I asked in the middle of the ARMA Conference for some Case Studies and 
surprise, there was no response from our esteemed list.  So I will ask 
again now that we are all back.

I am looking for examples of where companies failed due to a loss of 
their records in a fire, flood, explosion or any loss.

I am looking for examples of where companies had these disasters and 
survived due to a proper plan of storing their records in multiple 
locations or medias.

I am looking for an example where solid records management programs 
saved the organization from a major loss due to litigation, government 
requests to produce records, etc.  After all, we constantly talk about 
retention periods, there should be some examples where complying with 
the requirements is good and failing to comply is bad.

I have tried to look at the big examples and when you track back the 
Quote "Over 50% of the companies that did not have back up records 
offsite, failed after a catastrophic event."  While this could be true 
or is likely to be true, there is no data base that I can find that 
proves that.  Too many quotes are just sales hyperbole.  So simple 
cases that are factual are the best way to understand how records 
management and business continuity works to protect  organizations.

This is a simple valuation of what records management is all about, 
beyond the finding a file when someone needs it.  Computers devalue 
that ability somewhat as computer searching is faster.  But making sure 
all the files are accounted for................. the computer does not 
have the brains to do that.


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