LA business continuity planning is priority

Scientists estimate the probability of a major earthquake hitting Southern California in the next 30 years may be as high as 70%. A recent AT&T survey of IT executives in the LA area shows a majority of these executives see business continuity planning as a priority, although one-third of the surveyed companies have no plan in place to address the business impacts of a disaster.

For the sixth consecutive year, AT&T polled IT executives at companies with more than $10 million in annual revenue in the LA area to determine their views on disaster planning and business continuity trends.

Cyber security is still a top worry, with 26% of the respondents indicating concern over viruses and worms. Worry over natural disasters came in second at 21%, followed by security breaches.

IT Governance has released a book on disaster recovery for executives and small organisations that need to master the facts on this issue.

The book summarises best practices, letting the reader oversee the implementation of appropriate measures within their own organisation.

Each chapter covers an aspect of disaster and continuity planning, such as data disasters, communication disasters and disaster recovery tools, with real world examples.

The Bank of India will shift from branch-specific automation to overall bank automation along with business continuity and disaster recovery, reports Network Magazine India.

The bank also wants to automate its branches and needs to introduce a core banking system and centralised data since data access in each branch is limited to city-level servers.

It chose HP to fulfil its deployment objectives for the project, which included 2 000 branches.