Fox IT Symposium

Business Continuity and Information Availability in the Philadelphia Region

October 25, 2005
7:30 to 10:00 AM
Fox/Gittis Foyer
Liacouras Center
Temple University Main Campus

Panelists

Susan Rogers, Senior Vice President - Enterprise Risk Management, GMAC Commercial Holding Corporation

Michael Cox, Director - Operations Integration, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions

Brian Turley, President, Strohl Systems

Joe Dahan, Director - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, SEI

Cherif Sleiman, Chief Technologist, Nortel Networks Office of Technology

Moderator

Timothy O'Rourke, Vice-President for Computer and Information Services, Temple University.

Summary

Business continuity planning is an important consideration for any organization including traditional high availability enterprises such as banks as well as non-profit organizations such as educational institutions. The basic idea of business continuity is that an organization has a plan in place to continue operations when a disruption occurs such as natural or other disasters. Over the years, the concept of business continuity has evolved to include not just data backup, but also crisis management, application, data and network recovery services, risk assessment, and security. In this panel discussion we will explore the current state of the art of business continuity planning and implementation in the Philadelphia region.

Topics

2007 - 2008

• 04/09/08: Where Art Thou Innovation?
• 03/18/08: Enterprise Systems
• 01/31/08: Social Networking

2006 - 2007