Category Archives: Continuity Management

Flood protection – how to make sure it doesn’t sink your business
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Posted on 09/05/2013 by

A Soggy Outlook 2012 was one of the wettest years on record. Over 52 inches of rainfall splashed down on Britain, despite the country experiencing a drought over the first three months. Over 8,000 homes and businesses were battered by … Continue reading →

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Offshore risks: Attitudes and Trends
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Posted on 03/05/2013 by

Continuity Central and SunGard Availability Services are carrying out a joint survey into offshore risks. The trend towards near shoring and offshoring continues apace. Seven years ago a UK enterprise might have 500 staff in India. Now there are enterprises … Continue reading →

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Retail Resilience – Strengthen Your Supply Chain
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Posted on 16/04/2013 by

In recent years retailers have gone through a supply chain revolution, greatly reducing inventories and outsourcing to lower-cost regions with tremendous benefits. But these changes have made supply chains leaner, more complex and much more vulnerable. It’s obvious that today’s … Continue reading →

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The Rise and Rise of Workplace Recovery
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Posted on 20/03/2013 by

So your data, sitting in resilient clouds and data centres is undoubtedly more resilient and more available, you only have to look at SunGard’s 2012 Invocations Statistics to see that.  A remarkable change from a decade ago.  Of course, that … Continue reading →

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Harmony at last? SunGard principal consultant Ron Miller looks at approaches to BC across Europe
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Posted on 15/02/2013 by

There’s no denying that business continuity (BC) has evolved significantly over the last few years. We’re now in a situation where various approaches to arriving at what was perceived as “good practice” appear to have converged to the point where … Continue reading →

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A Roadmap to Creating an Available Enterprise No 2
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Posted on 24/01/2013 by

Build internal support for availability Employee expectations of availability are marginally even higher than those of customers according to the SunGard Availability Services-commissioned research* into appetites for availability that forms the basis of our white paper ‘Delivering the Available Enterprise’. … Continue reading →

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SunGard’s Continuity Management Solution (CMS) at a Glance
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Posted on 12/11/2012 by

CMS: Enabling comprehensive and professional business continuity planning across the enterprise. Based on the award-winning LDRPS®, SunGard Availability Services' BCM Software suite – Continuity Management Solution (CMS) - offers business risk assessment, business continuity plan development, and emergency notification in the … Continue reading →

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