First-hand reports of disasters like Hurricane Sandy are critical for understanding how your company might be affected by the next disaster. In this video, Bruce Biegel, Senior Managing Director of Winterberry Group, shares his company's experiences in Lower Manhattan.…
In a recent interview with Joseph Bruno, Mayor of Berkeley Heights, NJ, we learned a great deal about the needs of municipalities during major natural disasters. Mr. Bruno has been Mayor of Berkeley Heights for 3 years and involved…
The mass transit statistics into New York City are staggering. 1,500,000 people get to their jobs in Manhattan via car, subway, train, and bus. A major disaster like Sandy wiped out each and every one of those options for at…
The news today was buzzing about the remnants of tropical storm Karen making it's way up the east coast. Here in New Jersey, we're getting blasted with rain and wind. A work friend was looking out the window and said,…
Here we are in October 2013. Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey just 1 year ago, yet how quickly we forget. It’s been such a calm summer and fall. It’s easy to see why some companies – even those who were…
Business interruption, business continuity - these terms describe large issues. But sometimes it's useful to look at more granular issues. The lifeblood of every company Business interruption can cripple the lifeblood of your company - cash flow. There are several…
Even though we're halfway through hurricane season, many businesses aren't even thinking of a back up to their voice communications systems. Computer data backup, certainly. But voice backup isn’t usually in the consideration set. We think we know the reason…
"I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in." - Bill Gates Since…
There are a lot of concept phones out there - designs that look cool but will likely never make it to production. If you scroll through this post by "Dainis" on HonkKiat.com, you can see some fun ones. But are…