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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Posada [mailto:jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 12:56 PM
> To: Bonnie Granat; TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Tech Comms for disaster relief
>
> > > Why? Is it a law in New Orleans that a company must have this in
> > > place? What makes corporations in New Orleans different than
> > > other cities, because my experience is that companies from all
> > > over are ill prepared for disaster recovery.
> >
> > I'm not certain of this, but I highly suspect it, because they
> > all knew this exact situation was coming one day. They've known
> > for years that a direct hit would flood the city..
>
> I cannot conceive of a city being successful in mandating that every
> company in their jurisdiction must comply with remote backup of
> anything, let alone electronic data. It is a very costly undertaking
> and if I was a company upon which this was mandated, my first
> response to the city would be "YOU pay for it." I'd guess that if the
> companies don't care enough to have a disater recovery plan in
> effect, the city can't force them.
>
I realized after sending the first post that my response indicated that I
thought there was a law. I don't think there was a law. I am sorry for my
error.
Bonnie Granat | http://www.GranatEdit.com
bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
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