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| Home / Risk Glossary / Backlog | 2 September, 2010 | |
Backlog (Definition)An accumulation of work which a system or process must process. When a system or process is unavailable for an extended period of time, the backlog may build up to such an extent that extra resources need to be brought in to process it in a timely manner. Risky Thinking Newsletter Are you responsible for Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, or Risk Management in your organization? Then you may wish to receive a free subscription to the the monthly Risky Thinking Newsletter. It contains news, opinions and articles of interest to people working in these areas. View a sample issue, or click here to subscribe. Recent articles have included: In a recent radio show, the glib radio host implied that the Y2K risk never really existed. Was he right? Or do his comments tell us more about human nature than about the risks arising from time representation in computer systems?
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