Comments on: Preparing for Business Disasters http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html Vlad Mazek on IT, Business and Technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Best Dental Plans http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html/comment-page-1#comment-23923 Best Dental Plans Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:52:06 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html#comment-23923 [...] prodigious site now go over this column http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html and give comments [...] [...] prodigious site now go over this column http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html and give comments [...]

]]> By: Brian http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html/comment-page-1#comment-4585 Brian Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:34:20 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html#comment-4585 Great post. I think I'll spend the rest of the night brainstorming this very thing. Might as well when the power gets blown away :( Great post. I think I’ll spend the rest of the night brainstorming this very thing. Might as well when the power gets blown away :(

]]> By: Vlad Mazek - Vladville Blog » Blog Archive » Ernesto Lands, Applies For A Green Card http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html/comment-page-1#comment-4578 Vlad Mazek - Vladville Blog » Blog Archive » Ernesto Lands, Applies For A Green Card Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:06:42 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html#comment-4578 [...] Will keep you updated in case things get worse. Please stay tuned in to your local emergency management organizations. This is a very weak storm but a very good opportunity to practice, evaluate and revise your plans for the real diaster possibility as mentioned yesterday. [...] [...] Will keep you updated in case things get worse. Please stay tuned in to your local emergency management organizations. This is a very weak storm but a very good opportunity to practice, evaluate and revise your plans for the real diaster possibility as mentioned yesterday. [...]

]]> By: Channel Marker » Blog Archive » Disaster Preparedness for SMB’s: Plan B for $150 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html/comment-page-1#comment-4577 Channel Marker » Blog Archive » Disaster Preparedness for SMB’s: Plan B for $150 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:23:45 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html#comment-4577 [...] With Eduardo starting to puff its way toward Floridam Orlando-based Vlad Mazek, the CTO of managed infrastructure service provider Own Web Now Inc., has come up with a quick-and-dirtydisaster recovery plan that can be executed in under an hour for $150. The key elements: a prepaid cell phone, a Skype Dialin voice mailbox, an analog phone (for the “ride-it-out warrior”, says Mazek), and a disaster blog for coordination of staff. [...] [...] With Eduardo starting to puff its way toward Floridam Orlando-based Vlad Mazek, the CTO of managed infrastructure service provider Own Web Now Inc., has come up with a quick-and-dirtydisaster recovery plan that can be executed in under an hour for $150. The key elements: a prepaid cell phone, a Skype Dialin voice mailbox, an analog phone (for the “ride-it-out warrior”, says Mazek), and a disaster blog for coordination of staff. [...]

]]> By: Sean Gallagher http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html/comment-page-1#comment-4576 Sean Gallagher Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:53:38 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html#comment-4576 Great post. I would add that a Wiki can be a really useful business continuity tool, especially if your business is focused on workflow. I once threw up a Wiki on a $7-a-month personal website to keep the operations of a major technology news site going for two days after a total loss of Internet connectivity (when someone stole the DS3 cards for the company's ISP right out of the co-location cage at Verizon's central office in Manhattan). Also vital to that was having a list of backup email addresses for the staff, as well as IM. Great blog and podcast. Keep up the good work. Great post. I would add that a Wiki can be a really useful business continuity tool, especially if your business is focused on workflow. I once threw up a Wiki on a $7-a-month personal website to keep the operations of a major technology news site going for two days after a total loss of Internet connectivity (when someone stole the DS3 cards for the company’s ISP right out of the co-location cage at Verizon’s central office in Manhattan).

Also vital to that was having a list of backup email addresses for the staff, as well as IM.

Great blog and podcast. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Karl Palachuk http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html/comment-page-1#comment-4572 Karl Palachuk Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:10:32 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html#comment-4572 Great post. Luckily, we never have disasters in Sacramento. :-) I hadn't thought of the emergency web site. That's a very very good idea. You the man. Great post.

Luckily, we never have disasters in Sacramento. :-)

I hadn’t thought of the emergency web site. That’s a very very good idea.

You the man.

]]> By: Lynne http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html/comment-page-1#comment-4570 Lynne Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:25:30 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html#comment-4570 Good post man, keep it up Good post man, keep it up

]]> By: vlogher911 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html/comment-page-1#comment-4566 vlogher911 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:15:28 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html#comment-4566 A failure to plan is a plan to fail. A failure to plan is a plan to fail.

]]> By: vlad http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html/comment-page-1#comment-4565 vlad Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:46:02 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html#comment-4565 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <title>Untitled document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> </head> <body> <p>Greg,</p> <p>Not going to provide a print template for Vladville. Simply put, this is not a magazine or a newspaper or an article (I'd stick those under articles). These are meant to be read, absorbed and acted on in any way you see fit. If you plan to "print this and stick it into a book" then you're missing the point of what I'm doing - entirely. Point is that this is not class, this is not reference material, this is not a book. This is just a tip. Take it for what its worth.</p> <p>Rashad,</p> <p>No books. I have a real job.</p> <p>-Vlad </p> </body> </html> < ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

Greg,

Not going to provide a print template for Vladville. Simply put, this is not a magazine or a newspaper or an article (I'd stick those under articles). These are meant to be read, absorbed and acted on in any way you see fit. If you plan to "print this and stick it into a book" then you're missing the point of what I'm doing – entirely. Point is that this is not class, this is not reference material, this is not a book. This is just a tip. Take it for what its worth.

Rashad,

No books. I have a real job.

-Vlad 

]]> By: vlad http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html/comment-page-1#comment-4564 vlad Tue, 29 Aug 2006 03:43:08 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2006/08/preparing-for-business-disasters.html#comment-4564 What Rob said :) Really all I hope to do with these Monday business-side articles is give you a starting point so you can build your business (not necessarily IT consulting business but any business) correctly in the Internet age. Most of the time it is not that we have incomplete plans but that we have no plan at all. What works for one bunch may not work for the other. I am not here to write a business continuity book with 300 pages that you'll never read past the cover. I am here to give you a 5 minute tip on a busy Monday morning so you can start to appreciate what should go in your business and begin thinking the way that needs to start fitting into your own business. -Vlad What Rob said :)

Really all I hope to do with these Monday business-side articles is give you a starting point so you can build your business (not necessarily IT consulting business but any business) correctly in the Internet age.

Most of the time it is not that we have incomplete plans but that we have no plan at all. What works for one bunch may not work for the other. I am not here to write a business continuity book with 300 pages that you’ll never read past the cover. I am here to give you a 5 minute tip on a busy Monday morning so you can start to appreciate what should go in your business and begin thinking the way that needs to start fitting into your own business.

-Vlad

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