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Video: The Flood – A Business Continuity Fable

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Written by Phil on March 24, 2009 in Business Continuity.

A tongue-in-cheek YouTube video looks at one firm’s business continuity/disaster recovery plan, in which one employee saves the day, and another employee does exactly what he shouldn’t.

See The Flood – A Business Continuity Fable.

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