:: Business Continuity ::CONTINUING SPECIAL REPORT
In the spotlight: John Grady, Nextlink WirelessNextlink Wireless is a sister company to XO Communications, focusing on last-mile broadband wireless access using LMDS spectrum licenses in the top 75 U.S. markets. As a carrier’s carrier, Nextlink sells to both wireless and wireline operators as well as large entities such as the federal government. John Grady, director of marketing for Nextlink, spoke to Editor-at-Large Carol Wilson about the role his firm can play in business continuity planning... Razorline finds disaster recovery a bigger sellerRazorline, a Louisiana-based provider of hosted IP-PBX services, had always included business continuity in its sales pitch to small and mid-sized businesses in the New Orleans area. Needless to say, that sales pitch is resonating much more today... VoIP changing business continuityVoice-over-IP technology can play a significant role in enabling businesses to stay up and running in the face of diverse disasters, but only if those businesses have planned in advance to use the best of what’s available today. Read this continuing business continuity special report here... AT&T tackles disaster recovery challengeDisaster recovery has been very much on people’s minds a year after Hurricane Katrina, but for AT&T, disaster recovery and business continuity have been an ongoing challenge that isn’t associated with any single event but with many. Click here to read this business continuity special report... Disaster recovery: Should voice mail be free?A couple of communications industry veterans believe the telcos should add something to their disaster recovery lists--free voice mail service in the event of large-scale disasters. This is the second in a series of special reports on business continuity... Redefining business continuityLike all major telecom service providers, AT&T got a wake-up call in 2005, when a series of hurricanes wiped out networks throughout the Southeast and forced many businesses to consider a more serious approach to disaster recovery and business continuity than they had taken in the past... |
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A Telephony Podcast: Business ContinuityWith so many businesses vulnerable to disruption and data loss in the wake of disasters, business continuity and disaster recovery have emerged as critically important parts of service providers’ strategies. Join Telephony’s Carol Wilson and Jason Meyers as they discuss what the concept of business continuity means and how service providers in different categories are approaching it... RELATED ARTICLESAT&T spotlights disaster recoveryAT&T doesn’t normally train for disasters when “it’s 75 degrees and sunny outside,” according to Ken Smith, team lead of AT&T’s Network Disaster Recovery unit. But next week, the unit will make an exception, putting its 16 years of disaster recovery experience on exhibit as part of the TelecomNext trade show in Las Vegas... Cox counts losses from KatrinaCox Communications reported dramatic losses for the third quarter of 2005 following the effects of Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged the Gulf Coast in late August... BellSouth’s Smith: VoIP no miracle cure for KatrinaBOSTON--The telecom industry needs to be more careful in portraying VoIP as an alternative network technology in the event of disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, BellSouth CTO Bill Smith reminded the VON ’05 audience in Boston Tuesday morning... |
