The Iberian Blackout of April 2025: Continuity Lessons for Business
How the 28 April 2025 blackout in Spain and Portugal unfolded, what the investigations found, and the lessons for cash, telecoms, transport and backup power.
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Methods, checklists and hard-won judgment from practitioners who have run continuity, recovery and emergency programs.
Business Continuity Communication Plan: Who to Tell, How and When
A business continuity communication plan for staff, customers, suppliers, regulators and the landlord: audience matrix, message drafts, fallback channels, approvals.
Emergency Preparedness Kit for the Office: What to Stock and Where
What an office emergency preparedness kit holds and where it lives: warden bags, a reception kit, shelter-in-place stores by headcount, first aid, light and radios.
Portable Power Station vs UPS for a Home Office: Which, or Both?
Portable power station vs UPS for a home office: switchover time, runtime against protection, running both together, and where a whole home battery fits.
The CrowdStrike Outage of July 2024: Lessons for Continuity Plans
What happened in the July 2024 CrowdStrike outage, why some recoveries took days, and the continuity lessons on vendor concentration, manual repair and workarounds.
Evacuation Drills That Actually Account for Everyone
A clean fire drill can still lose people. How to run evacuation drills that count visitors, contractors, hybrid staff and anyone who needs help getting out.
Business Continuity Plan Testing: Test Types, Schedule and Scoring
Business continuity plan testing from walkthrough to full interruption: what each test proves, a yearly schedule, what to record and how to score RTO results.
The home office as a recovery site: an electrical readiness plan for remote staff
If staff work from home when the office closes, their circuits are part of your plan. How to give the home office an owner, a standard and a test.
UPS vs Surge Protector: Which One Does Your Desk Need?
UPS vs surge protector: what each stops (outages, sags, spikes), how to read joules and UL 1449 ratings, and what goes on battery and on surge-only outlets.
Emergency Kit for Home: 10 Core Items, 20 for a Full Kit
What goes in an emergency kit for home, built on Ready.gov's list: 10 core items, 10 more for a 20-item kit, and the extras remote workers need to keep working.
Can a UPS Battery Backup Last 8 or 24 Hours at Home?
A home UPS battery backup gives minutes, not 8 or 24 hours. The arithmetic for a router and a desk, and what does last a full day: stations, DC UPS, generators.
Safe walkways as a continuity control: what to put in place before winter
Ice, frost heave and leaning walls can close a front door for weeks. How to plan walkways, steps and retaining walls before the ground freezes.