Business Continuity
March 5, 2014 by Veoci Staff Team Contribution
The structure of crisis response is often the same for any given type of situation. Our past experiences with system outages and security breaches in the Information Technology sector, and our current experiences with natural disasters and events like Hurricane Sandy, have proven this.
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February 20, 2014 by Sukh Grewal
Weather emergencies, such as the recent spate of snowstorms that clobbered the Eastern United States, are also information emergencies. By that I mean that all of the stakeholders - local governments, utility companies, emergency responders, and public citizens - are in need of accurate, timely information, which isn't always forthcoming.
Emergency Management Utilities
February 11, 2014 by Ken Moon
Last week we published a post about Atlanta's response to the 2-inch snowstorm that hit the area on January 28, 2014. Here we are two weeks later, staring in the face of a much bigger storm that the National Weather Service is predicting will be of "historic proportions".
Emergency Management
February 5, 2014 by Julie Reynolds
Atlanta, GA recently endured a rare snowstorm (Jan. 28, 2014) that left thousands of commuters, school children, and others stranded throughout the city, trapped behind a surge of traffic, accidents, and deserted vehicles.
January 28, 2014 by Ken Moon
Deciding whether a natural disaster is attributable to human activity is sometimes a controversial and contentious issue. But there are some incidents that FEMA has recorded through its declaration database that are clear-cut.
January 22, 2014 by Sukh Grewal
In recent years, adventurous coverage of tornadoes on television has made us all aware of the devastation they cause. The summer heat over a large landmass spawns more tornadoes in the US than in any other country. FEMA has made available records of Major Disaster Declarations for Tornadoes.
Veoci News Updates
January 21, 2014 by Sukh Grewal
The latest report from Pitchbook, "2014 Annual US VC Valuations & Trends Report" was just published with great news for Connecticut: Connecticut Innovations, the government-sponsored organization for venture investment, broke into the TOP 10 ranks of investors for both the Seed/Angel and Early Stage Investments.
January 14, 2014 by Sukh Grewal
FEMA has a web site dedicated to the past sixty-one years of disaster declarations. The site has limited information about the 3,567 Major Disaster Declarations, Emergency Declarations, and Fire Management Assistance Declarations from 1953 to today.
Operations Management
December 20, 2013 by Keith Basile
We're always amazed to see the truly innovative ways in which our partners and customers deploy Veoci. One particularly creative application comes from the Guilford Professional Firefighters Union, whose members volunteer their free time over December weekends to play Santa for their community.
December 3, 2013 by Addison Shaw
In an earlier blog post we examined how weather and other disasters have a severe impact on small & medium-sized businesses, who often do not have the resources to dedicate to Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) as many large corporations do.
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