04Jun
Sadly disasters happen, and when they do there are often valuable lessons to be learned. Unfortunately, poor IT infrastructure will limit the lessons the oil industry can learn from this incident.
The Deepwater Horizon rig was equipped with a vessel management system (VMS), which records dozens of different metrics about the conditions on the rig and in the well. These VMS logs would contain valuable details about the blowout, much like an airplane “black box” is essential in understanding a plane crash.
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03Dec
Author: beth
Categories: IT Management
A disaster recovery plan is something every company should have but hope it never needs to actually execute. Nonetheless, the plan must be thorough in identifying all steps necessary for keeping critical systems functional during a disaster, it must consider all possible contingencies, and it must be tested. The backup generator failure at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar in mid-November, a result of wildfire ravaging the area, is a good reminder that even diligent DR planning and testing cannot always guarantee that DR plans will work as intended. Despite being tested as recently as three days before the fire, the hospital’s backup power plant failed because of a fuel pump problem, jeopardizing the care of more than 200 patients.
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Sadly disasters happen, and when they do there are often valuable lessons to be learned. Unfortunately, poor IT infrastructure will limit the lessons the oil industry can learn from this incident.