Disaster Recovery Journal

Is the sky falling?  Or are we over sensitive?

June 23^rd 2010 is a date that for some will remain an important day, but for most of us, it was just another day. On this day, there was a 5.0 magnitude earthquake in the North East of North America.  If you live in an area that experiences these types of tremors on a regular basis, you’re probably giggling at the near hysterical response that did occur...  If you live in the North East, you experienced a one in 500 year phenomena!

While the H1N1 pandemic seems to have passed, at least from the evening news, there is still some planning that needs to be done. Not just for companies but for regions and medical services as well.

When you think of disaster what do you think of? Chances are you put flood, massive power outage, fire, and pandemic at the top of your list. These are all events that really we can't control - the hurricanes are going to happen, the power does go out, fires happen sometimes due to human error, and health crisis are still one of the large mysteries of life. So for these events that may or may not happen, you understand the need to have a disaster recovery and business continuity plan. Since you're reading this blog post, I assume you have such a DR/BCP in place to keep your business working efficiently when "disaster" strikes.