Sam Knutson wrote: >I would advise anyone very strongly against the partnership approach.
I sort of agree with you, but there are an awful lot of companies that currently make no provisions for DR. (The original poster's company might be in that category.) So a DR partnership is a step forward for them. It still might not be entirely what the business needs, but it's probably better than nothing. Any partnership requires work. (Anybody married? :-)) Companies like Sungard are institutionalized DR partnerships. I have an open mind when it comes to similar private arrangements between two or more companies -- there are working examples. It is scary how vulnerable most IT infrastructure is, and I think this area is one where a lot of businesses will need to reassess what they're doing (or not doing). It also happens to be one of the areas in which mainframe-oriented architectures excel. - - - - - Timothy F. Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect, z9/zSeries IBM Japan, Ltd. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
