Australian and New Zealand CIOs can expect minor supply restrictions from Japanese technology brands as a result of the Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake, which hit north-eastern Japan on March 11, according to analyst, IDC.
Japan's biggest electronics companies are trying to ensure that employees in disaster areas are safe and facilities remain intact.
Kiwi IT security specialist John McDonald, who works for Symantec in Tokyo, says he and most of his colleagues are working from home following the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and 10-metre high tsunami off the coast of Japan. McDonald describes the situation as follows:
The Sahana project was originally developed to help cope with the disastrous consequences of 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. A free and open source disaster management solution, the integrated system is a set of web-based disaster management applications for managing information before, during and after a disaster.