As business continuity covers all parts of an organization, there is a tendency sometimes to describe it in correspondingly general terms. Compared to all the theoretical possibilities of how BC issues can affect businesses, real-life examples are often in shorter supply. On the other hand, statistics about the number of businesses that go bust after…
Let’s face it. It’s hard enough to define what corporate governance is in a general sense, let alone drilling down to explain it for business continuity. Apart from being something that organisations start pondering once they’ve tamed their marketing and business strategy, governance can also be defined in terms of its component parts: the “Reporting,…
The classic strength of tape compared to disk is in the relative cheapness, but now there’s more. If you’re thinking in terms of long-term archives, then tape also beats disk, because it has a “shelf life” of 30 years, compared to a “measly” 10 years for disk. After 10 years, disk runs the risk of…
“A stitch in time saves nine” is a well-known saying. However, “familiarity breeds contempt” as they also say, and knowing your maxims off by heart doesn’t automatically mean taking the appropriate action. The “stitch in time” in IT terms is a proper plan, or good change management, together with backup planning if things don’t work…
In finance and healthcare, they have laws for business continuity. In manufacturing, they have OEM customers and it’s a moot point as to which, laws or customers, have the stronger influence.
It’s kind of like going to the dentist. You might not want to make the appointment, because you don’t know how it might turn out. However, you know down inside that regular care and attention will mean you’ll stay in better shape than if you let things slide. If visits to the dentist annually are…