IT Disaster Recovery
Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???
Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. It involves the collaboration of all business functions and all departments. So why is it so darn hard to engage an Information Technology (IT) organization (internal or external) in any business continuity planning activities?
Read MoreBusiness Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations
A high-level Business Continuity Planning Guide for small and medium-sized organizations. All the steps you need to follow to implement a robust Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program in your organization.
Read MoreBusiness Continuity is NOT a Data Backup
There is something that bothers many Management Consultants in the Business Continuity and Information Technology field.
Have you tried to search for the terms “Business Continuity” or “Business Continuity Planning” on Google or Bing search engines recently? Please do, and the results may surprise you. Once you skip over a few Google ads and relevant …
Read MoreIT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!
When asked about their organization’s IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) plans, some will smile and say, “Yes, we have a backup and it is fully outsourced.” This type of response will set off a few red flags with the Business Continuity Planners, but many organizations…
Read MoreIs Your Organization’s IT Strategy in line with its Business Goals and Direction?
An IT strategy is a comprehensive plan that lays out specifically how technology will support your business strategy and help guide your organization toward its objectives over the next 3-5 years. Most organizations have some ideas about how IT can help them…
Read MoreSMB Dependence on Cost Effective IT Continuity Service Delivery
Today’s business dependence for reliable and always available IT Services is at an all-time high. Customers and stakeholders’ appetite for service interruptions are very low, and pressures on IT service providers and IT departments to deliver these services are higher than ever. Larger enterprises historically adopted…
Read MoreOrganizations must develop IT Disaster Recovery Plan
Several years back, we were involved with a large Canadian organization that experienced a complete system outage. This outage was a result of two city-wide blackouts that occurred within the same 30 minutes’ time. Long story short, all of the systems went down. Do I need to mention…
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