Three Satellite Options: What Are Your Requirements?
What will it cost for your organization to use satellites in emergency situations? The following comments and accompanying chart can be a starting point for your evaluation of satellites. The Publisher sought input from a [...]
Why Do I Need a Satellite Service or Devices?
Some believe that satellites are too expensive, too technical and not practical for an emergency situation. Disasters can occur anywhere and anytime. It is critical to maintain communications for successful disaster or emergency response, so [...]
Research Report: Ka-Band Satellite Communications
This information comes from the Gartner Hype Cycle for Business Continuity Management and IT Disaster Recovery Management, 2013. Definition: Ka-band satellite communication (satcom) services are designed to augment and replace Ku-band very small aperture terminal [...]
The Disaster Preparedness Satellite Registry
From hurricanes to earthquakes, and from tsunamis to volcanic eruptions, the brutal calculus of cost – whether it’s measured in financial terms or in human lives – is being mitigated through new collaborative efforts of [...]
32 Questions to Ask About Your Company’s Telecom Resilience
This Self Assessment Questionnaire has been produced by CPNI in conjunction with a number of telecommunications providers to facilitate discussions between the customer and the provider(s) on the resilience of Telecommunications Services as part of [...]
Satellite Communications for Disaster Recovery
There are a number of advantages of satellite communications in a disaster, most notably for the "4Ci" aspects of Disaster Recovery (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and intelligence) as well as for restoring communications to and [...]
Disaster Recovery is Not Enough
It’s always good to have a backup. That’s why every self-respecting carrier or service provider has a DR (disaster recovery) plan and why every business and many residential customers are smart to either buy into [...]
An Overview of the Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery & Emergency Management Environment: The Communications Imperative
The regular and frequent occurrence of natural disasters of various types is an all-too-well known factor around the globe. This is an accepted, if unfortunate, part of everyday life for many millions of people, and [...]
Essential Guidelines: “So, How Must I Plan My Satellite Connection?” & Other FAQs
Previous articles in this issue have clearly established that satellite communications provide the critical path for continuity in emergency and disaster situations. This is because satellite communications connect and help move logistical, rescue and first [...]
Satellite Communications an Essential Tool for Emergency Responders
Humanitarian relief is one of the most uncertain, unpredictable, and difficult to manage activities in the world, and it is not getting easier. Natural disasters and complex humanitarian emergencies are more frequent and – lately [...]
State of California Emergency Response Network – A Case Study
The State of California Office of Emergency Services (OES) was looking for a modern communications network for emergency response. The goal of the OES network was to assist various civil agencies (Highway Patrol, Fire Departments, [...]
Wireless Insecurities Aren’t Going Away – But That’s Okay
One craze in IT was to deploy IEEE 802.11-based wireless local area networks (WLANs). Vendors are touting how WLANs could increase productivity in the workplace and users shouting how they want more freedom to roam [...]