Hugh, > 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 hope some of the links below might be of help. Regards, Natasha Khramtsovsky "A disaster plan in action: How a law firm in the World Trade Center survived 9/11 with vital records and employees intact", Information Management Journal, May/Jun 2003 by Barr, Jean http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3937/is_200305/ai_n9260326/pg_1 U.S. recovery: IT heroes toil to restore trading "...For Marsh & McLennan's businesses, which occupied floors in 1 World Trade Center and 2 World Trade Center, a five-year routine of converting paper documents to electronic files paid off with more than 25 million business documents saved from certain destruction..." http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/09/21/010921hnheroes.html "The World Trade Center Disaster: A Study on Business Continuity Planning at Organizations Directly Affected by the Sept. 11 Tragedy" By Dr. Effy Oz, Penn State University, Commissioned by Strohl Systems http://www.strohlsystems.com/MediaPR/_files/WTCReport.pdf Only veteran medical records remain safe from New Orleans flood waters http://www.thedailycitizen.com/articles/2005/09/15/news/features/featuresrecords.prt Patriot Bank in Brooklyn collapses-MPA Systems provides disaster recovery http://www.mpasystems.com/products/disaster/broklyn_collapse.php "After the Tsunami, Keys to Recovery Lie In Vanished Papers" With Crucial Files Destroyed, Finding Deposits, Proving Identity Loom as Ordeals THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, January 5, 2005 (needs login/password) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB110487876922816907.html List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance
