LEARNING FROM HURRICANE-ANDREW - ARBYS DISASTER PLAN AND RECOVERY

In August, 1992, Hurricane Andrew slammed into South Honda either dest roying or damaging everything in its path. Unfortunately, that include d Arby's corporate headquarters, based in Miami Beach, Fla., home to i ts Information Technology group. This article describes the disaster o f Hurricane Andrew and the challenges Arby's faced when implementing i ts midrange disaster recovery (DR) plan. Above all, it highlights the benefits of advanced planning, pre-testing and the valuable lessons Ar by's learned.