Roberta Witty

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Archives for April, 2009


Update Your Pandemic Plan NOW

by Roberta J. Witty  |  April 26, 2009  |  2 Comments

The recent outbreaks of the swine flu are highlighting the need for organizations to have pandemic plans that address workforce absenteeism rates of 40% or higher. There are 20 laboratory-confirmed human cases in California, Texas, Ohio, Kansas and New York. In fact, we’re in Chicago for the Gartner Business Continuity Management Summit and we’ve already [...]

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Sahana: A Free, Open Source Disaster Relief Management System

by Roberta J. Witty  |  April 22, 2009  |  3 Comments

Sometimes the best things in life are still free, and good news can come from surprising sources. On Tuesday, Rick DeLotto and I were briefed by the Sahana Project, an award winning, free and open source, web-based disaster relief management system designed to “Help alleviate human suffering and help save lives through the efficient use [...]

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Want to test your enterprise’s ability to manage its way through a crisis?

by Roberta J. Witty  |  April 1, 2009  |  Comments Off

Many enterprises have successful (up-to-date and exercised) recovery plans in place for technology outages, or for a disaster that strikes the data center.  But they aren’t as prepared to handle the public communications, community/government coordiation and workforce continuity aspects of a crisis.  Recognizing that gap in their overall business resilience, a growing number of organizations are implementing [...]

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