WTG recently worked with a large client that had sophisticated high availability systems in place at their IT center and disaster recovery supported through a vendor hotsite subscription. Several vendors were already involved in providing this client’s contingency capabilities.  When WTG reviewed the client’s total contingency program across the full continuity spectrum (from high availability through continuous operations to recovery) we found a number of areas that needed to be re-architected or optimized. The result—WTG saved the client nearly 20 million dollars in costs over seven years against their existing program. In addition to these cost savings, the client gained disaster-resistant, continuous operating capabilities not inherently provided for in any of the original vendor solutions.