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October 2007 | Volume 10 / Number 10
Disaster Preparedness

The New Disaster Planning Communications Forum Channel

The September Disaster Planning Communication Forum (DPCF) column reviewed some of the new initiatives of the DPCF. A key part of the initiative was to roll out additional services including a DPCF Channel on the TMC web site. You can select the following link to go directly to the DPCF location: http://www.tmcnet.com/1090.1.

The DPCF Channel is segmented into topics relevant to business continuity and disaster planning. One segment is titled 2006/2007 “Disaster Preparedness Communications Forum (DPCF) Column Links” and provides the titles and web links to previous columns. For example, if you are located in an area affected by tornadoes or hurricanes and the critical season is at hand, you could be in need of some last minute advice. If so, you need to review the column “Secure Last Minute Disaster Planning Options, Security-Contact Centers” at http://www.tmcnet.com/1091.1. That particular column shows how VoIP, FoIP, and converged IP technologies are great solutions for everyday business and perfect for backup operations. Each of the solutions covered in the column meet the requirements of in-house, remote, or mobile employees and are quickly and easily deployed. Some are hosted solutions that can be combined with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) options with secure and managed operations that do not require a large IT staff. (Note that the term SaaS is the commonly used term to replace older terms link On-Demand and Application Service Provider [ASP]).




Another segment, “Government and Government Recommended Sites”, provides advice and links to disaster and business planning sites plus other government resources including: Federal Government, State Government, Local Government, Tribal Governments, Federal Employees, State and Local Employees.

This segment also includes information on sites recommended as a resource by government agencies. For example, the Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association (DERA) http://www.disasters.org/dera/dera.htm, is a membership organization founded in 1962 as a nonprofit association linking professionals, volunteers and organizations active in all phases of disaster preparedness and emergency management. DERA is a worldwide association and membership information is available at

http://www.disasters.org/dera/member.htm

A third segment, “Resources Available for Educational Institutions” provides data on organizations with specialized advice educators and school administrators. Looking back at recent school tragedies, you may want to review the services of Omnilert, LLC (http://www.omnilert.com) which offers delivery of messages to mobile phones (SMS), email, web pages, RSS, and other communications services for schools, governments, corporations plus sports and special events.

The TMC News Alert segment of the DCPF channel will maintain a running list of news covering DPCF topics posted on TMC Alerts. A good example for resellers is one posted on August 11, 2007 (http://www.tmcnet.com/1092.1) and covers how “Two resellers have joined forces to grab a larger slice of the booming disaster recovery market.”

Of course, if you want these alerts delivered to you automatically for DPCF topics you can log on to http://www.tmcnet.com and activate daily news alerts by selecting the red “Channels” option at the upper left-hand corner of the TMC home page (http://www.tmcnet.com) and select “Channels Home”. A box containing the following will be displayed: “Featured Channels. Are you interested in receiving customized RSS feeds especially tailored for your needs? Check out TMCnet’s new and improved News Alerts service.”

Just select News Alerts and follow the instructions.

The DPCF has always operated as an open forum welcoming all contributors. We want to strongly encourage all of our readers interested in business continuity and disaster planning to actively contribute information that can be posted on the DPCF Channel. If you are a reseller or consultant that can supply white papers, planning guides or case studies, please forward them to us ASAP. This is also an opportunity to have information on your services and experience posted at a location where “business continuity” prospects go for advice. To learn more about how your organization can contribute to this project, please send an email to Rich or Max at the addresses listed below. IT

Max Schroeder is a board member of the ECA, media relations committee chairman, and liaison to TMC. He is also the Senior Vice President of FaxCore, Inc.

Rich Tehrani is the President and Group Editor-in-Chief at TMC and is Conference Chairman of Internet Telephony Conference & EXPO.

If your organization has an interest in participating in the TMC/ECA Disaster Preparedness Communications Forum, please contact [email protected] or [email protected] .

If you are interested in purchasing reprints of this article (in either print or PDF format), please visit Reprint Management Services online at http://www.reprintbuyer.com or contact a representative via e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 800-290-5460.

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