Natural Disasters


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Recent Articles about Natural Disasters

How to Use the Cloud as a Disaster Recovery Strategy

The cloud is being used for almost everything but is using it as part of a disaster recovery strategy good for your business? Learn how to decide and implement.  Read more

NetApp Supports VMWare Site Recovery Tool

The joint solution offers a cost-effective disaster recovery system.  Read more

SBA Honors Natural-Disaster Heroes

March 26, 2007 -- The Small Business Administration will be honoring four employers and public officials who provided exceptional service...  Read more

Disaster Recovery: Is Your Company a Phoenix?

While disaster recovery and business continuity are cited as a top priority and business initiative, many technologists find that obtaining funding for disas...  Read more

Gulf Coast Businesses Slow to Claim Loans

Less than half of the businesses approved for post-Katrina loans have cashed in so far.  Read more

Loan Deadline Extended for Gulf Coast Businesses

Facing pressure from lawmakers, the SBA will give an extra month to businesses hit by last year's hurricanes.  Read more

Hurricane Season Gives Business a Boost in Florida

The leaky ceiling in Doug Fowler's office serves as a daily reminder of the destruction brought by last year's hurricane season. But like the state of Flo...  Read more

Businesses Prepare for Another Big Storm

September 20, 2005 --Even before Florida Governor Jeb Bush declared a state of emergency, Desmond Falla had already made the decision to s...  Read more

The Business Implications of Hurricanes

As Florida braces for the first hurricane of the precocious 2005 tropical storm season, I thought I'd pull out an a...  Read more

Power Down

Reports that the entire city of New Orleans is without power and sewage treatment is just the beginning of what this city and surrounding areas will face ...  Read more

Disaster Recovery Stories

Many Inc . readers are among those impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Some have been directly hit in their home-base of New Orleans, while others are be...  Read more

Email Recovery Services: For Disasters Large and Small

Outages of email from such events as floods, fires, earthquakes, and even more minor disasters, such as virus attacks, are driving businesses to email disast...  Read more

SBA Offers Discounted Loans for Disaster Victims

The Small Business Administration steps up aid to businesses affected by recent weather-related disasters.  Read more

Prepare for Effective Data Backup and Recovery

To make sure you have an effective data backup and recovery system, you'll need to plan in detail for disaster recovery, make sure that all your employees...  Read more

Prepare for Effective Data Backup and Recovery

To make sure you have an effective data backup and recovery system, you'll need to plan in detail for disaster recovery, make sure that all your employees...  Read more

After Isabel

Michael Barbaro of the Washington Post tells the story of Mushtaq Naqash ...  Read more

Rebuilding the Gulf Coast Brick by Brick

Dec. 2, 2005 --A new federal job re-training program is offering Gulf Coast hurricane victims a chance to help rebuild their shattered com...  Read more

Safeguarding Against the Everyday Disaster

Hurricanes and other natural disasters command the headlines. But it's everyday calamities, like computer viruses, that can really wipe out a company.  Read more

"We Went Right Back to Work"

Rusty Hayden Riverside Lumber New Orleans As told to Melanie Brooks <...  Read more

Report: SBA Unprepared for Katrina

Feb. 15, 2007 --  A lack of planning by the Small Business Administration led to costly delays in assisting Gulf Coast small...  Read more

Massachusetts Businesses Still Reeling from Floods

Record rainfalls have caused days of disruption and millions in property damage.  Read more

Katrina Verdict Could Impact Insurance Costs for Businesses

A U.S. District judge ruled that flood damage is not covered by standard policies.  Read more

Detecting Earthquakes with your laptop?

IF YOU drop your laptop computer, a chip built into it will sense the acceleration and protect the delicate moving parts of its hard disk before it hits t...  Read more

Most Business Owners Unprepared for Natural Disasters

Even after Katrina, 84% say they are not concerned about hurricanes, floods, or earthquakes.  Read more

For Tech Entrepreneurs Looking Beyond Silicon Valley, Chile is Ready and Waiting

Despite a recent earthquake, Chile is positioning itself for future technology investments and innovation.  Read more

Responding in a Time of Need

When disaster struck in Haiti, entrepreneur Jean Orelien rushed to assist his homeland.  Read more

California Wildfires Send Business Owners Scrambling

The economic toll from the fires, which have scorched more than 400,000 acres, is still not known.  Read more

Disaster Recovery Planning 101

Ann Machado has spent a lot of time preparing for disasters. As CEO of Creative Staffing, a temporary employee agency based in hurricane-prone Miami, she ...  Read more

Did Hurricane Katrina Impact Your Business?

Inc.com wants to connect you with companies on the Inc. 500 list that can provide guidance as you recover from the 2005 hurricane season. If your business...  Read more

PlateSpin Repackages Disaster Recovery Solution

New options for Forge can protect 10 or more server workloads.  Read more

Where to Shop After a Disaster

Information on 'The Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages,' a directory of goods and services to help a damaged business.  Read more

Even with Insurance, Gulf Coast Businesses Still Struggle

Jan. 17, 2006 --It took nine weeks, but ...  Read more

HP, SCORE Host Small-Business Workshops

The Small Business Wellness Workshops offer information on disaster recovery planning.  Read more

Iomega Releases Latest REV Backup Drive

The REV 120GB is designed for small businesses and remote work groups.  Read more

More Help for Disaster Victims

Amid severe floods in the Midwest, the feds raise the cap on emergency small-business loans.  Read more

Klegg Delivers NetDisk Storage

Klegg Electronics has begun shipping Acronis True Image Home OEM Version disaster recovery software with its Klegg NetDisk network storage devices. Acroni...  Read more

House Committee Revamps SBA Disaster Loans

March 16, 2007 -- The House Small Business Committee has approved a package of bills aimed at improving the federal government's emergenc...  Read more

Ingram Micro to Distribute VaultStor

The company is the first U.S. distributor of VaultStor's onsite backup and disaster recovery tools.  Read more

Regus Launches Disaster Recovery Solution

Regus Disaster Recovery provides companies with emergency business facilities.  Read more

Retail Sales Down for August

September 15, 2005 --Retail sales plummeted by 2.1% last month, dragged down by slumping auto sales, the Commerce Department reported Wedn...  Read more