which still remains in the city. ... By using unmanned autonomous ground vehicles, which are fully robotic and setting them in motion...

Backup Software- Don't Buy It! by Jack Back
Computer Backup- Forget About It! Backup Software is for the birds! Computer Backup is too hard, too much trouble and a pain in the butt. Let’s just forget about it. Backup Software is touted as the savior of your computer’s critical business and personal files. ... Hey, the businesses who survived Hurricane Katrina didn’t need backup software did they? ... All his computers were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. ... Ben just laughed and said, “No problem, this disaster gives me the chance to write the Great American Novel that I’ve always dreamed of writing”.

Foraging Robots; Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans Clean-up by Lance Winslow
Walking thru the streets of disaster areas such as New Orleans once the floodwaters are cleared out will be problematic. There will be glass, debris and disease to deal with and that means it is going to be quite dangerous for humans and FEMA Responders. ... Imagine after we get the folks out of New Orleans and drain the city, we send in the robots first, let us know what is going on. ... They can collect, tag and bag the dead bodies, while sterilizing the area to make it safe for us humans. ... They can help us overcome our environment and perhaps our stupidity as well.

Hurricane Proof Computer by Daniel Foster
Part I: Backing Up Data And Things to Have Hurricane season or not, you should always be backing up your data. Whether you plan on riding out the storm (a bad idea) or evacuating to another location, you should have a backup of your computer data either on an external hard drive or optical... Your best bet is to use a satellite ISP as they have no equipment that can be destroyed by a hurricane and cause an outage. ... A computer is a very useful tool that should be part of any good disaster supply kit.

The Significance Of Data Recovery And Offsite Backup In Today's Business World by Usman Qureshi
The question of data recovery comes to mind when an enterprise, with much larger volume and several business centers across the globe, loses its valuable data at one of its centers from a natural disaster like the recent Katrina hurricane, earth quake, flood or a terrorist attack. ... To recover data from disastrous situations requires a lot of effort and it also depends upon the severity of destruction that has really hit your storage media and devices. ... The best and the most frequent practiced solution must be to have offline backup for your valuable data periodically.

The Art of Failure Planning by Glen Kendell
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. -Francis Bacon A Tale of Two Plans There is a lot of talk these days about disaster recovery planning. Organizations of all sizes are investing big money developing "The Plan" that will help... The lessons of Hurricane Katrina demonstrate clearly that trying to force Plan A to work will only create a bigger problem. ... The Art of Failure Planning If you are a big organization, you have to face the reality that a true disaster recovery plan needs to look more like Plan B than Plan A.