Last week, power cuts in Maidstone disrupted a datacentre operated by CSC Alliance. This lead to a computer system failure affecting over 80 NHS hospital trusts. Such incidents highlight the need for power protection as reported by IT Week.

Viatel, a business communications service provider just released the results of a new survey of 100 top IT directors. The results show that whilst 80% have a business continuity plan, 62% do not cover their phone systems. During a power failure they are totally reliant on the mobile phones they provide to their employees. The report also found that a third of the survey respondents still suffered a week after, with some still not able to access their data systems. Michael Davies of Vitael commented: “Having a comprehensive business continuity plan in place is no longer an option but a necessity.” How true.

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