| Every corporation has to worry about disruptions | | | | pandemic? And if a corporation has retail outlets, |
| in their supply chain, union strikes, and massive | | | | are they able to sell their products online in order |
| swings in consumer buying behavior. Often, they | | | | to stay in business. |
| can hedge their bets against such issues, and | | | | More importantly for a Corporation is shareholders |
| luckily, usually there is advanced warnings of | | | | equity and quarterly profits. In other words, can |
| problems that are on the horizon. Of course, | | | | they sell enough of their products online not only |
| some problems and challenges in our society and | | | | to stay in business, but to meet their quarterly |
| civilization or unfortunate future events that might | | | | objectives, without causing their stock price to |
| be predictable; are not always conquerable. | | | | collapse? We see the 2010 trends in continuity |
| Take for instance, a Swine Flu Pandemic, | | | | and disaster recovery strategies to include major |
| everyone knows it's possible, but it is not like | | | | pandemics. |
| other disruptions. If there is an earthquake, a | | | | We also see major think tanks, and strategic |
| flood, a fire at one of your warehouses, or other | | | | planners working together to come up with a |
| type of natural disaster, generally most | | | | game plan in advance; or at least a plan to help |
| corporations have a continuity and disaster | | | | them get through the first few weeks of crisis. If |
| recovery strategy for such things. But, a Swine | | | | you'll recall Mexico City shut down all businesses |
| Flu Pandemic is a completely different problem. | | | | and government operations for three days, |
| Many corporations are set up where their | | | | imagine the economic if that were to happen in |
| workers can work from home, this means they | | | | the United States for three months? |
| can work without coming to work or coming in | | | | Is your company ready? Does your corporation |
| contact with any other employees. The question | | | | even have a plan? That is the question that our |
| is can a corporation run completely Net-centric like | | | | think tank asked me to ask you today. Please |
| and for months on end in the case of such a | | | | consider all this. |