The 2013 Resilient Australia Awards (RAA) may put the accent more on measurable accomplishment, rather than “boisterous and uncritical enthusiasm and excitement” (an online dictionary definition of “rah-rah”). Notwithstanding the natural keenness of people to do a good job, the awards have been put in place to recognise achievement and innovation in resilience: increasing the…
The Data Centre Risk Index (DCRI) has been published for 2013. Companies looking for IT business continuity may have to choose between being the safest or the greenest when it comes to installing their data centres. Overall, the worldwide winner is the United States. In Europe, the top country is the United Kingdom. The UK…
Resilience as a subject is getting wider coverage nowadays. For example, Resilient Australia is an example of an organisation promoting the concept and holding competitions to award prizes to entities judged to have done outstanding work in the area of resilience. Resilient Organisations (ResOrgs) is a public research programme based in New Zealand as a…
Some areas of an enterprise are naturally more sensitive to business continuity than others. Whereas interruptions may be a nuisance in accounting, they may simply be unacceptable in manufacturing production lines aligned to lean and just-in-time manufacturing methods. As facilities increase in size, they tend to use more automation. The Manufacturing Execution System or MES…
In the property business, the three most important things are (so they say) location, location and location. You can hear the wisdom of the ages in those words when it comes to buying, selling and renting – as long as the estate agent’s systems are in working order. And that according to a survey recently…
The Agile approach is currently in vogue in a number of business areas, one of the better-known examples being software development. The same principles that can help keep software applications aligned with business needs and available on a timely basis can also be applied to business continuity. The name “Agile” refers to the notion that…