Luck and planning
“I feel lucky,” a Connecticut-based business friend told me following Hurricane Sandy. “I have electricity and a roof, unlike the businesses on either side of me.”
Sometimes, it is just about luck, but it’s also good to have a disaster recovery plan in place for your company. In the case of my friend, Tom, the potential for long-term power outages and order drop-off during Sandy was visceral, as his entire company is VoIP and cell-phone based. So, he called his phone provider for a back-up plan. Within hours, his phone service was connected to a 4G network box, allowing him to maintain contact with his employees and anxious tri-state area customers when the power went out.
As the luckier homeowners and businesses start to rebuild, our poll question of the week is: Do you have a disaster recovery plan for your business? Email me or post a comment about your experiences, post-Sandy or otherwise.
SURVEY RESULTS AS OF NOVEMBER 12:
Do you have a disaster recovery plan for your company?
Yes, we have a solid disaster recovery plan for our business. |
| 44.44% | |||
No, we do not have a plan, but plan to create one very soon. |
| 36.11% | |||
Yes, we had a plan, but not for this type of disaster and need to update. |
| 19.44% |
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The author is publisher of Window & Door and Glass Magazine and vice president of publications for the National Glass Association. Write her at nharris@glass.org.
Comments
Any comments from effected businesses regarding there insurance company's stand on there "Business Interruption Insurance"Policy from Sandy's aftermath??
What's up, its nice article about media print, we all know media is a enormous source of data.
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