Entries Tagged as 'Recovery Plans'
by Roberta J. Witty | May 18, 2011 | Comments Off
The rolling blackouts designed to conserve electricity following the earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan continue to present serious challenges for enterprises. Gartner’s best practices can help IT organizations protect their infrastructures and support their workforces. Key Findings The earthquake and tsunami that struck the Tohoku district in March, and the power plant failures and [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | May 15, 2011 | Comments Off
For many organizations, engaging external assistance can often be the step needed to develop, mature and modernize a business continuity management program. Gartner’s recent survey of BCM consulting providers and services delivers the information clients need to make informed engagement decisions. The findings in this research are based on a joint Gartner and Business Continuity [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment
In Q3/2010, Gartner published 18 maturity self-assessment tools under the trade name of ITScore. One of the tools is for BCM: ITScore for Business Continuity Management. This ITScore-based Maturity Assessment represents an evaluation of an enterprise BCM program based on key indicators of maturity, which encompass management processes, personnel and organization, technologies and tools, and [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | November 30, 2010 | 6 Comments
At the end of 2010, most workers can’t live without collaboration tools – at least instant messaging to communicate immediately to a group of co-workers. But during a power outage that takes out your data center, and therefore access to these tools through a controlled IT infrastructure, collaboration is of utmost need. This is where [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | October 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
With the publication of the BCM Policy template on 21 October 2010, Gartner completes its research bundle on the BCM governance framework. Customers now have access to a definition note on what BCM governance is plus three customizable toolkits: a BCM charter, BCM policy and BCM responsibility matrix. Each note is listed below. Business Continuity [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | September 1, 2010 | 3 Comments
The goal of U.S. National Preparedness Month (NPM) is “…to stress the importance of strengthening the security and resiliency of our Nation through systematic preparation for the full range of hazards threatening the United States in the 21st century, including natural disasters, cyber attacks, pandemic disease, and acts of terrorism.” Read the full proclamation: Presidential [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | April 28, 2010 | Comments Off
The economic recession has had a hard impact on the BCM profession. There are more skilled professionals looking for work than ever. BCM professionals still think of themselves as content experts who hope for “the big one” to hit – just in order to prove their existence. But disasters since 2001 are showing business managers [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | August 6, 2009 | 2 Comments
I attended a pandemic preparedness planning workshop this week sponsored by my CT InfraGard branch. The attendees have been covering this beat for awhile, so the information exchange was at a fairly detailed level regarding what organizations are planning and struggling with in their efforts. I thought I’d share some of the information with you. [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Harvard School of Public Health released the results of a survey they conducted in June/2009 regarding Americans’ views and concerns about the potential for a more severe outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1) in the fall or winter. Gartner always advises businesses to review their pandemic preparedness planning from the perspective of 40% absenteeism – some [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | May 7, 2009 | Comments Off
NEDRIX (NorthEast Disaster Recovery Information X-Change) completed a survey of its membership on May 5, 2009 regarding their organization’s response to the potential pandemic due to the H1N1 virus. 100 members completed the survey and it is interesting to see how these organizations have responded to date. The results published in the survey report are reassuring: most organizations [...]
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