We’ve come to expect Internet connectivity to be available because the provision of it has become so cheap. And that expectation has led us to become reliant on it. When the Internet is down for us, many of the things we do become unavailable. This reliance on the Internet has made planning for the lack of it complicated. Many organizations are, in effect, crossing their fingers rather than planning in earnest.
Often when it is unavailable, the solution is more or different Internet connectivity and other redundancy: If your servers or data center go offline your company and your customers may be out of luck. If you have a real cloud architecture with redundant Internet connections, even redundant data centers with replication of software and data, you can stay in business.
