Business Continuity Archive
I came across an interesting post on Ireland’s Security Watch blog making the topical connection between bird flu scares and business continuity planning. It rightly points out that a disaster can strike from unlikely sources when you least expect it. …
Wise words on the topic of business continuity on ComputerWeekly’s website this week. The Business Continuity Institute’s Bill Crichton has stressed that continuity cannot simply be delivered by investing in the right piece of recovery kit. What is required is …
Buncefield, as Grainne Gilmore makes clear in a Times article today, is a wake up call for all those businesses – large and small – that don’t already have fully thought-through and tested business continuity, disaster recovery and contingency plans. …
Shareholders in Primark, a UK budget fashion retailer, would have been concerned when they heard about the fire that, overnight on 2 November, destroyed its offices, distribution centre and a substantial part of the stock, just at the start of …
Anyone contrasting the different levels of preparedness of city and state authorities to deal with hurricanes Katrina and Rita can’t have failed to notice that, for instance, Galveston in Texas was somewhat better prepared to handle the imminent disaster than …
