Business Continuity Planning
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2020 Brings Clear Vision at DRJ Spring World
Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania, has made his annual appearance. When Phil came out of his burrow, he did not see his shadow and affirmed that spring is on the way… thanks, Phil!
Disaster Recovery Tabletop Exercises Help Close Gaps Before a Disaster
From a Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) perspective, one of the most effective means of ensuring a strong, actionable plan is to regularly conduct tabletop exercise scenarios for business continuity. A tabletop test, business continuity planning (BCP) test, or disaster recovery tabletop exercise is a scheduled event …
Going Full Circle from Planning to Practice
Autumn is always a hectic time—especially for Mail-Gard. Our team learned the latest in BC/DR at DRJ Fall 2019, and were able to help a client gear up for a big project at the same time […]
DRJ Fall 2019: Disaster Recovery Resiliency in an Uncertain World
As a long-time member of the Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) industry, Mail-Gard finds great value and an important sense of community among our BC/DR peers. One of those valuable partnerships is with the team at Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ), and we have a long history of exhibiting at their biannual conferences […]
When You Need a Disaster Recovery Expert
Who doesn’t love a big warehouse store? You enter a space filled with aisle after aisle of endless possibilities. Where else can you go to buy a month’s supply of dog food, a flat screen TV, tires for your car, and a gallon of milk—all in one easy trip? The question that comes to mind, […]
America’s Most Common Natural Disasters Don’t Need to Stop Your Print and Mail Operations
Spring has finally arrived and we are quickly turning towards summer. The news stories have already begun regarding the approach of hurricane season and how to get ready for another wild summer of extreme weather. Of course, depending on where you live and work, hurricane season may translate into tornado season for the Midwest or […]
Risk Management Takes Center Stage at DRJ Spring 2019
Mail-Gard has the opportunity to exhibit at many industry shows and conferences, but one of our go-to events is the DRJ Spring Conference, which is being held March 24–27 at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, FL. We can always count on the Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ) to host an informative and invaluable […]
Resolutions You Can Keep in 2019—Both at Home and in Your Disaster Recovery Planning
It’s practically impossible to begin the New Year without thinking about some resolutions. While setting goals for the new year is pretty common for most of us, so are the results—we may consider them worthy endeavors, but they’re too hard to keep. Perhaps it’s time to reconsider these grand resolutions, and look at them more […]
No Horrors Here! Mail-Gard Clients Define What a Disaster Is
If you believe in this stuff… Legend has it that the veil between the world of the living and the spirit world is at its thinnest on Halloween, allowing for all types of ghosts, ghouls, and goblins to invade our streets and homes on October 31. Those of us in the BC/DR world know that […]
The Value of a Spare Key: Why Business Continuity Management Must Account for Key Personnel
We’ve all been there at some point during our lives: locked out of the house or car because we’ve lost or forgotten our keys (and it always seems to happen when we’re already running behind!). But as frustrating as the situation is, the good news is it’s usually short-lived—once we have our spare key in […]
