Today's Business Leaders Talk IT For SMBs

It's the big disasters that get the headlines: Katrina, earthquakes, wildfires, and tornadoes. But disaster strikes businesses far more often on smaller, more localized levels. Kelly Lipp, CTO of STORServer, a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based data protection company, argues that understanding the consequences of those smaller local disasters and what's required to get your business up and running after one strikes will prepare you to respond to a larger catastrophe.

Key to all of it, Lipp says, is imagination and understanding: imagining how you would respond to various disasters and understanding that data restoration is only part of the recovery process.

bMighty: What's the best way to get started on putting together a comprehensive plan -- a plan that takes into account all of those overlooked factors?

Lipp: Sit in an office and imagine the office isn't there. How are you going to do business without that office? What steps are you prepared for, and what steps haven't been considered?

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