Dubai’s day without power

A major blackout yesterday (9th June) resulted in business continuity problems for Dubai-based organisations. Gulf News reports that at 9.47am local time all power and telecoms supplies in the emirate were lost, with full restoration not complete until 5.00pm.

The newspaper estimates the cost of the blackout at Dh11m an hour.

Mohammed Amin, regional manager, EMC Middle East, told Gulf Times: "Today’s power outage in Dubai vividly highlights the need for organisations from every sector including telecommunications, banking, energy and government to have in place a viable business continuity strategy that is regularly tested for occasions such as these.

"We anticipate a significant increase in demand for business continuity solutions following outage as awareness for this business need has been considerably increased."

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•Date: 10th June 2005 • Region: Middle East • Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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