Middle East Survey: Disconnect in companies’ continuity plans


Written by Phil on November 19, 2009 in Business Continuity, survey.

Seventy-two per cent of companies in the Middle East have business continuity (BC) policies – but of this just 70 per cent have fully worked out continuity and disaster recovery plans, according to a new survey.

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Anecdote: Twice in One Week – Disaster Recovery beyond our Control


Written by Phil on November 19, 2009 in Disaster Recovery.

It has been a busy week for disaster recovery so far – we had an outage on Monday and we had another one Wednesday.

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Better Business Continuity With Unified Data Management


Written by Phil on November 19, 2009 in Disaster Recovery.

There are a number of obvious benefits for businesses to ensure that regular data protection is completed and recovery assured, not least issues of business continuity, corporate governance and costs.

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Call of Duty: The New Demand for Business Continuity Professionals


Written by Phil on November 19, 2009 in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Jobs.

With the emergence of Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery comes a greater emphasis on hiring professionals with the right skills and credentials.

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Survey: Small Businesses Working to Reduce Vulnerabilities in Information Protection, Leadership Development, Planning


Written by Phil on November 19, 2009 in Business Continuity, survey.

CDW Corporation, a provider of technology products and services to business, government and education, announced the 2009 CDW Report on Small Business Resilience, which identifies management and information technology (IT) infrastructure factors that contribute to business survivability and studies how small businesses are responding to the economic recession.

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Disaster recovery and business continuity planning strategies for natural disasters


Written by Phil on November 19, 2009 in Business Continuity, disaster preparedness.

Although the possibility of natural disasters propels many companies to conceive or update disaster recovery (DR) or business continuity (BC) plans, most major business interruptions are more mundane.

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IRM announces Business Continuity and Crisis Management Student Award


Written by Phil on November 19, 2009 in Jobs, Risk Management.

The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has announced that Claire Betteridge has won its 2009 Business Continuity and Crisis Management Student Award. Claire is Senior Risk and Insurance Officer for Blackpool Borough Council.

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Survey: Quality Control in Business Continuity Management


Written by Phil on November 12, 2009 in Business Continuity, survey.

Continuity Central recently conducted an online survey which worked from the following premise:

“While there has been much activity in the area of business continuity standards, there has been little discussion in the profession about quality control within business continuity management. This anonymous survey seeks to provide a starting point for this…”

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HUD and DHS Launch DisasterRecoveryWorkingGroup.gov to Solicit Public Comments


Written by Phil on November 12, 2009 in disaster preparedness, Emergency Response.

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the launch of DisasterRecoveryWorkingGroup.gov—a new interagency website that will allow federal disaster recovery officials to solicit public comments from state, local and tribal partners and the public.

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Business interruptus: Prep now to avoid H1N1 flu outages later


Written by Phil on November 12, 2009 in Business Continuity, Pandemics.

Last spring, when the first cases of H1N1 flu appeared, Gartner Inc. was getting lots of calls from alarmed clients wanting to know if and how they should adjust their disaster recovery plans.

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Disaster Recovery – An Iron Shield to Business


Written by Phil on November 12, 2009 in Disaster Recovery.

This paper discusses today’s reality – where everything is unpredictable and disaster can strike business anytime, anywhere. It also focuses on other factors that can significantly impact an organization’s business continuity planning, such as compliance issues. It also addresses the importance of disaster recovery planning and how it is the key to business resiliency for any organization. It covers a business resilience framework, with an object-oriented approach and its benefit to an organization.

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