BIG, it’s always BIG! Every contingency planning book you read assumes that your company is BIG. Let’s see now….you should have a team conducting a Risk Analysis (RA), followed by a team conducting a Business Impact Analysis (BIA), followed by a team conducting a Recovery Option Analysis (ROA), followed by a... Well!! You get the picture.

When ABC’s "Good Morning America" debuted in their new Times Square studio on September 13, one of the program’s main features - a huge electronic billboard outside the studio - was nearly a no-show.

The benefits of computer technology are enormous, but high technology has made modern equipment more fragile and much more expensive.

During July 1999, the Canadian Telecommunication system failed due to an electrical chain reaction. This article summarizes the event and explores the ramifications of the occurrence.

How many professional sports teams do you see taking the field without any preparation? Despite the fact that it can be time consuming and expensive (athletes aren’t cheap), teams need to be prepared and well rehearsed before they are ready to play.

by: Judith Eckles

After delivering only a glancing blow to Florida and Georgia, Hurricane Floyd slammed into North Carolina, causing that state’s costliest natural disaster... Comdisco, IBM, and SunGard provide additional commentary in this special report.

More than a thousand contingency planners were able to witness contingency plans being implemented as public and private sectors dealt with Hurricane Floyd’s potential threat.

Heavy reliance on Unix and NT servers has thrust increasing manageability and scalability problems on today’s organizations. This is especially true with backup and recovery techniques.

Over the past twenty years, the American economy has undergone a radical shift from an industrial economy to a techonomy. As we move into the "Digital Age,"... organizations must reevaluate traditional infrastructures, redesigning themselves to move at what Bill Gates calls "the speed of thought," rather than the lethargic pace of the industrial and information ages.

Although our business and government organizations today are more and more dependent upon information that allows mission critical data to move quickly from one system to another, protection of these systems in this distributive architecture alone does not ensure a successful recovery.

There are many different events to insure your business against; some may be unnecessary for your business needs. Finding the right plan and budget is almost as difficult as running the business itself.

The industry’s best display of disaster recovery information plays out in San Diego, CA on March 19-22 2000, providing vital information, networking opportunities, and much more!

This photo essay outlines some of the ramifications of the September 21st earthquake.

Contingency planning for a large organization can be a daunting, if not downright insurmountable task. The shear number of scenarios with the potential for disaster can be tremendous... In the face of these many potentials for trouble, how do we make contingency planning manageable?

DRJ’s two most-recent surveys list some options for your DR Planning Software selection.

People skills can always be improved and are essential to project management success.

When a tornado touched down in Salt Lake City on August 11, consultant Michael Helmantoler was hard at work fine-tuning the State Department of Human Services contingency plans. Although the plans weren’t complete, Helmantoler was able to use information in the plan to help an injured employee.

By the time you read this, most of the organizations we work for will be as ready as they reasonably can be to deal with computer and infrastructure failures associated with the Year 2000. We shall have looked the Millennium Beast in the eye and stared it down - at least from the corporate perspective.