Article: Disaster recovery in the new decade: retrofit answers will not make it in the '90s. (trends in disaster recovery awareness and investment)

DISASTER RECOVERY IN THE NEW DECADE

We may one day look back at the 1980s as a transitional decade for disaster recovery.

During the 1960s and well into the 1970s, disaster recovery planning typically addressed data centers, and meant not much more than getting backup tapes to another site with a similar computer configuration.

In the 1980s, the ability to reestablish telecommunciations began to rival for attention the restoration of data files and applications. No longer is the disaster recovery focus inside a single room or building.

So, what does the disaster recovery crystal ball show for telecomm in the 1990s?

Several ...

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