MIS 3305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Disaster Recovery Plan, Emergency Management, Notification Service

• School: Baylor University
• Department: Management Information Systems
• Course: MIS 3305
• Professor: Esserman

Document Summary

Portability refers to the ability of an application to operate on different devices or software platforms, such as different operating systems. Agile mis infrastructure includes the hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment that, when combined, provides the underlying foundation to support the organization"s goals. Disaster recover cost curves chart the cost to the company of the unavailability of information and technology and the cost to the company of recovering from a disaster over time. Availability refers to the time frames when the system is operational. Emergency notification service is an infrastructure built for notifying people in the event of an emergency. Hot site: a separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move immediately after a disaster and resume business. Cold site: a separate facility that does not have any computer equipment, but is a place where employees can move after a disaster. Warm site: a separate facility with computer equipment that requires installation and configuration.