Category Archives: Recovery Services

Serco Selects SunGard Availability Services to Undertake IT Infrastructure Transformation
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London, England: 04 June, 2013 – SunGard Availability Services, the pioneer and leading provider of Information Availability services, today announced that it has signed a five year contract with Serco Group PLC (SRP: London).  This new arrangement will see SunGard … Continue reading

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The battle for Hearts and Minds
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Despite the formalisation of the BC industry over the last few years with the implementation of standards such as BS25999 and ISO 22301, in many cases one of the biggest obstacles to implementing a business continuity (BC) programme that follows … Continue reading

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Have we reached a turning point in how businesses manage resilience?
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We recently announced our annual analysis of major business disruptions in the UK, which aims to give an idea of the resilience landscape and how organisations are delivering this. This year’s results were significant, with overall disruptions dropping by over … Continue reading

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Flood protection – how to make sure it doesn’t sink your business
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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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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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SunGard Availability Services Announces Continued Growth in India
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 London, England: 18 April, 2013 – SunGard Availability Services, the pioneer and leading provider of Information Availability services, today announced its continued expansion into India, through the signing of Workplace Recovery contracts with two leading global financial institutions. This follows continued … Continue reading

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Availability Usurps Recovery to Become the Defacto Business Mind-Set
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London, UK: 27th March, 2013 – SunGard Availability Services, the pioneer and leading provider of Information Availability services, today revealed that steady and sustained growth over recent years in managed services adoption has led to an improvement in the UK’s … Continue reading

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The Rise and Rise of Workplace Recovery
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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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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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