The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is the preeminent US manufacturers association as well as the nation’s largest industrial trade association, representing small and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all 50 states. Manufacturing employs nearly 12 million workers, contributes more than $1.6 trillion to the U.S. economy annually. NAM is the largest driver of economic growth in the nation and accounts for the lion’s share of private sector research and development.
Jeff Colburn, NAM’s Vice President, discussed their pervious infrastructure and shared that their entire association was working with only one physical database server. Colburn was concerned with the organization’s Continuity of Operations Plan and normal failures that any system can experience. He knew NAM would be in serious trouble if it’s one server went down.
