AT&T Survey Reveals Japanese Businesses Cite Business Continuity and Cloud Computing as Their Priorities in 2012 IT Planning


The remarkable nature of Japan’s response to the earthquake and tsunami that struck just over a year ago made a deep impression on people the world over, as have the more recent pictures of the clean-up and efforts to regenerate the affected areas.

For businesses, however, the disaster served as a reminder that risk management goes beyond regular day-to-day business. In a new survey by AT&T, results show that the business community in Japan is increasingly planning for unexpected events, seismic or not, that could disrupt or even shut down their operations. And as they enter the new financial year the survey shows that IT executives view business continuity planning and cloud computing investment as major priorities.

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Middle East Business Continuity Survey Reveals Increased Investments in Business Continuity Management


eHosting DataFort, in Conjunction with Continuity and Resilience surveyed business continuity management trends across 9 Middle East countries.  One out of 6 respondents reported minimum of 1 significant business disruption during the past year.

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Half of British, French, German businesses have no disaster recovery strategy in place


Over half of small organisations across the UK, France and Germany are operating without a formal disaster recovery plan in place, according to research from analyst firm Freeform Dynamics, sponsored by Quest Software

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Disaster recovery must be board-approved


A panel of experts at a roundtable organized by information infrastructure company EMC agreed that disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity strategies must have board-level backing to succeed.

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Business Continuity Institute Survey Reveals The High Levels & Deep-Rooted Nature Of Supply Chain Failure


Research from across 62 countries has revealed that 85 percent of organizations surveyed recorded at least one supply chain disruption in 2011; 40 percent of disruption originated below the immediate supplier.

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The Cloud And Your BC/DR Plan


Just 23% of the 414 respondents to InformationWeek’s latest BC/DR survey use cloud services as part of their application and data resiliency strategies. What’s the holdup?

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2011 Continuity Insights and KPMG LLP Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program Benchmarking Study


Continuity Insights and KPMG LLP  announce the re-launch of their widely-recognized Business Continuity Management Program Benchmarking Study. The study is designed to capture critical industry data and trends from organizations across the globe.

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Leaders in business continuity and resilience: the key lessons for the next decade


As a business leader or business continuity professional you could be forgiven for thinking that your business had business continuity management mastered or you had done enough to mitigate most known predictable risks. The fact is, though, that few businesses really have.

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ICM Business Continuity Invocation Statistics Reveal UK Businesses still weak on IT


ICM’s half-year business continuity invocation statistics reveal that UK businesses need to reprioritise what they consider risks to their organisation.

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SunGard Availability Services publishes 2010 UK invocation analysis


SunGard Availability Services  released its sixth annual analysis of major causes of business disruption in the UK.  The office is now firmly the main source of business disruption, with almost three times as many problems caused by workplace incidents such as power and communication failures than by technology failures involving hardware or other IT issues.

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Businesses poorly prepared for political unrest


Many businesses are not adequately prepared for major business disruption from possible political violence, says the global consultancy Control Risks.

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