Tag: disaster planning
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 …
Disaster recovery questions raised after Facebook downtime
Social networking site Facebook was put out of action for over two and a half hours last Thursday and the fact that this had repercussions for its 500 million users and thousands of other sites which rely on its tools, has caused some people to question the disaster recovery and continuity policies which are operated by one of the world’s largest websites. As well as becoming inaccessible via direct means, …
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 …
