First-hand reports of disasters like Hurricane Sandy are critical for understanding how your company might be affected by the next disaster. In this video, Bruce Biegel, Senior Managing Director of Winterberry Group, shares his company's experiences in Lower Manhattan.…
The mass transit statistics into New York City are staggering. 1,500,000 people get to their jobs in Manhattan via car, subway, train, and bus. A major disaster like Sandy wiped out each and every one of those options for at…
The pie chart at right shows one telling example of business preparedness in 2012. The statistics post-Sandy are not yet published, but we're certain they're still not at 100%, or even close. One year ago today - October 27th -…
In the fall months, the Caribbean is a hurricane factory. One year ago today, a pressure ridge near Jamaica was blocking the movement north of a series of thunderstorms 70 miles south of Jamaica. This ridge to the north…
Even though we're halfway through hurricane season, many businesses aren't even thinking of a back up to their voice communications systems. Computer data backup, certainly. But voice backup isn’t usually in the consideration set. We think we know the reason…