Blackout power - Disaster Recovery

Computer Technology Review,  August, 2003  by George McNamara

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As this special Homeland Security edition of CTR goes to press, the nation is still reeling from and seeking answers to the power blackout that paralyzed New York and other major cities in the U.S. and Canada. While electricity is vital to keeping American society functioning, it is the true lifeblood of the computer industry.

In a series of articles in Computer Technology Review. Fred Moore, our storage editor-at-large, has clearly warned that electric power is the Achilles heel of the computer industry. "Without electricity there is no IT industry. The criticality of ensuring that electrical energy is available will become crucial to/he Total Cost of Survival." This new metric, Total Cost of Business Survival, is further championed by WestWorld in our newly published "Disaster Recovery/Business Continuance" Handbook.

Computer Technology Review will continue to lead the way in articles that will authoritatively interpret the technology issues essential to the assured delivery of clean, reliable electric power to computer networks, systems, platforms and devices. We will help keep the power on.

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