The recent fires in southern California had profound, sometimes tragic, impacts on the lives and businesses of hundreds of thousands of people. Now, as enterprises and governments begin to analyze their response to the fires, it's becoming obvious that some organizations were able to continue operating at more-normal levels than others, often because key technology and management personnel used ingenuity and available network resources to keep the business moving forward. InnovaSystems and Sony Electronics joined organizations like the Poway school district in using technology including reverse 911 to notify families and employees of plans and status, and to keep operations as close to a normal footing as possible. Reading the accounts of ingenuity in action may help inform your future business continuity operations.

For more on responding to disaster:
- Read the operational account [1] at eWeek