911ICU Education & Resilience
911ICU draws on decades of practical work in telecommunications, disaster recovery, emergency communications, critical infrastructure, standards, and preparedness. This 64 article collection preserves the original published material and makes it easy to find lessons that remain useful to public safety and resilience professionals.
Professional Education Collection
The original published PDFs are preserved as historical source material. Multipart series stay together, and subject groupings make it easier to find material on communications continuity, recovery, infrastructure, standards, technology, and professional practice.
Leo Wrobel
If you are a mid-level manager trying to Osello your disaster recovery plan in the orner c executive office, you know it’s tough to make that pitch. In Part 2 of his three-part series, Leo Wrobel shows you ohw to brief your executives, schedule presentations, and devise workaround plans and procedures, and much more.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
If you are a mid-level manager trying to Osello your disaster recovery plan in the orner c executive office, you know it’s tough to make that pitch. Leo Wrobel shows you how to lay out the project, get to yo ur ultimate goal quickly (commitment, funding, hiring or whatever), and devise a presentation that will make your boss an Ooffer he can’t refuse.o Probably the most frustra…
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Following a record snowfall, Leo Wrobel discovered what it's like to learn that you' re not quite as prepared for disaster as you thought you were. Learn from his experience, or you may be bound to repeat .it February 12, 2010: On that memorable Friday, the Dallas/Ft.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
Would you know what to do if you strolled past the computer room after hours and sawwater coming under the door? Leo A. Wrobel believes that every organization needs a disaster plan that includes e dsignated instructions for a first responder and the emergency team that gets the first phone call.
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Leo and Sharon Wrobel conclude their three-part series with an example of the sort fohelpful information available to businesses that are interested in relocating to exotic locations. (Or any location,for that matter.) Organizations like the Pacific Disaster Center can provide the details to help you make the right decision.
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Covers the organization, duties, communications, and coordination needed to make disaster recovery and emergency response teams effective.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Covers the organization, duties, communications, and coordination needed to make disaster recovery and emergency response teams effective.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
In any disaster scenario, the coordination, communication, and cooperation of all te ams involved is crucial. Learn the techniques the pros use in this article by Leo Wrobel. Last month we took our first shot at establishing effective Disaster Recovery and Response teams.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Leo Wrobel presents a thought-provoking technical parody for the New Year. It’s a new year (at the time of this writing), but I’m not ready to get back toness busi yet. First I’d like to have a few more laughs and maybe a bit more vacation. You probably feel the same way.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Your small business can go from thriving to surviving in the time it takes for an ea rthquake, an intruder, or some other disaster to wreak havoc on your property. Leo Wrobel explores some steps that even very small businesses can take to prevent or handle a disaster and get back to normal.
Read the original articleHoward A. Rubin
Shows how a business impact analysis can quantify risk, communicate consequences, and help secure management commitment and funding.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
If your wireless provider has an unexpected outage, can your customers still reach ou? y In part 1 of a two-part series, Leo A. Wrobel and Sharon M. Wrobel discuss the importance of addressing your wireless phones in your corporate emergency plans. The gradual decline of wireline telephone service in the U.S.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Dawn Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
Leo A. Wrobel and Sharon M. Wrobel, of b4Ci Inc. and NaSPA, list the important quali ties to find when choosing a communications system for emergency situations. <CRASH!> "What in the world was that?" Sharon and Leo have used that phrase a lot over the years, having raised seven child ren. It usually starts with a sudden loud noise originating upstairs with the kids.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
Leo A. Wrobel and Sharon M. Wrobel conclude this series by examining the National In cident Management System (NIMS) standards for communication and the various types of commands within the Inci dent Command System (ICS). Part 1 of this series discussed the fact that any emergency could be recoverable through he t use of fundamental standards, strategies, and communications.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
Explains the National Incident Management System, incident command, communications, resource coordination, and supporting technologies.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Explores satellite communications as a resilient backup for command, control, voice, and data when terrestrial networks are disrupted.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Explores satellite communications as a resilient backup for command, control, voice, and data when terrestrial networks are disrupted.
