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No, Dial-a-Cab isn’t facing any form of disaster,
but it still needs a plan should the highly improbable scenario
of everything at DaC House suddenly failing! Anyone who has unexpectedly had their home PC crash on them will know how just inconvenient it can be. Multiply that problem many times, such as running a multi-million pound business like Dial-a-Cab’s and the consequences are unthinkable! Our major clients rely on us to get them from A to B, so the chance of lost bookings, lost billing info or lost communication with either clients or our mobile fleet is simply not an option we can afford to take. So those Wizzkids in the DaC IT Department have come up with a comprehensive plan - the Disaster Recovery Suite. Now should any catastrophe befall Dial-a-Cab House, be it earthquake, burst water main or simply that we were denied access to our home for public safety reasons, our contingency plan would ensure that we can, in an emergency situation, continue to function from our remote site. That remote site will be our Roman Way fitting bay where Call Sign caught up with some of |
THE DAC DISASTER RECOVERY SUITE! |
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 Working on DaC's Recovery Suite L-R: Jason O'Brien Dana Thananjeyan and Jon Winterburn |
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the IT staff while they were testing the set-up prior to permanent installation as part of our Business Continuity Plan, which adheres to the BS 25999 standard. Those collapsible tables, cushioned chairs and laptop notebooks will allow eight call takers to maintain our functionality following a disaster, while the hardware is to be housed safely in fireproof cabinets elsewhere in the building. DaC Network Administrator Jon Winterburn told Call Sign that all aspects of the Suite were designed for efficiency and staff comfort, meeting Health and Safety Executive requirements. |
Every aspect of the DR systems was thoroughly tested at the time
of our visit and will continue to be checked regularly on a
monthly basis. There will also be continuous updates of data
from the mainframe computers at DaC House to the DR Suite to
ensure data continuity. In a business like ours, all these safeguards are necessary to protect our own business interests and to give confidence to our clients that we are a professionally thinking company with resources that can meet their demands… under any circumstances! © Call Sign Magazine MM8 |
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POSH NOSH TOP TEN! …according to The Good Food Guide London |
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only the second time in its long history, The Good Food Guide
has published a London edition detailing all the finest
restaurants the capital can offer. The last time a London
edition came out was way back in 1969. Elizabeth Carter, Editor of The Good Food Guide London, told Call Sign: "What’s happened to London? The city is now buzzing with new ideas, new influences and an astonishing diversity of cuisines unmatched by any other capital city. There’s no doubt that London is setting the pace right now. Standards have gone through the roof and the city is starting to compete with Paris, New York and Tokyo." These are the top ten restaurants in London taken from the books top 40… |
1. Gordon Ramsay, Chelsea; 2. Le Gavroche, Mayfair: 3.
Pétrus, Knightsbridge: 4. The Square, Mayfair: 5. Pied à Terre,
Fitzrovia: 6. Tom Aikens, Chelsea: 7. The Capital,
Knightsbridge: 8 Maze, Mayfair: 9. Club Gascon, City: 10. The
Greenhouse, Green Park…The Good Food Guide London can be ordered on 01903 828557 (£11.99, p&p free) or at www.which.co.uk/books or bought from bookshops. |
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