With hurricane Wilma bearing down and the effects of hurricane Katrina, now being cited as the single most expensive natural disaster in the history of the United States with a direct cost estimated at a $100 billion, still fresh in our minds, businesses are being forced to rethink their computer system and data recovery policies.

Of the catastrophic damage caused by hurricane Katrina, some estimate the insured damage to be only about $12.5 billion. Over a million non-agricultural jobs have been jeopardized by Katrina