Comments on: The joys of disaster recovery http://cuinnovators.com/blog/the-joys-of-disaster-recovery/ At CU Innovators, we help credit unions, CUSO's, and service providers create meaningful products and services for their members and clients. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:41:34 -0800 hourly 1 By: Kirk Drake http://cuinnovators.com/blog/the-joys-of-disaster-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Kirk Drake Thu, 01 May 2008 14:37:00 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/?p=237#comment-504 Great Post as well - One option for placing phone calls in a disaster involves using the G.E.T.S. program. G.E.T.S. or Government Emergency Telephone Service (http://gets.ncs.gov/) can be obtained through NCUA sponsorship. It provides a special phone card and passcode that enables your calls to get through in emergency situations. We have several at Ongoing Operations, LLC a Business Continuity CUSO and they work great. They work on both cell and POTS networks. Kirk Drake Ongoing Operations, LLC Great Post as well -

One option for placing phone calls in a disaster involves using the G.E.T.S. program. G.E.T.S. or Government Emergency Telephone Service (http://gets.ncs.gov/) can be obtained through NCUA sponsorship. It provides a special phone card and passcode that enables your calls to get through in emergency situations. We have several at Ongoing Operations, LLC a Business Continuity CUSO and they work great. They work on both cell and POTS networks.

Kirk Drake
Ongoing Operations, LLC

]]> By: Brad Garland http://cuinnovators.com/blog/the-joys-of-disaster-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Brad Garland Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:20:37 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/?p=237#comment-503 I spoke at a conference last week and brought up the idea of Twitter being a mechanism for FIs to use for DR-mode. Using Hurricane Katrina as an example that although nobody could place cell calls during that time, SMS will still working. And since Twitter is housed elsewhere, employee, customer, member, whomever could access it and be up to date on the status of their jobs, people, branches, next steps, etc. Just something to chew on... I spoke at a conference last week and brought up the idea of Twitter being a mechanism for FIs to use for DR-mode. Using Hurricane Katrina as an example that although nobody could place cell calls during that time, SMS will still working. And since Twitter is housed elsewhere, employee, customer, member, whomever could access it and be up to date on the status of their jobs, people, branches, next steps, etc.

Just something to chew on…

]]> By: Robbie Wright http://cuinnovators.com/blog/the-joys-of-disaster-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Robbie Wright Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:28:12 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/?p=237#comment-502 People may look at you a little weird if you were singing happy birthday to yourself... People may look at you a little weird if you were singing happy birthday to yourself…

]]> By: The Compliance Guy http://cuinnovators.com/blog/the-joys-of-disaster-recovery/comment-page-1/#comment-501 The Compliance Guy Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:54:43 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/?p=237#comment-501 Great post. All the pandemic talk even has me sneezing and washing my hands differently. (No joke. Did you know that you're supposed to wash your hands long enough to sing happy birthday while you do it? I recommend singing it to yourself rather than out loud.) Your point about the batteries is key. I don't think I've purchased batteries in a year. Not a good sign. Great post. All the pandemic talk even has me sneezing and washing my hands differently. (No joke. Did you know that you’re supposed to wash your hands long enough to sing happy birthday while you do it? I recommend singing it to yourself rather than out loud.) Your point about the batteries is key. I don’t think I’ve purchased batteries in a year. Not a good sign.

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