A Lean Approach to Business Continuity
Often, techniques that are invented in one domain can be of use in another one too. If you’ve spent your working in life so far in business continuity, you may not have seen much of the lean approach that is frequently used in manufacturing.
The Internet of Things and Big Data – Both Looking for a Killer App
Despite the publicity given to Big Data and (to a lesser extent) the Internet of Things, their practical advantage has yet to be clarified. It’s difficult to think of them in terms of business continuity when they don’t influence the fortunes of an enterprise; unless you count the negative impact of money spent investigating them. […]
ITIL, ITSM, and the Way They Can Help Business Continuity
IT is at the heart of most business today. Whether it’s in marketing systems and CRM, design software applications, production line automation or finance and accounting, if the information technology being used breaks down, so do business operations. Conversely, when service from the IT department is defined in terms of the business objectives of the […]
Virus Protection – Think of it like Car Insurance
If you’ve never dinged your car (other than brushing bumpers while you’re parking), you may not appreciate how good it can be to have adequate car insurance. Likewise, if you have been spared the pain of a PC that slows down or dies because of a virus, software for protection against viruses may seem more […]