Hey! R u der? OMG did you read Ken’s memo? LOL  – LOL in Business Email? Not So Fast.  An article worth reading. This article directly relates to side 2 – Sending the ‘Killer’ email, as mentioned in the first part of this series.  I will elaborate more as I continue the series, but I thought it would be a good read and share in the...

Now that the hard work of Phase 1 and 2 have been completed, its time to determine what the mitigating activities will be for each of the scenarios that have been defined.  Phase 3 is what the whole BCP is made of, essentially.  In this phase, all of the planning, relationship information and real analysis take place.  For each disaster scenario defined in...

Now that we know which events can put us out of business, or at least delay operations for some undetermined amount of time, it’s time to see what parts of your business are affected by each of those disasters defined in Phase 1. Now, here is where the next big level of work goes into creating your BCP.  Phase 2 deals explicitly with identifying which...

I know I wrote that ‘Recover or Resume’ was the question….but the what’s the question that supports the need to begin with? WHAT CONSTITUTES A DISASTER in the first place? This is what Phase 1 is all about in this process.  Now remember what I said, EVERY business needs to plan for this.  EVERY business will do this differently and at...

There are two topics to this series about email security, safety and best practices:  1 – Email Defense – When email goes wrong – how to protect yourself and your data from Spam and Spyware  2 – Sending the ‘killer’ email – What goes wrong when you ‘casually’ email the important stuff Email Defense – Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) is a...

OK – so the iPhone is still king when it comes to variety and numbers of software applications available.  Though the Android market is not as large, there is more than enough to be overwhelmed, and then overwhelmed again.  The market is growing very quickly as developers either port existing iPhone apps to Android or develop Android only applications as...

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Continued from previous post: 1 – Changes between Vista and Windows 7 – For the most part, the same Vista engine is still running the operating system, but there are some new features and enhanced performance overall.  Most believe that Windows 7 is really nothing more than major service pack and a features plus pack. If you don’t believe me...

As support for Windows XP is no longer from Microsoft, and Vista is still a major player, Windows 7 has given us IT folk some very well needed deep breaths, sighs of relief, and that overall feeling of – Microsoft finally did something right.  But how much different is Windows 7 that XP and Vista and what should you look out for and be aware of before...

Cloud Security…. The sudden demand for cloud-based computing has companies thinking more about where their data and applications live.  By having data and applications being served to users from cyberspace and accessible through almost any  internet connected device, cloud computing offers great advantages such as reduced maintenance costs, increased...