May 20, 2013 14:00 BST The Business Continuity Institute BC shares common goals and objectives with other management activities. When implemented correctly and with maturity, BC can provide significant benefit through the sharing of key information and the prioritisation of activities.
May 17, 2013 08:00 BST The Business Continuity Institute Getting people to think about business continuity and include it in their daily lives is one of the most difficult, underestimated aspects of a BC programme, yet it can make or break the perception of how successful the programme is. It doesn’t matter how good your resilience and continuity are, if people do not know about it, or what to do in a crisis or how to maintain it, then you have failed.
May 15, 2013 15:01 BST The Business Continuity Institute “The only thing harder than planning for an incident, is having to explain why you didn't.” Many organisations believe they are different and unlikely to experience or suffer from an incident. More often than not, they are wrong. No organisation wants to be affected by an incident or expects it, but that does not mean that they should not consider and plan a response just in case it does happen.
May 15, 2013 09:04 BST The Business Continuity Institute Often working in isolation and surrounded by your ‘adversaries’, it can be a lonely role for BC professionals as you struggle to embed BCM into your organisation and to win over some of your strongest critics. Just when you feel your energy levels dwindling and see your enthusiasm ebbing into the distance, along comes the BCM World Conference and Exhibition.
May 14, 2013 08:20 BST The Business Continuity Institute It’s very easy for the uninitiated to assume that something that looks a bit like a Business Continuity plan actually is one. But sometimes you have to look past the superficial bits to get to the reality. Sometimes, when you dig a bit, it becomes apparent that what, on the surface, is a convincing looking Business Continuity plan doesn’t actually have any substance to it .
May 10, 2013 09:00 BST Relacom Relacom provides a complete solution to a leading architectural firm in Scandinavia.
Apr 26, 2013 07:09 BST Relacom Lyse, a Norwegian operator with minimal churn, engaged a professional partner to manage its field operations and customer interactions. The results speak for themselves.
Apr 23, 2013 08:55 BST The Business Continuity Institute Andy compares home DIY to Business Continuity and talks about the additonal costs and time delays that can result when having to rectify other people's badly done home improvements. In his experience, it's like updating someone else's BCP. What should be a straightforward task turns into a monster undertaking because someone without the necessary skills or experience has had a go.
Apr 22, 2013 08:54 BST The Business Continuity Institute With this year’s Executive Forum running on 12th and 13th June in Brussels, it seems a good time to look back at the two earlier Forums. What does happen when 600+ years of BC experience converges on Brussels each year for two days?
