Summary
While many southeastern companies were expected to struggle for weeks or months while recovering from Hurricane Katrina, others were back up and running in as little as 18 hours. The main difference between the companies that recovered quickly and the ones that didn't is that the former had better business continuity planning and disaster recovery plans, according to data recovery and storage experts. The elements of a good recovery plan, according to Tim Titus, director of disaster recovery services for LexisNexis, include identifying a remote location to store important business information; deciding what data, hardware, and software to bring to that location; gathering contact information for employees, managers, and suppliers (and back-up suppliers, in case your main suppliers are affected by the same disaster or outage); and compiling remote housing information. Data damage is more likely to result from a power outage than from any physical damage, said Larry Steffann, president and CEO of Hollywood, FL.-based Data Protection Solutions. Some large companies with multiple locations routinely back up data in a rotating fashion from one site to the next.
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Taking Steps for Disaster Recovery
The devastation that Hurricane Katrina caused when it hit the Gulf Coast at the end of August will last at least several years as families, communities, and businesses struggle to recover.
While many southeastern companies were expected to struggle for weeks or months while recovering data and business, others were back up and running in as litt...See the full content of this document
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