Al Jazeera English
| Apr 22, 2013
Earthquake victims in remote villages in southwest China say they have been forgotten by the government and are desperate for aid. They are afraid that aftershocks will destroy what little they have left. Al Jazeera's Rob McBride reports fro...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 15, 2012
Voting in Japan's general election is underway, with polls predicting a return to power for the conservative Liberal Democratic Party. As voters stew over the country's muddled economy and disaster recovery, territorial disputes with China are fue...
The New York Times
| Dec 12, 2012
Mike Pedano, a contractor, was two weeks from finishing his family's vacation home in Ortley Beach, New Jersey, when Hurricane Sandy hit.
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 11, 2012
Hundreds of thousands of people are fighting for survival in the aftermath of Typhoon Bopha. The Philippine government is pleading for help from the private sector and the international community, with the situation there described as a race agai...
Euronews
| Dec 9, 2012
As rescuers in the Philippines continue to find bodies in the devastation brought by Typhoon Bopha a little over a week ago, forecasters say the storm is heading back, this time to the north. Officials list 540 dead, over 850 still missing, and sa...
Climate Desk
| Nov 22, 2012
With electricity still not restored to some devastated communities following Superstorm Sandy, solar power has stepped in to help the residents of Belle Harbor in New York's Rockaways district celebrate their Thanksgiving dinner.
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MBC
| Nov 5, 2012
Last month, an explosion released eight tons of hydrofluoric acid from the Gumi Industrial Complex in South Korea. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports that the area is still contaminated one month later.
Climate Desk
| Nov 2, 2012
By Friday morning, FEMA officials were in Tottenville, Staten Island, helping residents apply for disaster compensation. But they were already behind the Tottenville community itself, which had rolled out hordes of volunteers armed with shovels an...
Associated Press
| Oct 31, 2012
In New Jersey, power and food shortages are persisting in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Residents who fled the storm are returning to find scenes of devastation in the state's hard-hit coastal communities worse than anything they had imagined.
Telegraph.co.uk
| Oct 31, 2012
President Obama visited New Jersey to see the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy and pledged to do all he can to help those who have been affected.
— May 11 at 10:40 pm
...failures, administrative errors, natural disasters, or unauthorized changes to data, a recovery plan must be in place to minimize downtime. In t...
— Nov 8, 2011 at 02:03 pm
...of vituperation from readers. An overzealous social media manager summarily deletes negative comments from your company's Facebook page, causing...
— Dec 5, 2011 at 08:21 pm
A consortium of three companies including Orix Corp, Nippon Jogesuido Sekkei Co and Yokohama Water Corp has been selected to perform a study of Pub...
— last Wednesday at 11:18 am
...are likely to make after Hurricane Sandy 10 lessons about claims 10 attributes of a resilient business 7 tips for helping your employees as they...
Disaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures that are related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure which are vital to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster. Disaster recovery is a subset of business continuity. While business continuity involves planning for keeping all aspects of a business functioning in the midst of disruptive events, disaster recovery focuses on the IT or technology systems that support business functions.
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