Among Rhode Island’s high-performing, technology-dependant IT and Bioscience communities, the Tech Collective-NEDRIX partnership aims to help businesses negate the negative impacts of a disaster through:
• Raising disaster preparedness awareness
• Sharing business continuity planning and crisis-management best practices
• Offering training and networking opportunities
• Providing business leaders with up-to-the-minute information in the event of a crisis
NEDRIX is the premier resource organization for business continuity and emergency management professionals. A very popular benefit of being a member of NEDRIX is the automatic connection to their notification tool, NEDRIX Notify. The alerts derive from government-issued information related to incidents ranging from natural disasters and disease pandemics to terrorist attacks and infrastructure or network failures. Distributed in real-time, this information often reaches NEDRIX members before media and general outlets.
“NEDRIX is thrilled to partner with Tech Collective!” said Chris Glebus, president of NEDRIX. “It’
Lori C. Adamo, director of public/private sector collaboration for NEDRIX, concurs: “We look forward to future workshops, round tables and collaborative public sector symposiums as we work together to keep our businesses resilient during a disaster.”
“Tech Collective is proud to partner with NEDRIX in support of this important business issue,” said Kathie Shields, executive director of the Tech Collective. “Relying very heavily on people and technologies to operate successfully, the IT and Bioscience communities are among the first affected by a natural disaster or outage. Through our partnership with NEDRIX, Tech Collective members will now have access to the resources, models and prompts to establish and maintain reliable disaster recovery and business continuity plans.”
The NEDRIX-Tech Collective partnership will be officially announced at the NEDRIX Annual Conference in Newport, R.I. on Oct. 19-21, 2009 (http://www.nedrix.com/
About NEDRIX:
NEDRIX is a non-profit organization that provides continuity and crisis management professionals access to industry best practices and an opportunity to meet and share ideas and experiences with peers through conferences, symposiums, and public/private sector coordination initiatives. With more than 1700 members throughout the Northeast, NEDRIX is a valuable resource for continuity and disaster recovery planners, as well as crisis management public sector partners. Membership is free, just visit our website www.nedrix.com and click on join.
About Tech Collective:
Tech Collective is Rhode Island’s Information Technology and Bioscience Industry Association. Uniting industry, government and academic stakeholders, our mission is to inspire, engage, educate and employ a high-skill, high-wage Knowledge Economy in Rhode Island. Since its transition from the Rhode Island Technology Council (RITEC) in 2004, Tech Collective has received more than $6M in federal, state and private grant funding to foster industry collaboration, awareness and development through events and initiatives including: GRRL Tech, Women in Technology, Bio-Ed, Tech Laureates’ Night and STEM-based education and training programs for K-16 students as well as incumbent and transitioning workers. For more information about Tech Collective, please visit www.tech-collective.org.
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Giselle LaFrance
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