Earthquake Tests Disaster Procedures

摘要

When the state of Washington put its business-continuity plan in place nearly a decade ago, some agencies opposed paying the IT expenditure, which now costs the state $90,000 a month for SunGard Recovery Services Inc.'s remote software support and network capabilities. But Seattle's recent earthquake put any doubts to rest. Falling ceiling tiles damaged PCs and boxes of computer tapes spilled across the floor of the state's Department of Information Services data center.