OpsPlanner™ BCM Release 5.1

December 7th, 2011 by

Paradigm Solutions International Announces OpsPlanner™ BCM software Release 5.1, featuring Advanced Risk Assessment, Social Media Integration, and expanded COOP content.

BETHESDA, MD – December 7, 2011 – Paradigm Solutions International, Inc. (PSI), an industry-leading provider of cost-effective, Business Continuity Management/Continuity of Operations (COOP) solutions and services, has announced the general release of OpsPlanner™ version 5.1; featuring an expansive set of innovative new features.

Some of the major enhancements of OpsPlanner v5.1 include:

  • RA/Expert featuring advanced Risk Assessment functionality that provides the ability to assess Threats and Hazards of all types, and produces an automated Threat Analysis Report with calculated Risk Scores, and a graphical Hazard Matrix Summary Report. This feature is fully integrated within OpsPlanner and the already renowned BIA Expert
  • The optional integration with Social Media which enables authorized users to send and manage vital BCM/COOP/DR announcements from within OpsPlanner to the client organization’s Twitter site.
  • An expanded COOP program lifecycle methodology with new reference documents, and specialized surveys and planning templates.
  • A new Contact Management feature that enables dynamic List Membership updating from external Human Resource systems, and streamlined for use with Emergency Notification messaging systems.

OpsPlanner v5.1 is a holistic and comprehensive business continuity management solution known for its ease of use and low cost of ownership. Incorporated into the toolset are industry specific web survey capabilities, recovery scripts, planning templates, and checklists which expedite the planning needed to prepare for, manage and recover from any type of business disruption.

Other new features/enhancements of OpsPlanner v5.1:

  • Expansion of 508 Compliance
  • Support for Windows Server 2008 64-bit (applies to client-hosted versions only)
  • Ability to export plans to both PDF and MS Word
  • Expanded plan and web-based survey formatting options
  • New features to create and manage direct dependency relationships between published plans, surveys and resource information.

OpsPlanner v5.1 further enhances and indeed exceeds the functionality our clients have requested and the ever evolving demands of the BCM marketplace. With the addition of our expanded Risk Assessment capabilities, COOP content, and innovative communications solutions, PSI continues to meet these challenges with what we believe to be the preeminent continuity management and assessment offering on the market today,” said Russell E. Blackwell, Vice President and COO of Paradigm Solutions International.

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5G, Edge Computing and BC/DR

November 19th, 2011 by

5G is the next generation of mobile broadband service, and it will bring an exponential leap in capability, much more than in previous generations.  Ultra-reliable and extreme real-time communications will help to support the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) down to wearable devices and a massive distribution of sensor networks that will impact the efficiency of our everyday lives.

Currently, the first 5G services are available to about 12% of the mobile broadband users in the US.    Within 3 years, 5G coverage availability is expected to be at 25% or greater.  100% coverage availability is expected within four to five years.

The success of 5G will require caching and storing massive amounts of data to support applications and other functions that run on these devices.  The advent of smart homes, smart industry and smart cities will require moving a large portion of the computing power down from the cloud to the device level, or closer to the device level.

Edge computing and near-edge computing will be the architecture that is required to support the new mobile broadband ecosystem.  Street-level IoT devices and connections, along with micro data centers will fuel the throughput and capacity that is required to enable the middle layer low latency fiber and wireless connections between the core systems that remain in the centralized cloud, and the edge level computing being performed via devices within industry, homes and cities.

5G and Edge computing infrastructure will bring with it many advancements, but also many challenges.    Protection of user data and privacy will be paramount.   The end user and business consumers will demand increasing capability, capacity, storage and uncompromised security.

While 5G and Edge computing may not dramatically affect your day-to-day consumer functions and business operations today, it most certainly will within a few years to come.

Businesses should be prepared to assess their existing critical functions, data flows, dependencies, and technologies with a view towards the ever-evolving use cases for how users and consumers will interface with your organization, and how your internal BC/DR plans will need to be proactively managed and transformed to meet the needs of the new 5G/Edge computing universe.

Is your Business Impact Analysis (BIA) up-to-date?   Does your latest threat assessment include technology and data security hazards?  Is your data center and cloud services infrastructure and Disaster Recovery Plan ready to handle the challenges of 5G and Edge computing?

For more information about how to better prepare your organization with effective BC/DR Planning tools, or to schedule a tabletop exercise with our Certified Business Continuity Professionals, please contact us via:

  • The contact form using the link at the top of this page
  • Email at PSISales@ParadigmSI.com
  • Call us at 800-558-9568 ext. 300

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