Tag: Business Continuity
Business Continuity and Essential Integration of IT services.
Being prepared is the key for any organisation whether it is an SMB or a huge enterprise and is the difference between successfully managing a disaster and company closure. Martin Kuhlmann a StorVault Country Manager claims that an integrated IT solution plays a vital role in protecting and restoring data. Kuhlmann highlights that companies often don’t want to even consider disasters and it is natural to consider that such an …
SME’s should prioritise Business Continuity Plans in 2011
Aviva, one of the worlds largest insurance groups, have recently urged SME’s to focus their attentions on Business Continuity Planning in 2011. This was based research carried out online as part of Aviva’s Bi-annual SME Pulse, with help from 500 SME owners and looks into how SMEs are running their businesses. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning was a question posed to the SME’s; the results which are published here, …
UK fares well in data protection study
A study conducted by Ernst & Young has looked at the state of preparedness amongst businesses from around the world when it comes to dealing with the next generation of threats to IT security and data protection, with UK firms coming off better than their international counterparts. As part of the Global Information Security Survey, it was discovered that, on average, just a tenth of businesses are prepared to invest …
Importance of business continuity emphasised with snow fall
As November moved into December, the UK became wrapped in a blanket of road-clogging snow, starting in Scotland and the north of England, before moving south and eventually affecting travel in London and the South East. The estimated cost to the economy varies depending on which source you choose to believe, but predictions of between £250 million and £1.2 billion a day have been made public by different analysts. The …
Volcanic ash affects UK businesses
Businesses around the UK are being forced to put business continuity plans into action after the eruption of a volcano in Iceland threw volcanic ash into the skies and grounded millions of passengers around the world. So far the ash shows no signs of moving from UK air space and the cost to the economy could be great if the airlines are unable to make flights into or out of …
