Entries Tagged as 'Crisis Management'
by Roberta J. Witty | February 8, 2013 | Comments Off
Not many of us paid a lot of attention to the weather forecasting systems that the meteorologists use. When we did in the U.S., we were very cynical because the meteorologists just didn’t seem to get it right, almost to the point of the forecasts being a joke. But Superstorm Sandy quickly brought the problem [...]
Category: Advisory BCM Process Event Technology Tags: BCM, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, ECMWF, Gartner, GFS, NOAA, Roberta Witty, weather, weather forecast
by Roberta J. Witty | January 15, 2013 | Comments Off
For the first time in more than three decades, NYC is gearing up for a strike on Wednesday January 16, 2013 by the city’s largest school bus driver union: Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union: NYC Department of Education: Pupil Transportation and “School Bus Drivers’ Union Calls for Strike on Wednesday“. This strike announcement set [...]
Category: Event Tags: BCM, Business Continuity Management, Contingency Planning, crisis communications, Crisis Management, Department of Education, NYC, organized labor, strike, Workforce Continuity, workforce resilience
by Roberta J. Witty | November 16, 2012 | Comments Off
Over the last five years considerable attention has been paid to the rise of public social media as the dominant tool for communications during large scale disasters. In major crises such as the Queensland floods, Christchurch earthquake, Haitian earthquake, and the tsunami destruction of the Fukushima nuclear failures, individuals and organizations have leveraged a variety of social [...]
Category: Advisory BCM Process Event Technology Tags: #HurricaneSandy, Andrew Walls, BCM, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, crisis communications, Crisis Management, Disaster, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Facebook, Gartner, Sandy, social media, Twitter
by Roberta J. Witty | November 2, 2012 | Comments Off
I was wondering how insurance companies keep track of all their covered assets and then assess the damage due to catastrophic events such as Superstorm Sandy. Clearly such storms generate tremendous stress on insurance industry operations due to property loss and associated claims submissions. They are overloaded with work in determining coverage and payment associated [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Availability Risk, BCM, BCP, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business interruption insurance, Business Resiliency, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, crisis communications, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management, Emergency Preparedness, Hurricane Sandy, Incident Management, Operational Risk Management, P&C insurance, property damage, property insurance, records management, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, Sandy
by Roberta J. Witty | November 1, 2012 | Comments Off
One of the things I take seriously as a part of my job is making it easy for Gartner clients to get access to our research in a timely manner. So here is the list of Gartner BCM Blog posts related to Cyclone/Hurricane Sandy. I’ll compile a list every day so that you can easily [...]
Category: Advisory BCM Process Event Technology Tags: Allen Weiner, Andrea Dimaio, Arnold Chase, Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, BCM, BCP, Belinda Wilson, Bill Gassman, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Resiliency, Cloud Computing, Colin Mcenroe, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, Craig Roth, crisis communications, Crisis Management, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Donna Scott, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, EMNS, French Caldwell, Hurricane Sandy, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Jack Santos, Jay Heiser, Jim Duggan, John Morency, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Personal preparedness, RaaS, Recovery as a Service, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Roberta Witty, Sandy, social media, Supply Chain Risk Management, virtual machines, Virtualization, VM, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | October 31, 2012 | 4 Comments
One of the things I take seriously as a part of my job is making it easy for Gartner clients to get access to our research in a timely manner. So here is the list of Gartner BCM Blog posts related to Cyclone/Hurricane Sandy. I’ll compile a list every day so that you can easily [...]
Category: Advisory BCM Process Event Technology Tags: Allen Weiner, Andrea Dimaio, Application Development, Belinda Wilson, Bill Gassman, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, COOP, Craig Roth, crisis communications, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Donna Scott, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, EMNS, ENS, FEMA, French Caldwell, Governor Christie, Hurricane Sandy, IT Disaster Recovery, Jay Heiser, Jim Duggan, John Morency, marketing, Mass Notification, Roberta Witty, Sandy, social media, supply, Telework, Third Party Risk, virtual, virtual machines
by Roberta J. Witty | October 31, 2012 | 3 Comments
Lack of Social Media May Foil Free Taco Marketing Plan by Allen Weiner | October 29, 2012 | Submit a Comment Smart digital marketers take into account many contingencies, and often even plan for the unexpected, but a World Series promotion shows the importance of including a social component in a major campaign just in case. Thanks to the heroics [...]
Category: Advisory BCM Process Event Technology Tags: Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Resiliency, crisis communications, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Hurricane Sandy, IT Disaster Recovery, Sandy, social media
by Roberta J. Witty | October 31, 2012 | 2 Comments
Hurricane Sandy Confirms the Tactical Nature of Social Media by Andrea Di Maio | October 31, 2012 | 2 Comments Like many natural and man-made disasters before it, Hurricane Sandy has shown once again thepower of social media to keep people informed, to coordinate rescue efforts and ultimately save lives. There are countless stories already about how Facebook, Twitter and other [...]
Category: Advisory BCM Process Event Tags: Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, COOP, crisis communications, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Hurrica, IT Disaster Recovery, Sandy, social media
by Roberta J. Witty | October 31, 2012 | 2 Comments
I had some thoughts regarding Hurricane Sandy that I picked up from a few CEOs of major organizations that I think are very interesting – especially since they are recurring concerns as business becomes more automated and more integrated with partners. 1. Not making decisions fast enough Businesses typically conduct diligent efforts at defining various [...]
Category: Advisory BCM Process Event Tags: Business Contin, Business Continuity Planning, COOP, crisis communications, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Hurricane Sandy, IT Disaster Recovery, Sandy, Supply Chain Risk, Supply Chain Risk Management, Third Party Risk
by Roberta J. Witty | October 29, 2012 | 3 Comments
Starting Thursday October 25, 2012, I have received a number of emergency alerts from a variety of players – in some cases more than one from some of the players: 1. My employer informing me that they are tracking the storm and of office closures on Monday; 2. ONE of my banks suspending overdraft fees [...]
Category: Advisory BCM Process Event Technology Tags: Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, COOP, Crisis Management, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, EMNS, ENS, Hurricane Sandy, Incident Management, Mass Notification
