Abstract: A method for designing a resilient organizational process includes determining a failure event, identifying one or more factors that the failure event is attributable to, analyzing the identified factors to determine a corrective process step for each factor, and mapping each of the corrective process steps to occupy a specific coordinate in a corrective action matrix. A first coordinate axis of the matrix represents organizational domains and a second coordinate axis of the matrix represents resilient system characteristics. The organizational domains include workplace, work and worker. The resilient system characteristics include anticipation, monitoring, responding and learning.

Abstract: A method for transporting an image file over a network is provided. The network may include two or more computers, and the image file may include a control stream, a data stream, and a cluster map stream. The method may include parsing the image file into two or more segments. A first segment may include the control stream, the cluster map stream and a first portion of the data stream. A second segment includes a second portion of the data stream. The method may also include sending the first segment from a first computer to a second computer, and sending the second segment from the first computer to the second computer.

Abstract: A method and system for managing image files is provided. The image files include a plurality of streams such as a control stream, a data stream, a bitmap stream, and a cluster map stream. An audit trail stream, properties stream and fix-up stream may also be provided. An image driver translates requests from the operating system so that the image can be read, edited or otherwise manipulated.

Abstract: An image file format and a method of creating and restoring an image file is provided by the present invention. The image file format includes a plurality of streams such as a control stream, a data stream, a bitmap stream, and a cluster map stream. An audit trail stream, properties stream and fix-up stream may also be provided. The present invention allows the contents of a storage media to be captured and stored as an image file. The image file is used to restore the storage media to a previous state or allows multiple computers to be provided with a common configuration. The plurality of streams further allow the image file to be viewed, edited or otherwise manipulated.

Abstract: A method and system that protects selected system and other files, by preventing changes to those files. In an asynchronous alternative, the change is prevented by copying back the original file when a protected file is changed, as known via an asynchronous notification. In an alternative synchronous embodiment, the change to the file is prevented from occurring. In the asynchronous notification alternative, a directory change notification notifies a file protection service whenever a file that has possibly changed is closed, providing the file identity as part of the notification. The file protection service determines from the file identify whether the file has been deemed protected. If protected, the file protection service prevents any actual change by verifying whether the protected file changed, such as by analyzing the file's contents against known valid contents. If not valid, the file protection service restores a saved copy that is itself verified.

Abstract: A method and system for managing image files is provided. The image files include a plurality of streams such as a control stream, a data stream, a bitmap stream, and a cluster map stream. An audit trail stream, properties stream and fix-up stream may also be provided. An image driver translates requests from the operating system so that the image can be read, edited or otherwise manipulated.

Abstract: An image file format and a method of creating and restoring an image file is provided by the present invention. The image file format includes a plurality of streams such as a control stream, a data stream, a bitmap stream, and a cluster map stream. An audit trail stream, properties stream and fix-up stream may also be provided. The present invention allows the contents of a storage media to be captured and stored as an image file. The image file is used to restore the storage media to a previous state or allows multiple computers to be provided with a common configuration. The plurality of streams further allow the image file to be viewed, edited or otherwise manipulated.