[Info-vax] Meditech in the news

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/17/2022 3:18 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 1/17/22 1:42 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2022-01-14, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> COOP!!
>>>
>>> 40 years ago before any of this OOP or Agile crap took over
>>> the IT world I worked doing COBOL in a Univac 1100 environment,
>>> Once a month we used to pack up a backup set and travel to Rome
>>> AFB which was our designated COOP site.  We would take over one
>>> of their 1100's for the morning and do a complete restoration
>>> of the OS and all our data from the backup tape. Does anyone
>>> still do this?  Does anyone here even know what COOP means
>>> (without Googling it!!)
>>
>> I (correctly) guessed the first two letters were "Continuity of"
>> (the US Government likes that phrase) but was not familiar with the
>> last two letters.
>>
>> Looked up the definition and it's just another USG specific name
>> for what is known by multiple names elsewhere. :-)
>>
>> For example, I refer to what you call COOP as a Business Continuity Plan.
> 
> Exactly.  Continuity Of OPerations.  Does anyone actually do this
> anymore?

Absolutely.

I believe it is usually called Business Continuity Planning today.

But common practice.

Arne