Not being an electrical engineer, and not having one to hand, I thought I would ask the group to see if any of you could provide an answer to this question: If...
Paul This is a good question .... Actually what you need to do is an FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) of the Power Supply (3 phase supply) and Power...
Paul, You are correct to couch the question with the electrical engineer qualifications. It certainly would be within their domain. However, not fully...
Hello Colleagues I need some clarification on an issue that arose after the earthquake that struck us here in the Caribbean last week. You see, the Office of...
Paul, UPS is there to protect you from input power failures because there is a battery to hold the load until the alternate power supply (Diesel?) takes over. ...
King, Roger V
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Dec 3, 2007 10:01 pm
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Hi Kamal. I think what they mean is that you shouldn't use the stairwell 'during' the earthquake - while everything is shaking. Take the precautions you listed...
Hi Kamal, Sounds like you have a good start on a solid EM plan........but The problem with conventional wisdom, is that it is usual only valid in conventional...
Hey Paul Allow me to add a few lines here (w.r.t the UPS set up). It all depends on how the initial Power set up is done. UPS units have inbuilt power...
Billimoria, Karl Bomi
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Dec 4, 2007 7:06 am
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Hi Kamal, Please allow me to explain this viewpoint. During an earthquake its best to duck and take cover - Remember the Triangle of Life /_\. That is; to...
Billimoria, Karl Bomi
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Dec 4, 2007 7:06 am
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Paul, An interesting question. I've done some research into this. In my clients data centre there is a three phase ups and generator, if a single phase drops...
Richard Carter
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Dec 4, 2007 5:11 pm
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Paul hope the following information may assist: In principle there are two types of UPS system for a.c. supplies. First, there is the standby system whereby in...
I'm looking for best practices on the issue of how much and when authority is given to a backup team member when the primary crisis team member is unavailable....
I would have thought that the idea of having a deputy is that they would have the same authority as the primary. Why would you have a deputy and limit their...
Unless an alternate is capable of equally delivering his role he/she cannot be considered an alternate. Full rights to delivery is compulsory with full...
The question was originally raised by a lawyer (go figure). Although they agreed that an alternate team member would need to fulfill all the responsibilities...
If we were to look at the Deputy as a Secondary employee, then his decision making rights under BAU circumstances would ideally be fewer than those of the...
Billimoria, Karl Bomi
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Dec 12, 2007 10:14 am
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Define the responsibilities & authority of the position (title). Rather like the captain of a ship. Makes no difference of the captain is a Captain or an...
Call for Contributions: 5th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management ISCRAM2008 ... 5th International Conference on...
I agree with David in that as long as you can prove you made a reasonable effort and took a reasonable approach to your offsite storage strategy you are...
We all have business functions that have to be carried out at certain times of the day, certain days of the week, or special dates (end of month/quarter/year,...
Dear All Just as a follow up to this question .... in research I did a couple of years ago for a major financial institution shows that the historic failure...
Chris, As far as a commercial tool, I've used Strohl's BIA Pro software which has several sample questions that will gather the information via web survey,...
David While I am NOT disagreeing with your point "lots of failures have occurred with software applications mostly caused by poor testing" based on several...
Had some doubts on Business Continuity as a separate domain and thought this could be a good group to discuss this....... I have seen that in many organization...
In your hypothetical scenario, there is no mention of what the RTO and RPO for this company's critical systems are. If the RPO is anything less than 5 days you...
Does anyone know when the 2008 BC Awareness Week begins? I see that BCI lists the Australian BC Week as 4/28-5/2. Are there any dates for any other groups? I'm...
The way I look at it, business continuity & risk management are one an the same. Actually, in many cases, I see "risk management" in the same frame as "IT...
An interesting discussion topic that has come up again and again in multiple seminars I have attended and forums I have been to :- ).......its a viciuos circle...
While a business continuity plan focuses on identifying the risks to the infrastructure and then formulating a plan of action to continue operations in spite...
Hi Group, I need expert opinion of the group as I am a bit confused. The Scenario is of a Business which is offering Data Centre or DR sites to other...
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