Schunk IT Consulting Launches Independent Disaster Recovery Testing Service

Responding to the increasing need for organizations of all sizes to demonstrate that their operations can resume immediately after a major disaster, Schunk IT Consulting has created an Independent Disaster Recovery Testing (IDRT) service. The purpose of the new Schunk IT IDRT service is to allow organizations to prove to their owners and insurers that the recovery plans they have devised can be successfully executed anywhere, by anyone.

New Paltz, NY (PRWEB) August 21, 2003 --- Responding to the increasing need for organizations of all sizes to demonstrate that their operations can resume immediately after a major disaster, Schunk IT Consulting has created an Independent Disaster Recovery Testing (IDRT) service. The purpose of the new Schunk IT IDRT service is to allow organizations to prove to their owners and insurers that the recovery plans they have devised can be successfully executed anywhere, by anyone.

After 9/11 and recent power outages of historic proportions, we all have to live with the threat of possible mass disruption," said company president Steve Schunk. We are becoming more aware that disaster recovery may need to be executed by people who are not employees of the companies that are hit."

Right after the attacks on the World Trade Center, many people who would have been involved in a recovery simply couldnt get where they needed to be or, tragically, were no longer here to help," said

In order to be truly prepared for the worst, it makes sense to hand your recovery plan to an outside group to see if its really any good."

We've been hearing about organizations whose insurers have been giving them a hard time about their business continuation plans," added Tim Healy, senior partner at Schunk IT Consulting. One of the big values of IDRT is that is can help an organization build trust with insurers and other stakeholders. It can also be used to develop reliable alternative backup capabilities that can be used in case of a major disaster, Healy said.

As Schunk put it, No matter what, IDRT is reassuring to customers who depend on reliable sources of supply." Schunk and Healy pointed out that IDRT can also be used to pretest and simplify IT activities that are used during mergers, acquisitions and separations. Healy added that "When IDRT test results are not what are expected, lessons learned in the experience can be applied to making the next test successful. An added benefit of IDRT is that normal production operations are almost always improved."

We think that IDRT is a fundamental data center discipline and will soon be part of every companys commitment to it customers and its owners," said Schunk.

IDRT is available now as part of Schunk IT Consultings service offerings. More information about IDRT and related services are available on the company web site, www.schunk-associates.com.

Schunk IT Consulting was founded in 1986 and specializes in solutions for complex IT systems.