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Darwin Awards for Disaster Recovery?

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Written by Phil on June 18, 2009 in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery.

Many of you may already be familiar with the general Darwin Awards, where “The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from it…” In this fine tradition, Webtorials now has the “Darwin Awards for Disaster Recovery” by Gary Audin, Delphi.

“On the serious side, these stories highlight the need for planning for the non-technical as well as the technical side of a robust BC/DR plan. And even though we normally try to offer suggestions that will save you time and increase your efficiency, we take no responsibility if you spend too much time reading about the traditional Darwin Awards.”

See Darwin Awards for Disaster Recovery from Network World.

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