When an electrical fire left government-owned London & Continental Railways (LCR) without access to their HQ for three weeks, there was great potential for disruption to their business continuity. However, because LCR use cloud services – hosted desktop, Office 365 and business VoIP telephony – they were back to business as usual by lunchtime the following day. Shortly after 12.30pm on 1st April 2015, an underground electrical fire caused a mass power outage in the Holborn and Covent Garden areas of London. 1 According to the BBC and UK Power Networks, 5,000 people were evacuated as 3,000 properties - mainly businesses - were left without power or internet connectivity. The fire ruptured a gas main, which added further to the intensity of the fire. Shows were cancelled and resta

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