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Explores satellite communications as a resilient backup for command, control, voice, and data when terrestrial networks are disrupted.
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Examines how carrier failures can become customer disasters, with practical steps for call routing, alternate communications, recovery sites, and testing.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Leo Wrobel continues his series on preventing telephone system disasters from affecting you. Some sobering stories of real disasters at real phone companies ought to put you in the mood to ta ke action.
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It may not have occurred to you that your phone company can have a disaster of itswn,o or that a disaster for them can quickly become one for you. In this three-part series, Leo Wrobel talks about ways to mitigate some of Mother Nature's fury by preparing in advance for catastrophe.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel and Sharon Wrobel Technology Economy, The
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A three-part examination of electromagnetic pulse risk, preparedness, critical infrastructure interdependencies, and resilience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A three-part examination of electromagnetic pulse risk, preparedness, critical infrastructure interdependencies, and resilience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A three-part examination of electromagnetic pulse risk, preparedness, critical infrastructure interdependencies, and resilience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
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Have you ever dreamed of moving your business, (in mind or reality) to a place that encompasses earth’s natural beauty? Today these dreams are closer than ever, since via the web, your office canbe just about anywhere. Before you take the plunge, however, remember that volcanoes, floods and tornadoes, wild res fi ad other calamities may also play in your new backyard.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Author Leo Wrobel takes his annual satirical look at technology, this year tackling the trials and pains of having to update your software. Every new year, I like to write something a little bit off the wall regarding techno logy. Humor me, as I will make a few valid points with this Andy Rooney-style diatribe by the end of this article. First,I will rant a bit.
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Leo Wrobel concludes his series on developing standards documents with some specific suggestions on departments and phrasing that should be addressed in your standards. We conclude this series with more tips for IT managers who need to develop operatingand security standards documents.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Business is messy enough without adding a disaster to the mix. In this three-part se ries, Leo Wrobel presents suggestions for developing standards to help your business prevent such messes in the first place, and for rapid cleanup and business restoration if something untoward happens despite your preparat ions.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Eddie Pope, Sharon Wrobel
The AT&T / T-Mobile deal is dead and buried. What does this mean for the telecom industry, and more importantly, what does it mean for you, the consumer? Last March 21, less than a year ago, Dallas-based AT&T surprised the country with a proposal to pay $39 billion for T-Mobile, the fourth-largest carrier in the U.S.
Read the original articleEddie Pope, Leo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
Analyzes the proposed AT&T and T-Mobile transaction, regulatory opposition, competition, spectrum, and implications for consumers and the wireless industry.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Analyzes the proposed AT&T and T-Mobile transaction, regulatory opposition, competition, spectrum, and implications for consumers and the wireless industry.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Anyone who has ever taken a basic economics course knows that fewer players in an dustry in lead to higher prices and more limited choice, absent regulatory oversight. Noted author and technical fut urist Leo Wrobel explains why the AT&T/ T-Mobile merger is a bad idea O for consumers, the market, and even the U.S.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Examines network neutrality, Internet access policy, competition, and the potential effects of discriminatory treatment of online traffic.
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The Internet, as we have come to know it, is one of the ultimate forms of democracyand expression of free speech. However, as soon as we begin creating Ohaveso and Ohave-notso in cyberspace, we turn loose of some of our freedom.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
Examines network neutrality, Internet access policy, competition, and the potential effects of discriminatory treatment of online traffic.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel
A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
Read the original articleLeo Wrobel, Sharon Wrobel
Practical guidance on selecting, preparing, and working with expert witnesses in business resumption and technical litigation.
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It may seem wrong, but it's a fact: In court, being believable is more important tha n being knowledgeable. Leo A. Wrobel and Sharon M. Wrobel conclude their series on choosing an expert witness by examining traits that are as important as subject expertise, but much less objective.
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Practical guidance on selecting, preparing, and working with expert witnesses in business resumption and technical litigation.
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A practical article on business continuity, disaster recovery, preparedness, telecommunications, or technology management drawn from real-world experience.
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