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When the Recovery Time Objective Is Not Soon Enough

Posted by Jeff Orr on 13 October 2026

A software provider recently described a familiar exchange between enterprise IT and executive leadership during a disruption: IT: Systems are down. We are confident we can achieve the company’s Recovery Time Objective of eight hours. CEO: I need it sooner. What can you do? IT: We can achieve a Minimum Viable Organization in three hours. CEO: Do it. The exchange captures what happens when a... Read More

Topics: Disaster Recovery, Cybersecurity, IT & Technologies, Data Resilience, RTO, Return Time Objective, Minimum Viable Organization, Cyber Resilience, Operational Resilience, Enterprise Control Architecture, MVO

When It Rains, …

Posted by ISG Research on 13 March 2011

A colleague had written a piece about disaster recovery and business continuity – motivated not by the horrors that exploded over the television last night after an 8.9 earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami, but by unexpectedly heavy rain and snow in the northeast. Should he hold off publishing it, he asked, so as not to be seen as exploiting the disaster? The answer is no. I’ve... Read More

Topics: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, IT Performance, CIO