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The Seven Steps To Successful Business Continuity Communications

15th Nov 2008

To successfully communicate with relevant parties during critical events, organizations need a system that can enhance their preparedness and contribute to the overall security of human, physical, and information assets.

This special report by the Varolii Corporation provides an overview of common steps organizations are taking in order to connect, protect, and account for their people, while enabling response teams and decision makers to coordinate a successful recovery and help protect assets and infrastructure—even such things as supply chain and key customer relationships.

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Australian Business Continuity Expo

1st Nov 2008

Australian Business Continuity Expo

Event: 27th November 2008, St Kilda Parkview Hotel, Melbourne.

Region: Asia

Country: Australia

Continuity Forum has announced that it is launching a new event, ‘The Business Continuity Expo’. This will provide a venue for Australian business continuity companies to showcase their latest products and services.

The Business Continuity Expo is a great place to showcase your latest products and services. It is designed to provide delegates with the latest updates in the business continuity sector in our region.

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Business Continuity Divide and Implications for Global Business Supply Chains

1st Nov 2008

Not enough qualified people to support business continuity needs of global supply chains is the message being communicated by Goh Moh Heng from the Singapore based Business Continuity Management Institute (BCMI).

“As the world globalizes, the demand for business continuity management and disaster recovery becomes a prerequisite for us in Asia,” said Goh.

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Business Continuity Success… Action Dependant

9th Oct 2008

According to a Stratus Technologies survey, twenty percent of organizations with business continuity plans have no idea if they will actually work in a crisis because they’ve never tested the plans.

86 percent believe that a business continuity plan is a significant strategic advantage.
76 percent business continuity was a strategic priority for of the companies surveyed,
69 percent follow a business continuity plan;
45 percent test business continuity plans them more than once a year.
35 percent tested yearly
20 percent not at all.

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Business Continuity… Competitive Advantage for GOODYEAR

6th Oct 2008

According to Robert J. Keegan,the Chairman and CEO of Goodyear, enacting company’s integrated strategic business continuity plans in advance of the hurricane has minimised business impact and the management process is recognised as a competitive advantage. Goodyear relied on the process to ensure the supply chain maintained the delivery of critical raw materials to all of its’ tyre manufacturing facilities.

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Business’ Top 10 risks identified

2nd Oct 2008

Reseach identifies the top 10 strategic risks for global supply chains and businesses. Are you ready for the highlighted five fastest-rising threats that could also have a significant impact over the next three to five years?

According to Ernst & Young’s report, they highlight regulatory and compliance as the highest risks followed closely by global financial shocks, workforce and consumer aging, and the rise of emerging markets.

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Business Continuity Planning and Pandemic Influenza in Europe

29th Sep 2008

According to recent research conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on Business Continuity Planning and Pandemic Influenza in Europe“, it was identified that by far, most strategic and operational efforts have been directed towards building resilience in public health systems, and have overlooked the challenge of ensuring business continuity in independent [...]

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$300m IBM Investment in Business Continuity and Resiliency Services via 13 Global Data Centres in 10 Countries

26th Sep 2008

IBM has spotted an opportunity to fulfil growing global demand from businesses and governments to avoid, prepare and recover operations from disruption.

This is the biggest investment IBM has yet made in this area, according to Brian Reagan, who directs the company’s global strategy and portfolio management group.
IBM provides data storage on as-needed basis. In the event of a service disruption, the company said its datacentres would be able to electronically process the shift in information from customer sites in order to restore service in a reasonable amount of time.

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Business Continuity on a much grander scale

24th Sep 2008 by Alex Briggs

This Business Week article takes a look at corporations and the role they are playing in helping their local communities and citizens get back on their feet after a natural disaster.
UPS, Accenture and FEMA pooled their resources together to help found the Aidmatrix Foundation, a nonprofit group that uses information technology to ensure donations are quickly dispatched to those in greatest need.
The article also talks a lot about the business continuity lessons learned after Katrina. IBM and their work in Turkey following the 1999 earthquake.

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