Conference
Program
8:00am -
9:00am - Registration and continental
Breakfast
9:00am - 10:00am
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Chapa |
Avoiding DR/BC Communication Confusion:
Understanding and Articulating the Different
Disciplines
David A. Chapa, Director, Backup and
Recovery, Solutions Marketing, NetApp
Disaster Recovery migrated to Business
Continuity and now there are other
disciplines within the industry including
HA, RTO, RPO, EM, RM & CM. But what do all
of these mean in the context of Business
Continuity for Your Organization? Since
DR/BC professionals within IT must be on the
same page as their supporters in other
departments, it is imperative that all
professionals have an in-depth understanding
of how all these areas interrelate and how
they are different.
But most importantly, IT and the extended
enterprise must be using the same lexicon
when preparing for and working through
potential disasters.
In this session attendees will learn:
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How to effectively articulate these
specific disciplines as well as their
interdependencies and differences to
management and stakeholders
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How to positively affect sponsorship and
funding through a comprehensive
understanding of these areas
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How to determine who is responsible for
what; in and out of your DR/BC
organization.
10:00am - 10:30am - Refreshment Break
10:30am - 11:30am
Mitigating Risk: How an Effective Enterprise
Risk Management Framework can Improve the
Outcome of Your DR/BC Planning
Paulette Hradnansky, Senior Director IT,
Supply Chain Systems, Motorola
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Hradnansky |
Catastrophes over the last several years
have caused most organizations to reassess
their investments in Disaster Recovery and
Business Continuity Planning. Some
organizations may have overspent while
others may have invested too little. By taking a
risk-management approach to business
continuity planning, IT professionals can
determine what minimum countermeasures and
response procedures are vital to meet your
organization's business needs.
This session will help attendees insure that
their investment in countermeasures and
response procedures is correctly aligned
with the potential impact of catastrophic
disasters or disruption.
Topics covered that will be covered include:
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How to design an effective risk
management framework in the context of
business continuity planning
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How to apply a business impact analysis
(BIA)
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How to use the results of the BIA to
understand where your dollars should be
spent
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How to determine the ROI to management
to justify the right amount of
investment for your DR/BC plan
11:30am -
12:30pm
Next Generation: How to Insure that DR
Processes are Keeping Up with the Evolution
of Your Information Systems
Kevin Jablonski, VP of Technology, Anue
Systems
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Jablonski |
As IT becomes more aligned to business
needs, next generation applications have
been designed to help move the enterprise
forward. What happens when you are using
legacy technology to support those
applications? For most companies, business
operations have become dependent on real
time information systems. Have you given
thought to making sure your DR/BC processes
are supporting the dynamic IT needs of your
organization?
In this session attendees will learn:
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Where they are on the Disaster Recovery
Curve
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How to migrate to a High Availability
environment
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Pitfalls to avoid during planning,
migration and after migration phases
12:30pm - 1:30pm Luncheon
1:30pm -
2:30pm
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Crump |
IT Continuity of Operations: How to Minimize
the Gaps Between Your Recovery Capabilities
and Functional Requirements of the
Enterprise
George Crump, Founder, Storage Switzerland
Understanding the business needs of your
organization is essential so that your DR/BC
Plan can be mapped to the functional
requirements of the organization. But what
happens when you find there are gaps between
your recovery capabilities and the needs of
your enterprise?
In this session attendees will learn:
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How to understand and prioritize the
requirements of the enterprise
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How to map these requirements into your
plan
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How to lessen the gaps between
capabilities and requirements
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How to modify the plan in the future to
prevent gaps from happening
2:30pm -
3:00pm - Refreshment Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Lessons Learned from Katrina - Best
Practices for Emergency Communications
During a Disaster
Troy Winskowicz, Director, Notification
Services,
MessageOne
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Winskowicz |
This session will share lessons learned
about emergency communication from
Katrina, as well as from smaller,
localized and potentially dangerous
events. Examples include; fires, floods,
IT failures and power outages. In order
to shorten and streamline the recovery
process, organizations need to be able
to do three things when a crisis
strikes: locate and communicate with all
employees; manage the situation from
initial impact through complete
recovery; and measure progress and
performance on specific tasks related to
the recovery effort. Since organizations
have found that they cannot depend on
their internal or external
infrastructure during a crisis, any
solution or plan must be always
available.
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How to design an emergency
communication plan that works
regardless of the circumstances
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How to shorten and streamline the
recovery process
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How to determine the key ingredients
to a successful crisis communication
plan
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How to support your personnel and
their family during a disaster
scenario
4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Revak
Marchik
Budzik
Ferenzi |
How to Get Buy-In for Your Business
Continuity Plan
Moderator,
Tim Lund, Storage Executive, Dell, Inc.
Panelists: Gregg Revak,
Vice President, IT Operations & Technical
Support, FirstGroup America,
Dan Marchik,
Disaster Recovery Coordinator, Centegra
Health System,
Marcin
Budzik, Security and Compliance Manager,
CISSP, Fort Dearborn Company,
John M. Ferenzi,
formerly, MDB-IT Global Disaster Recovery &
Business Resiliency, Motorola
In this session, a panel of enterprise IT/DR
professionals will share their experiences
with getting buy-in from management.
Content that will be covered includes:
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Discussion of major catalysts that force
management to buy-in to the plan
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How to work through the challenge if
management does not understand their
role.
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What can you do to make sure you get
management commitment and ensure that
you do not lose it?
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What should you do if disaster recovery
loses priority among other projects?
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How to fight for funding.
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How should you prioritize items in your
DR/BC plan if budget is limited?
