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Stop the Music! Chip Shortage Stalls Synth Makers

DRI Drive

The global chip shortage and supply chain nightmare is music to no one’s ears. But for synth companies it’s literally stopping the music. According to Synthtopia, boutique synthesizer maker Future Retro has been silenced by the shortage. The company’s last words: “Due to the current state of the world and global parts shortage, we are […]. The post Stop the Music!

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FEMA and AARP on Protecting Older Adults

Recovery Diva

From HSToday: FEMA, AARP Release New Resources to Help Local Communities Protect Older Adults Before, During and After Natural Disaster s Older adults are disproportionately impacted by the types of weather-related emergencies and natural disasters that are becoming increasingly frequent and severe.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: The Future of EMI, Training or Education?

Disaster Zone

Emergency management's premier government educational institution.

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Recovered, but Not Whole: U.S. Jobs Rebounded, but Not for Everyone

The Rand Blog

The U.S. labor market is on track to hit a milestone this month or next: It will have recovered all of the jobs lost in the pandemic recession. But the pandemic recession and its recovery treated men and women differently, and treated women of color differently from white women.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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DRI Updates Commitment to Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

DRI Drive

As a leading resource in disaster recovery and business continuity, DRI International has updated its written voluntary commitment to the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Recovery’s Sendai Framework 2015-2030. “The Sendai Framework created a shift from managing disasters to managing risks. For this purpose, it underlines the need to build the knowledge of government […].

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Finding Common Ground on Cyber and Elections Security

Disaster Zone

Elections are a critical infrastructure.

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What Is a Home Protection Plan?

Constellation

Buying a new home or upgrading one of your home’s systems is a big investment. When it comes to these big-ticket purchases, it’s worth making sure they’re covered if something breaks or goes wrong. The post What Is a Home Protection Plan? appeared first on Constellation Residential and Small Business Blog.

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Department of Labor’s O*NET Recognizes DRI Business Continuity Info for National Employment Database

DRI Drive

The Occupational Information Network (O*NET), developed under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration, is the nation’s primary source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors on almost 1,000 occupations covering the entire U.S. economy.

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FEMA’s Public Assistant Alternative Procedures Assessed by OIG

Recovery Diva

From HSToday: OIG Assesses FEMA’s Public Assistance Alternative Procedures. The Office of Inspector General OIG assessed whether Public Assistance Alternative Procedures (PAAP) for permanent work projects sped disaster recovery, increased the accuracy of cost estimates to restore facilities, improved the effectiveness of financial incentives and disincentives, the cost effectiveness of PAAP, and whether the PAAP independent expert panel was effective.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Are we headed for a Cybermaggedon?

Disaster Zone

Move slowly and fix your stuff—is how we should operate in the cyber-world.

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What (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong About the Business Continuity Lifecycle

BryghtPath

Business continuity and crisis planning is not a one-and-done event. Still, I see a lot of businesses make this pivotal mistake. They put in a lot of work conducting their initial business impact analysis (BIA), identifying the resilience gaps, creating plans, policies, lists, and procedures, and distributing these throughout the organization. Then they quit.

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SIA New Member Profile: Texadia Systems

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Texadia Systems is a full-service design/build AV and technology firm that specializes in the consultative design, installation and support of complex audio, video, lighting, security and low-voltage technology solutions. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and works with clients across the United States.

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Book Review: Why Vulnerability Still Matters – The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation.

Recovery Diva

Why Vulnerability Still Matters -The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation , Edited by Greg Bankoff and Dorothea Hilhorst. Routledge, 2022. Softcover, 240 pp. List price: $35.96, ISBN 9781032113432. Reviewer : Jono Anzalone, EdD, Nonprofit Leader and Disaster Expert. Why Vulnerability Still Matters -The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of vulnerability, disaster risk, and political systems.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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OK… maybe we can brag a bit…

KingsBridge BCP

“Yes, this is what I need. I’m sorry I didn’t notice I was missing it sooner. Thank you for being so responsive. If this is an indication of KingsBridge’s level of service, I’m impressed. Thanks again and good night. I won’t bother you again tonight.” This email arrived in Steve’s inbox at night and we just wanted to take this opportunity on our blog to show off a bit.

