AT&T to conduct its largest-ever network disaster recovery exercise
43 self-contained equipment trucks will test and evaluate how well the company can support its enterprise business customers in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. The NDR exercise, conducted several times each year, is part of AT&T's comprehensive business continuity plan to ensure that communications can be restored quickly to its business and government customers if a disaster damages or destroys parts of its network. Experience gained from the exercise is used to strengthen business continuity services for AT&T's enterprise customers and to refine the company's own disaster response systems. AT&T has invested more than $300 million in its NDR program. The NDR team includes specially trained managers, engineers and technicians from across the United States, as well as a fleet of more than 150 self-contained equipment trailers and support vehicles that house the same equipment and components as an AT&T data-routing or voice-switching center. Since 1990, the NDR team has been activated 21 times in response to disasters, including Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that devastated the Gulf Coast last year, the wildfires in San Diego in 2003 and the September 11 (2001) attacks on New York City's World Trade Center. As part of the overall NDR exercise, AT&T is hosting a Networking Leaders' Forum on Wednesday, February 15th. The event will bring together AT&T executives, business customers and outside experts to discuss the latest trends in business continuity and disaster recovery. More information on AT&T's NDR program is available at http://www.att.com/ndr
•Date: 26th Jan 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: BC testing |
