Any good disaster plan must go well beyond bulletproofing IT and consider a variety of human factors, according to a panel of research analysts speaking Monday at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2001 here. Specifically, Gartner analyst Roberta Witty emphasized that disaster planning . . .
Any good disaster plan must go well beyond bulletproofing IT and consider a variety of human factors, according to a panel of research analysts speaking Monday at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2001 here. Specifically, Gartner analyst Roberta Witty emphasized that disaster planning requires such preparations as geographic dispersal of key executives, virtual work environments, and grief counseling programs.

In light of the Sept. 11 tragedies, business continuity has emerged as a major theme at this year's Gartner conference. A complete business continuity plan, said analysts, requires the consideration of human factors. Gartner's panel of business continuity experts talked about how businesses must reconsider locating executives, staff, as well as IT systems and departments to multiple locations.

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