IT disaster recovery planning and earthquake emergency response: Lessons learned from Haiti
Getting started with disaster recovery planning is easier said than done for many organizations. Earthquake emergency response has nuances that make it different than IT DR planning for other types of disasters.
In the aftermath of Katrina and other hurricanes a few years back, IT staffs in certain geographic areas made hurricane preparation a top priority in IT disaster recovery (DR) planning.
The 2010 Haiti earthquake killed more than 210,000 people, and approximately 1 million people were evacuated from their homes. That disaster was followed about a month later by the 2010 Chilean earthquake, which scientists said shifted the earth’s axis, and generated a blackout that affected 93% of the country and lasted for several days in some areas. And more recently, the death toll from China’s recent earthquake is nearing 2,400 according to reports.
See IT disaster recovery planning and earthquake emergency response: Lessons learned from Haiti, by Heather Darcy, Associate Site Editor, SearchDisasterRecovery.com.
Tags: earthquake, Haiti, I.T. DIsaster Recovery
