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At Least It Wasn’t a Football Weekend: The Notre Dame Tunnel Fire: October 6, 2009

This ECAR research bulletin discusses how the University of Notre Dame created and refined its incident response plan, how the utility tunnel fire of August 28, 2009, played out within that fram…
Hazards and Hurricanes: Hallmarks of IT Readiness, Response, and Recovery: October 14, 2008

This ECAR research bulletin provides five hallmarks for IT readiness, response, and recovery in the face of a devastating natural disaster. It is based on an ECAR interview with the deputy CIO of…
Changing Ideas of Campus Disaster Recovery: Designing Resiliency into Systems: September 25, 2007

This ECAR research bulletin suggests a framework to provide resiliency in higher education by placing such considerations up front in the evaluation, selection, and design of information technolo…
IT Collaboration: A Preview of Findings from the 2007 ECAR Study: June 19, 2007

This ECAR research bulletin addresses a unique strength of higher education: its commitment to sharing ideas and promoting open access to knowledge. These values shape IT in higher education as w…
Business Continuity Certification in Higher Education: May 22, 2007

This research bulletin discusses the advantages, benefits, and costs of business continuity certification. Based on data from the 2007 ECAR study of business continuity in higher education, the D…
Simple Things That Could Save Your Institution: April 24, 2007

In August 2006, EDUCAUSE brought together a group of thought leaders from higher education and the private sector to explore and share effective strategies and behaviors on the important topic of…
IT Recovery Time Objectives: A Survey of Higher Education Practices: February 13, 2007

In a comprehensive survey of higher education information technology support for business continuity conducted in May 2005, the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research gathered responses from 340 in…
Business Continuity Planning: Process, Impact, and Implications: June 21, 2005

This research bulletin describes business continuity planning at the University of Minnesota. It examines key institutional factors related to business continuity: drivers, decision criteria, pla…
Lemons to Lemonade: Disaster Preparation and Recovery: March 1, 2005

This research bulletin explores how two Texas higher education institutions—the University of Houston and the Baylor College of Medicine of the Texas Medical Center—recovered in the aftermath…

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