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OK, it's Halloween. This blog will help IT disaster recovery planners cope with the ultimate disaster: Zombie Apocalypse.

SCADA systems have been identified as a potential vulnerability since Y2K. Now, for the first and not last time, a SCADA-specific piece of malware (W32.Stuxnet) has been detected. This is a cause for concern and a call to action.

The Florida House of Representatives launched a cloud-based Website with the goal of helping Floridians get counted, who otherwise might have been missed by the 2010 Census.

Several states are reporting an upsurge of swine flu cases. Do not let your guard down by thinking this pandemic is over. Because it isn't.

The last time I checked, Seagate built and sold hard drives. So why would they market a backup solution that requires an exact duplicate drive instead of an upgrade when disaster strikes?

University of Minnesota group hosts world-class conference for business and government pandemic preps.

The H1N1v, or swine flu, pandemic is still spreading in the United States and elsewhere. One look at the Southern Hemisphere should signal you to plan now for problems -- BIG problems -- in the fall.

The WHO will shortly declare swine H1 a true pandemic. Fortunately, the disease is still mild enough to allow for preparation, planning and a LOT of serious thinking.

Cloud computing -- can we move our operations to it during a moderate to severe pandemic? Let's talk about it and come up with ways we can offload some management tasks to the cloud.

These tools are designed to help you and your IT shop plan for an influenza pandemic, and to familiarize yourself with the history of influenza in easy-to-understand terms.

Upcoming tools will help IT professionals plan and prepare in case the WHO raises the pandemic threat level to 5.

Mexican swine flu is real, and it is infecting and killing people down south. You need to be ready to move on your pandemic plans if this virus continues to spread.

Tennessee student's arrogance should be matched by the length of his prison term. Which means he should rot for five full years.

An approaching hurricane fortuitously recalls the famous statement on planning from Eisenhower. We should heed his words.

Federal superbase of suspected terrorist names is months behind and tens of millions over budget. But that's not the only danger that lurks in this latest government debacle.