On 2 Sep 2010 16:16:22 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >>It turned out our contract with our service provider did not allow for the >testing back-ups. > >>And, even though it's a best practice, if you don't pay for it, you don't >get it. > >>An application problem, followed by a procedural problem still happens. > >I completely understand, but those aren't problems (at least not in any >technical sense). Quite frankly, if they don't pay for it, they deserve >everything that happens to them. > >From the top comment, I can't even begin to imagine how such a contract is >negotiated. It's worse than amateur hour. > Probably executed by the legal and purchasing departments with little input from the auditors and technical staff. Also many companies don't understand backup and recovery.
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