Tag Archives: Research

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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What drives availability?
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When it comes to the technology we rely on to do our jobs or get on with our daily lives, we are much like toddlers in one respect: we want it and we want it now! If we can’t do … Continue reading

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How to make the business case for availability
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So, as a clued-up CIO, you’re convinced of the need to become an ‘available enterprise’ but how do you convince the rest of the board? This is the thorny issue I recently discussed with Professor Nelson Phillips of Imperial College … Continue reading

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Availability: What It Is and Why It’s Important
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In just a few short years, the concept of ‘availability’ – maintaining business as usual – has gone from being seen as an optional extra to a fundamental necessity. When SunGard Availability Services started out more than 30 years ago, … Continue reading

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Hear All About It!
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If you like to get your news and information while on the move, you’ll be pleased to hear that SunGard Availability Services has launched two new audiobooks in its series of free ‘READpapers’ for you to listen to on demand. … Continue reading

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Availability ‘At a Glance’
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Further to our original posting of this story, links have been refreshed to take readers directly to the Available Enterprise microsite – a webspace dedicated to the sharing of research, resources and insights on this topic - and which provides an open and … Continue reading

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A Roadmap to Creating an Available Enterprise No 1
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Let your customers do the talking One of the most surprising findings from the research* that formed the basis of our ‘Delivering the Available Enterprise’ report was that only four out of ten respondents believed failing to be available would … Continue reading

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Available Enterprise – Top trends for 2013
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At this time of year as the nights grow darker our thoughts inevitably turn to what the year ahead holds for us. While we can’t speculate on the giftwrapped goodies that may await you on Christmas morning, we can give … Continue reading

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SunGard Predicts 2013 Technology Trends to Deliver the Available Enterprise
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SunGard Availability Services, the pioneer and leading provider of Information Availability services, has revealed its top five predictions for 2013 as businesses look to drive availability throughout the organization.  Keith Tilley, UK&I managing director and executive vice president for Europe, … Continue reading

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