1. What lessons about DR systems have been learned from natural disasters and terrorist attacks?

2. How do these lessons vary depending on the size of a company, its industry, its customer base, and its geographic location?

3. What are the advantages of cloud computing DR solutions? What are the disadvantages and risks?

4. When dealing with vendors and third parties, what can smaller companies do to make sure their needs are met during an emergency?

5. EMC employed a crew of workers who went above and beyond the call of duty to support their clients during Hurricane Sandy. Yet even one of the firm's largest customer's systems failed when the backup generator began to smoke and their building lost power. In a different example, many of Structure Tone's employees left their laptops at work when they rushed home to be with their families during the storm. As a result, they could not access the VPN. What initiatives should both companies take on their own to ensure that their DR systems will work effectively during emergencies?