Survey: Business Breakdowns Disrupt 1.8m UK SMEs A Year


On-site business emergencies are costing UK SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises) £598 million a year in lost earnings and repair costs.

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Business Continuity: Don’t Forget Employees


Companies need to ensure that work doesn’t grind to a halt in a disaster.

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AT&T Recovery Exercise to Simulate San Jose Network Disaster


Communications is always a top priority in the drama that unfolds when natural or manmade disaster strikes and puts lives, property and business assets at risk. With that in mind, AT&T, working with local officials and business leaders, is conducting a full-scale disaster recovery simulation – a Network Disaster Recovery exercise – in San Jose, California from July 7 to July 16, 2010 near the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose.

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BCI Supply Chain Resilience Survey 2010


The Business Continuity Institute is running its 2nd Annual Supply Chain Resilience Survey and would greatly welcome your input.

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Thin Ice – continuous survey of business interruptions


SDPL offers a useful, continuous survey of business interruptions worldwide, which has just been updated for 2Q2010.

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Aberdeen Releases New Research Into the Disaster Recovery Practices of Leading IT Organizations


Automation has advanced to the extent that the loss of a single server or network device can bring an enterprise to a full stop. Even the loss of internal, traditionally less important systems such as email, web access, and desktop applications can result in the loss of employee productivity and lead to lower employee job satisfaction.

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UK Business Disruptions Escalate in 2009 – Workplace Disruptions Overtake Technology for First Time as Cause of Business Interruption


SunGard Availability Services, a leading provider of Information Availability and business continuity services, released its annual analysis of major causes of business disruption in the United Kingdom in 2009.

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AT&T 2010 Business Continuity Study


AT&T has released the results of its annual study on business continuity and disaster recovery preparedness for U.S. businesses in the private sector, now in its ninth consecutive year.

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China’s Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Services Market Analysis and Forecast


Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “China’s Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Services Market Analysis and Forecast” report to their offering.

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Survey: Business continuity, not data breaches, a top concern for tech firms


A new “risk factors” list from consultancy BDO finds security worries about data leakage are not top of mind – at least as expressed in their SEC filings.

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Disruption & Resilience: The 2010 Business Continuity Management Survey


Chartered Management Institute’s (CMI’s) 11th annual survey on business continuity management, based on a survey of 903 managers, tracks how organizations across the United Kingdom dealt with the major disruptions of the last 12 months.

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