Experience Makes a Difference

New Yorkers were most recently delighted by the safe landing of USAir Flight 1549 on the Hudson. The 3-woman, 2-man flight crew had 140 years of combined experience with USAir. Not just an average of 28 years of experience each: 28 years of experience with USAir. ( The ferry pilots and deckhands who stepped up as rescue workers offered lifetimes of experience, as well.)

If you asked a group of first responders for a show of hands: was anyone surprised that the pilot walked off the aircraft with the metal clipboard that held the flight's passenger manifest? Not one hand would go up.

This group knew the drill: in an emergency, many factors are down to fortune. Those who have rehearsed -- by practicing the basics over and over again -- are the ones who will recognize, reach, and take steps to increase the odds for a good outcome.

These trying times can be an opportunity to take a fresh look at the value of experience to your business.

How can we Help?

Disasters are not just the unexpected events, they can be the daily occurrences that disrupt your production environment and interrupt your customer's access to their critical applications.

We know the drill; we have 30 years of people experience through more than 2,300 declarations, we developed the processes and built a secure and robust infrastructure so that you can rely on us.

Every month in this brief newsletter, we will bring to bear the results of our experience and offer commentary from market leaders to share what we know with you. So you can work more efficiently and still be more effective in your operations.

Put the experience in recovery, availability and business continuity of SunGard Availability Services to your service. You can reach us at as.communications@sungard.com.