Hurricanes and tropical storms get considerable attention in the Caribbean, but the region is also subject to frequent earthquakes. In this article, we revisit disaster planning and resiliency and outline key steps organisations ought to implement to improve their robustness and speed up their recovery should a disaster strike.
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As CARICOM Member States move closer to a Single Market and Economy (CSME), the role of the private sector will become increasingly important to manifest all the benefits anticipated from this massive regional transformation. With Dr Patrick Antoine, the Chief Executive Officer and Technical Director of the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation (CPSO), we discuss the CPSO and CSME, including: How businesses, especially small and micro businesses, benefit from the work of the CPSO; What is the Twenty-Five by 2025 Initiative, and can the stated target be achieved by 2025; How he sees ICT facilitating the realisation of the Twenty-Five by 2025 target; And why haven’t Caribbean organisations more fully integrated technology into our operations.
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A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 23 October to Sunday 29 October 2023.
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We examine the radiation levels of a cross-section of popular smartphones against the United States and European limits of what is safe for humans. We discuss the findings and tell you how to check the radiation level of your own phone.
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In our October 2023 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Christelle Vaval, a lawyer in Haiti, and Steven Williams, of Data Privacy and Management Advisory Services in Barbados, the panel discusses: Digital inequality in Caribbean tech entrepreneurship; Trademarks protection in domain names; Are we still underprepared for cyberattacks?
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