How to Unplug and Still Play
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With the entire pacific Northwest region now facing power problems, long-standing preparedness guidelines for earthquake-prone Southern California are becoming excellent IT advice.
With the entire pacific Northwest region now facing power problems, long-standing preparedness guidelines for earthquake-prone Southern California are becoming excellent IT advice. Standby power supplies, backup offsite systems (we mean way offsite—say, in Kansas), and fallback technology (radio and telephone/fax as well as IT-based communication portals) should all be part of an IT administrators arsenal. If companies were prepared for the 72-hour "on your own" period that could follow a major earthquake, a 2-hour rolling blackout would be merely a useful test.Expensive? Compared with what? Compared with lost revenue in the short term and lost goodwill that may never be regained, IT continuity planning and resources are a bargain. It cant be said enough: IT isnt about cutting costs; its about keeping pace with the ever-higher levels of economically viable service that customers have quickly learned to expect.
