Tag Archives: Risk management

Have we reached a turning point in how businesses manage resilience?
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Posted on 16/05/2013 by

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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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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How to make the business case for availability
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Posted on 07/05/2013 by

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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SunGard Availability Services Announces Continued Growth in India
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Posted on 18/04/2013 by

 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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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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Availability ‘At a Glance’
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Posted on 22/03/2013 by

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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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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SunGard Article: Defence in Depth
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Posted on 13/02/2013 by

Did you know that as an ISO 27001-certified company, we offer a menu of security services designed to enhance your resilience? These services, developed in-house or by our carefully selected partners, can be chosen as standalone services or as a … Continue reading →

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