Disaster Recovery Planning in a VM Operating Environment
VM or Virtural Machine is an IBM operating system that runs on large scale IBM computers. Even though this article is directed to those who have VM, the methods and the thought process is the same for all systems. DEFINING DISASTER RECOVERY System backup has generally been thought of as a tape management issue, with… Continue reading Disaster Recovery Planning in a VM Operating Environment
Crisis Management. Keeping A Company Strong in Times of Trouble
Companies generally prepare for emergencies by reviewing insurance policies, implementing back-up computer systems and installing sprinklers, while neglecting the human cost of a workplace crisis and its resulting impact on a company’s productivity
DR: How Do You Pay For It?
One aspect of disaster planning that seems somewhat overlooked is the question, How do you fund the recovery efforts? Recovering from a disaster requires a lot of unbudgeted funds which must be spent or committed very quickly
Contingency Planning Cycle
You attend a seminar on contingency planning and hear presentations such as “developing and maintaining your plan”, “testing your plan”, “business impact assessments”, and “lessons learned” from other people’
When Disaster Strikes: Disaster Recovery Planning can make the difference Corporate Survival
It could be as innocent as a construction crew accidentally cutting through an underground stone wall that holds back a river. Or as sinister as a terrorist bombing of a skyscraper. Or as sudden as an earthquake. Or as devastating as a hurricane. The reality is that any business that relies on information technology, which… Continue reading When Disaster Strikes: Disaster Recovery Planning can make the difference Corporate Survival
Prevent the Disaster, Forget the Recovery
Personal crystal balls are notoriously bad at predicting the future. They run on small number statistics, have ill-defined parameters, and small data banks incorporating elastic memories. The crystal balls are plagued or programmed with a logic that is
Managing Change as Factor of Success
When I first started working in the business continuity planning industry over eight years ago, I sold contingency planning software tools. One of the buzzwords at the time was “relational database”. There were many in the industry who
Underground Flood Hits Chicagos’s Loop, Shutting Down Businesses for Weeks
Special ReportUnderground Flood Hits Chicagos’s Loop, Shutting Down Businesses for Weeks by Richard L. Arnold, CDRP Editor-In-Chief, Disaster Recovery Journal The underground flood of Chicago on Monday, April 13, 1992 is proving to be one of the worst business disasters ever. It is exactly the kind of event that disaster recovery planners prepare for, but… Continue reading Underground Flood Hits Chicagos’s Loop, Shutting Down Businesses for Weeks
The K.I.S.S. Method to BRP
The first thing you need prior to development of a detailed Business Resumption plan is to obtain senior management commitment in verbal and financial forms. Without management sign-off, you will be wasting a lot of time documenting a plan that most probably will only be a dust collector (or a paper tiger). Now that you… Continue reading The K.I.S.S. Method to BRP