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REPORTS, ARTICLES & VIDEO:

• 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Report
• Recent News from Forrester:
  • Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Are Top
    IT Priorities For 2010 And 2011 - September 8, 2010 (PDF)
• Recent News from Gartner:
  • Hype Cycle for Business Continuity Management and IT Disaster Recovery Management, 2010 - September 8, 2010 (PDF)
  • Activity Cycle Overview: Business Continuity Manager Role, 2010 to 2011 - February 16, 2010 (PDF)
  • Ten Best Practices for Creating and Maintaining Effective Business Continuity Management Plans - February 8, 2010 (PDF file)
  • Business Continuity Management Key Initiative Overview - February 5, 2010 (PDF)
  • Eight Practical Tips to Link Risk and Security to Corporate Performance - January 29, 2010 (PDF)
  • MarketScope for Emergency and Mass Notification Services - January 29, 2010 (PDF)
• E-Discovery Articles & Information
  • Customer Needs and Strategies: eDiscovery Priorities Among Corporations from Highly Regulated and Litigated Industries: What Happened in 2009? (PDF)
  • Industry Development and Models: IDC's Worldwide Legal Discovery Infrastructure Taxonomy, 2009 (PDF)
  • IT and eDiscovery Overview
    
  • eDiscovery and inadvertent disclosure
    
  • Qualcomm Case where attorney's were sanctions for eDiscovery failures
    
  • E-Discovery Software Products
    Symantec
    Kroll OnTrack
    Messaging Architects
    
• RBZ Updated “Market Requirements Definition” (MRD)
• Robert Drach is a renowned economist and statistician and recognized for his 30 years of accurate economy and market forecasts. Read about his current perspective of the economy and financial markets. Drach Market Research Report 3/13/09
• Takeaways from the Annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder
  Letter (PDF)
• Gartner - Research Roundup: Business Continuity Management
  and IT Disaster Recovery, January 2009 (PDF)
• Gartner - Predicts 2009: Business Continuity Management Juggles Standardization, Cost and Outsourcing Risk (PDF)
• The 2008 Continuity Insights/KPMG study is completed. We hope you will find it informative. The 900 responders answered about 45 questions addressing their company's business continuity program. (PDF)
• The US National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released the latest version of its NFPA 1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs. The 2007 edition provides an update to the standard, which was first published in 2004 and has been widely accepted by North American-based organizations. (PDF)
• Pacific Coast National Bank and Agility Recovery Open Temporary Banking Center for Fire Victims (PDF)
• Agility Recovery Solutions Customer Testimonials
  Watch and listen to testimonials, including customers who have experienced an actual disaster event. Hear our members...
• Agility Leads In Mobile Disaster Recovery Solutions - Forrester Research, Inc. (PDF)
• Forrester 6 years after 9/11 (PDF)
• Iron Mountain Fire on ComputerWorld.com
  • Article 1: Two Iron Mountain Facilities Hit by Fire
  • Article 2: Iron Mountain fires prompt users to hasten hunt for backup options
  • Article 3: Opinion: The Iron Mountain Fires -- Case Solved
• ComputerWorld.com - The New Buzzwords: Information Lifecycle Management
• Gartner - Vendor Rating Update: EMC Storage, 2006 (PDF)
• After the Disaster - a Specialist for Small Banks - American Banker Online (PDF)
• Gartner - Laws Influence Business Continuity and Disaster
  Recovery Planning Among Industries (PDF)
  
• ComputerWorld - "Gartner: Expect dramatic changes in recovery market" (PDF)
  
• IBM Global Services Business Continuity and Recovery Services “Mobile Recovery Center Solution” (PDF)
  
• Executive Business Continuity Study (PDF) - A Study of Evolving Management Issues and Trends in Business Continuity
  
• DRJ - Business Continuity Glossary (PDF)
  
• Gartner - User Feedback Reveals Ups and Downs of Strohl's Business Continuity Planning Software (PDF) -Strohl Systems' Living Disaster Recovery Planning System provides a standardized method for collecting plans from across the company and keeping the information updated and consistent. Three LDRPS users explain its strengths and limitations in creating and managing a business continuity plan.
  
• Sarbanes-Oxley - Is It The Hammer For Business Continuity Management (PDF) - Will a piece of legislation that contains no references to contingency planning legitimize business continuity management?
  
• Sarbanes-Oxley client Alert (PDF) - Key Provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  
• Alternate Facilities and Technology Replacement Options (PDF)
  

INDUSTRY WEBSITES:

• http://www.cio.com
• http://www.nvca.org
• http://www.informationweek.com
• http://www.disaster-resource.com
• http://www.drj.com
  
• http://www.contingencyplanning.com
  
• http://www.continuityinsights.com
• http://www.computerworld.com