[LINK] FLoods taking out banking infrastructure

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Steven Clark wrote:
> On 13/01/11 12:50, grove at zeta.org.au wrote:
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>> It does beg the question as to why the CUA would not have a
>> geoclustered datacentre or similar offsite ability to maintain
>> services......
> 
> i suspect this kind of flooding never made it into anyone's risk
> planning scenarios.

Flooding and Fire are pretty standard scenarios drawn up for
disaster planning. However, there is a need to balance the
costs and benefits, alternative opportunities for investment.

> 
> once upon a time, in a land not so far away, organisations used to have
> local replication of services. then it became fashionable to outsource
> them, and/or centralise them - to reduce costs.

While it is easy to replicate the computer systems it is not
so easy to replicate people. The brisbane CBD was shut down
and people sent home.

> 
> i wonder how many service centres will have to be rebuilt. how many were
> located in qld?
> 

It would be interesting to analyse this program in the
context of the floods - which agencies lost systems

> The ICTC Program is implementing the Queensland Government?s technology consolidation reform agenda by building the foundation infrastructure that will enable consolidation of the government?s CBD data centres, networks and infrastructure services to CITEC.  
> 
> ICTC will also:
>       *plan and guide agency consolidation transitions to CITEC
>       *provide an efficient approach to application rationalisation within agencies
>       *partner with agencies to deliver scalable and integrated change management outcomes.
<http://www.publicworks.qld.gov.au/businesslinks/CITEC/Pages/CITEC.aspx>

Marghanita
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