Crisis Communications
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How tech firms float despite a Watergate
News update Expert involvement, admission of guilt and transparency are some elements that help keep IT brands alive after major scandals, say academia.
Tags: Crisis communications, Corporate responsibility, Computer Associates International Inc., Nanyang Technological University, Chinese company, Crisis communications, phone, professor, brand, accounting
Right time to ensure efficiency of BCP spend
News Companies should work at getting better returns on business continuity planning expenditure, instead of cutting expense on such activities during a downturn.
Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery, Crisis communications, Mobile, Backup, Cell Phone, Singapore, Forbes, business continuity planning, Crisis communications, phone
Satyam chairman resigns amid accounting scandal
News B. Ramalinga Raju, who also founded the Indian outsourcing service provider, reveals details of financial irregularities in his resignation letter.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Crisis communications, Accounting, Earning reports/forecasts, Motorola Inc., India, Outsourcing Company, World Bank, Malaysia, Satyam Computer Services
Jackson death prompts malware alert at Google
News Spike in searches related to Michael Jackson was so "volcanic" that it triggered an antimalware mechanism at Google, company says.
Tags: Web services, App servers, Crisis communications, Networking technology, Malware, Google Inc., computer, Crisis communications, spyware, computer virus
Can the Internet handle big breaking news?
News Reporters Tom Krazit and Declan McCullagh debate whether the tendency of Web sites to stagger under high demand can be avoided or isn't really something to worry about.
Tags: Domain names, Mobile platforms/communications, Web services, Web servers, Crisis communications, CNN, Google Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., micropayment, Crisis communications
Companies plan for possible swine flu pandemic
News There's no telling how bad the swine flu outbreak will be, but experts say companies should be preparing for the worst.
Tags: Crisis communications, Database management, Employee, Mobile, Plan, Sprint Communications, Gartner Inc., Crisis communications, network, health care
Apple faces credibility crisis over Jobs' health
News Company has faced hard choices in handling Steve Jobs' growing health issues. The latest revelations raise new questions about Apple's honesty with investors.
Tags: Management by objectives, Business development/management, Crisis communications, Public relations, Lawsuits, Apple Inc., Crisis communications, CEO, corporate governance, job
Report: Jobs weighing liver transplant
News Another day, another Steve Jobs rumor. This time, Bloomberg says that Apple's co-founder is weighing the move as a result of complications from earlier surgery.
Tags: Processors, Handhelds, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Employee communications, Crisis communications, Apple Inc., Google Inc., Bloomberg L.P., Celebrity Obsession
Setting up a crisis communications center
Insight Although the term "crisis communications center" evokes images of banks of phones and swarms of bustling clerks, its primary attribute should be simplicity. Here're more attributes.
Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery, Disaster recovery
COO: Facebook can build your business, and now we can prove it
News Facebook's COO formally announces the social-networking company's "strategic alliance" to build social-media audience measurement tools with Nielsen.
Tags: Web 2.0, Tool, Australia, social networking, Facebook, brand, market research, emergency service, Web 2.0
Why you don't store papers on the back stairs
Blogs According to a front-page story in The Bangkok Post citing Bangkok police as its source, a fire last Wednesday [Nov. 15,...
Broker's crisis communication is broken
Blogs The online and in-house securities trading systems of Phillip Securities in Singapore crashed on Tuesday, Jan. 15. The o...
Singapore Exchange proposes BCM rules
Blogs Singapore Exchange (SGX) has issued proposed business rules on business continuity for public comment. The rules are lik...
True life lessons: emergency communication
Blogs There's nothing like actual disaster stories to justify going to work in the morning, is there? For that reason, I s...
Tags: Business security, Wireless e-mail devices, Business Strategies & Functions, Business planning, Mobile applications, Employee policy/training
MSN users seek answers for glitch
News The MSN Messenger outage spilled over into a sixth day Sunday, with many users of the free service complaining of inaccessible accounts, despite Microsoft's claims most had been restored.
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