Unlike the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the Northeast power outage in August 2003, Hurricane Katrina gave companies throughout the Gulf Coast time to back up data and implement their business continuity plans.
The only question was whether companies prepared properly for Katrina's wrath. Backup tapes, data center redundancy and temporary headquarters are one thing. It's another to lose power and roads, plants, the supply chain and the business ecosystem. The rub with disaster recovery planning is that you have to make assumptions and balance risks with costs. Should a Manhattan company prepare for a Category 5 hurricane? Does a Des Moines, Iowa, firm prep for a nuclear bomb? How …
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