Original Articles

Planning to recover from the loss of computer facilitiesTrends in South Africa over the last five years

Published in: De Ratione
Volume 5 , issue 2 , 1991 , pages: 31–50

DOI: 10.1080/10108270.1991.11435028

Author(s): J. Miller Graduate School of Business, , M. A. Wenham Graduate School of Business,

Keywords: disaster recovery , information systems management , strategic information systems planning

Abstract

A national survey of computer disaster recovery planning by major computer users in South Africa was conducted in 1990. The results are reported in this article and show that most firms are highly dependent on their computer systems. Almost a quarter believe that they could not survive a total loss of computing power for more than a day before suffering serious business impairment.

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