Disaster Recovery - Ongoing concerns

Keeping a firm going after the worst happens requires forethought,finances and commitment, says Nigel McFarlane

Disaster - a word heavy with resonance. When it is heard cracklingacross the airwaves, the world changes for everyone. People everywherestop to think of their own loved ones.

But for others, an even greater fear looms - not of mortality, but of ...paperwork. Pity most of all the disaster recovery Gold Team Leaders.

For them, disaster means lots and lots and lots of forms. Small wonder,then, that disaster recovery (DR), business continuity - whatever youchoose to call it - was hidden away on the

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