Mega‐disasters: Is your IT battle‐ready

In the wake of the Japanese tsunami, nuclear catastrophe, and myriad other disasters, who can not be concerned about “the Big One”? Mega-disasters, once only the stuff of science fiction, now seem like a real threat. Is business prepared? Is your company really ready? A recent study suggests that companies are not even prepared for IT recovery from a small adverse event! So what steps must your company take now to become battle-ready? The authors of this article offer some answers and they examine the entire issue. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.