Network World blogger Jim Frey was talking with a colleague about the potential impact of H1N1 and business continuity planning, and in particular the impact on network operations. He saw an article on the topic, in which the U.S. Federal Government Accountability Office has made pronouncements about how the Internet might be affected. At first you might wonder what a healthcare issue would have to do with IT. Well, it's clearly more than just a health of the IT staff or the health of the user community. As with any business continuity issue, planning for a pandemic situation means planning to accommodate a significantly larger remote access population than normal.
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