Disaster Recovery Issues for EDI Systems

David Heikkinen and Joseph Sarkis

Industrial Management and Data Systems, Vol. 96, No. 2, pp. 25-31, 1996.

EDI systems differ from traditional computer systems and therefore have special disaster recovery issues that need to be addressed. The main difference is that EDI systems cross organizational boundaries. This crossing of boundaries means that an organization must look beyond its own walls when constructing a disaster recovery plan. This paper identifies various concerns for inter-enterprise systems. A framework based on how the phases for disaster recovery planning can be used to address and plan for these concerns is also presented.

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