Continuity Requires Recovery Plans
From June 2005
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The second step is to have sorted out in advance which of your company’s daily processes are mission critical and which are secondary or supportive and be prepared to focus energies and resources specifically on those processes.
Disaster Recovery Solutions
That final element is where Engage and other similar consultancies come in. As with most business continuity firms, Engage offers a range of disaster recovery solutions, from recovery planning and certification to proprietary software and full employee training.
In addition to those services, Engage also offers its clients two state-of-the-art alternate work sites – one in Natomas and one in West Sacramento – that can be used while the primary site is being repaired or rebuilt.
The West Sacramento center is built to withstand most weather or geological maelstroms, is powered by its own electrical grid, can house up to 1,200 workers and is designed to be fully self-sufficient for up to a year.
Engage counts such heavyweights as the California Public Employees Retirement System and the California State Teachers Retirement System among its clients.
Charles Clark, disaster recovery and computer operations manager for CalPERS, which manages $170 billion in retirement funds, says the agency has had a mitigation and recovery plan for almost a decade. Its commitment these days spills over to the companies with which it does business.
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Disaster Recovery Solutions
That final element is where Engage and other similar consultancies come in. As with most business continuity firms, Engage offers a range of disaster recovery solutions, from recovery planning and certification to proprietary software and full employee training.
In addition to those services, Engage also offers its clients two state-of-the-art alternate work sites – one in Natomas and one in West Sacramento – that can be used while the primary site is being repaired or rebuilt.
The West Sacramento center is built to withstand most weather or geological maelstroms, is powered by its own electrical grid, can house up to 1,200 workers and is designed to be fully self-sufficient for up to a year.
Engage counts such heavyweights as the California Public Employees Retirement System and the California State Teachers Retirement System among its clients.
Charles Clark, disaster recovery and computer operations manager for CalPERS, which manages $170 billion in retirement funds, says the agency has had a mitigation and recovery plan for almost a decade. Its commitment these days spills over to the companies with which it does business.
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