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Announcing Citrix HDX Plus for Windows 365

Citrix

Citrix and Microsoft have been innovating and collaborating for more than 30 years, helping companies accelerate their digital transformations and power better ways to work. We recently announced that this collaboration now extends to Windows 365, in the form of … The post Announcing Citrix HDX Plus for Windows 365 first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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How Mercedes-AMG F1 and Pure Storage Put Safety First

Pure Storage

On the F1 track, cars are engineered to be faster than ever. Off the track, hackers are accelerating ransomware attacks. They’re both making headlines, and making safety and speed top priorities for consumers and businesses alike. . For both Pure Storage ? and Mercedes-AMG F1, prevention and response times are critical. You could say we’re both operating in “safe mode”: At Mercedes F1, it’s the uncompromising dedication to keeping drivers safe.

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New NAS Report on Infrastructure

Recovery Diva

New Report From the National Academy of Sciences: Equitable and Resilient Infrastructure Investments. The report is 60 pages long. Note that downloads are free from the NAS.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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Cyber Self-Defense: Prepare for the No. 1 Threat By Taking These Five Steps 

MHA Consulting

Cyberattacks remain the number-one threat to organizations’ ability to keep their mission-critical operations running. Today’s post lays out five key measures your company should have in place to harden its … The post Cyber Self-Defense: Prepare for the No. 1 Threat By Taking These Five Steps appeared first on MHA Consulting.

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Factores tecnológicos y humanos para no ser parte de “La Gran Renuncia”

Citrix

Esta es una publicación de Adrián Campos, periodista y editor mexicano especializado en Tecnologías de la Información, Redes Sociales y Negocios. Actualmente colabora en medios como Techtarget.com , en su edición en español y Negocios en Imagen, así como varios … The post Factores tecnológicos y humanos para no ser parte de “La Gran Renuncia” first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Pure Storage at VMware Explore 2022

Pure Storage

I’m thoroughly excited, for the first time in years, to attend an in-person VMworld. Honestly, I started to think that I might never attend one again. And as it turns out, I technically can’t. Because it’s now called VMware Explore! What’s in a (new) Name? If you look back, the buzzwords of past VMware events were largely centered on the virtual machine (VM)—VM backup, VM recovery, VM granularity, VM insights.

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South Korea's Extraordinary Fertility Decline

The Rand Blog

The complicated history of family planning as well as socioeconomic and political factors may all play roles in depressing birth rates in South Korea. But the nation's fertility decline is just one piece in a complicated gender puzzle.

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Food Insecurity for the World

Disaster Zone

Food distribution as a mission area for emergency management due to climate change.

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How Citrix can help customers achieve zero trust maturity

Citrix

Information technology has evolved, and so has the way we engage with it for work. With the proliferation of remote work, connected devices, cloud computing systems, and access points — how can we keep users safe without impeding their productivity?… The post How Citrix can help customers achieve zero trust maturity first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Evergreen//One Recognized as DCIG TOP 5 Storage as-a-Service Solution

Pure Storage

The Data Center Intelligence Group (DCIG) recently recognized Evergreen//One™ from Pure Storage as a DCIG TOP 5 solution in the 2022-23 DCIG TOP 5 Enterprise Storage as a Service Solutions report. This report looks at the benefits that STaaS solutions bring to customers, deployment options, colocation partners, and support. . DCIG provides informed third-party analysis of various cloud, data protection, and data storage technologies.

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U.S. Labor Market, 988 Hotline, Firearm Homicides: RAND Weekly Recap

The Rand Blog

This weekly recap focuses on the U.S. economy’s uneven pandemic recovery, a new national mental health hotline, firearm homicides, and more.

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Earth Shaking News

Disaster Zone

It is about the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake fault.

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Simplify client collaboration for financial services organizations

Citrix

A client’s confidence in their financial services provider begins from their earliest interactions. At the outset of the relationship, the client expects to be provided with clear, straightforward ways to submit content; review and sign documents; and communicate with the … The post Simplify client collaboration for financial services organizations first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Include a ‘Working Strategy’ in Your Plans

Plan B Consulting

This week, Charlie discusses why using a simpler incident response model is better suited for clients. For a long time, I have been working on developing and refining a framework for responding to and managing incidents. The framework has to be simple, as those who are going to use it will likely have limited training, and it has to be flexible to ensure that it can cope with a wide range of incidents.

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Tunisia: Challenges and Successes in COVID-19 Pandemic Response

The Rand Blog

Tunisia's response to the COVID pandemic has been spotty, though vaccination rates have improved and mortality rates have dropped. When the political instability is factored in, Tunisia's emergence from the pandemic may not be quick.

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64% Vacancy Rate for a 911 Call Center

Disaster Zone

Wow! That would be difficult.

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