Disaster communications tech has become a hot topic, spurred in part by last fall’s Hurricane Sandy, where major swaths of New York City were rendered without some business-level communications such as those provided by cell networks. Images of civilians roaming ravaged streets looking for a socket to charge a phone — or even just a phone signal to make a call — prompt a question: Just how does a business approach mid- to long-term communications continuity in the event of a natural disaster?
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Preparing for a Disaster: Keeping Communications Alive
Posted by: Patrick Nelson April 19, 2013 05:00 AMDisaster communications tech has become a hot topic, spurred in part by last fall’s Hurricane Sandy, where major swaths of New York City were rendered without some business-level communications such as those provided by cell networks. Images of civilians roaming ravaged streets looking for a socket to charge a phone — or even just a phone signal to make a call — prompt a question: Just how does a business approach mid- to long-term communications continuity in the event of a natural disaster?