Tag Archives: Disaster Recovery

Flood protection – how to make sure it doesn’t sink your business
avatar

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

Posted in Business Continuity, Business Disruption, Cloud Computing, Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery, IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service, Recovery Services, Uncategorized, Workplace Recovery | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Offshore risks: Attitudes and Trends
avatar

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

Posted in Business Continuity, Business Disruption, Continuity Management, Customer Survey, Data Availability, Recovery Services | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

SunGard Availability Services Announces Continued Growth in India
avatar

 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

Posted in Business Continuity, Business Disruption, Disaster Recovery, India, Recovery Services, Resilience, Uncategorized, Workplace Recovery | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Availability Usurps Recovery to Become the Defacto Business Mind-Set
avatar

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

Posted in Available Enterprise, Business Continuity, Business Disruption, Cloud Computing, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise availability, IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service, Invocations, Recovery Services, Resilience, Uncategorized, Workplace Recovery | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Rise and Rise of Workplace Recovery
avatar

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

Posted in Available Enterprise, Business Continuity, Business Disruption, Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise availability, Invocations, Recovery Services, Risk Management, Uncategorized, Workplace Recovery | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

SunGard delivers staple service for Office Depot
avatar

With numerous customers relying on Office Depot UK & Ireland to deliver vital office supplies same day or next day, the leading office supplies and solutions provider recognises any interruption to its operations would result in financial loss, customer attrition … Continue reading

Posted in Business Continuity, Business Disruption, Case Study, Disaster Recovery, Recovery Services, Uncategorized, Workplace Recovery | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Computacenter and Sanofi Case Study
avatar

Computacenter is Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. It advises customers on their IT strategy, implements the most appropriate technology from a wide range of leading vendors and manages technology infrastructures on their behalf. Its 12,000 employees deliver … Continue reading

Posted in Business Continuity, Business Disruption, Disaster Recovery, Recovery Services, Workplace Recovery | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

FIVE CONSIDERATIONS TOWARDS ENTERPRISE AVAILABILITY No 4
avatar

Look beyond organisational boundaries We’re all familiar with the adage ‘no man is an island’ and the same is true of businesses. The most well-run firm may have a robust IT infrastructure, exemplary business continuity (BC) plans and crisis management … Continue reading

Posted in Available Enterprise, Business Continuity, Business Disruption, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise availability, Recovery Services, Research, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Employee Quick Fire questions for Perry Wald – Product Architect
avatar

Perry joined SunGard Availability Services in 2008 as a solutions architect from a City consultancy where he designed production environments and disaster recovery systems for large banks, handling every aspect from power and cooling to switching on servers and migrating … Continue reading

Posted in Cloud Computing, Disaster Recovery | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment