In Orlando, I spoke at the DRJ conference on Emergency Operations Centers. This conference had one of the largest number of attendees ever in this field. You really should consider attending the next ones in San Diego in March and Orlando in September. There is so much to learn. We also have some upcoming involvement in London, Dublin, and Mexico but more about that in a future issue.
Storage technologies vary widely and can range from disk and tape drives to optical jukeboxes.
Centralization is a good general policy but should not be universal. Backup software is more important than hardware because it provides a crucial interface for managing and scheduling backup routines. Did you hear the one about . . . . At least 40,000 photographs of driver license applicants in Alabama were destroyed in a computer foul-up. The state had to send letters asking drivers with missing photos to pose for new photographs at no charge, said the Department of Public Safety.