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What needs to be included in a business continuity plan checklist?

SRM

A few months ago, a global pandemic with the capacity to bring the world to a standstill was almost unthinkable. Our consultancy team has experience across all sectors and sizes of organisation, enhancing businesses’ capacity to deal with unforeseen contingencies through our high level of professionalism and expertise.

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5 Ways Smart Cities Use Data—and 4 Ways to Keep That Data Secure

Pure Storage

The pandemic has thrown the need for improved public health services into sharp focus. Data program must-have: High-capacity storage that can scale and consolidate both structured data and unstructured sensor data. If security events and outages can cause enterprises to come to a grinding halt—what about a city that’s running on data?

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It’s OK, it’s in the Cloud: Lessons from the OVH Cloud Data Centre Fire

Plan B Consulting

Interestingly, most pandemic plans I have worked on or read were all about the loss of staff, looking at anything between 10% – 25% of their staff being off sick. Organisations may have had this percentage of staff off at the peak of the pandemic, but overall have been able to cope with it.

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It’s OK, it’s in the Cloud: Lessons from the OVH Cloud Data Centre Fire

Plan B Consulting

Interestingly, most pandemic plans I have worked on or read were all about the loss of staff, looking at anything between 10% – 25% of their staff being off sick. Organisations may have had this percentage of staff off at the peak of the pandemic, but overall have been able to cope with it.

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

São Paulo, Brazil’s financial capital and one of the 10 most populated cities, nearly ran out of water in 2015, when the main reservoir fell below 4% capacity. After BC came pandemic, followed slightly half-heartedly by supply chain and now cyber is in the focus. Over the last few years, two cities have almost run out of water.

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

São Paulo, Brazil’s financial capital and one of the 10 most populated cities, nearly ran out of water in 2015, when the main reservoir fell below 4% capacity. After BC came pandemic, followed slightly half-heartedly by supply chain and now cyber is in the focus. Over the last few years, two cities have almost run out of water.

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Overcoming the Challenges of Contact Center Data

Pure Storage

Prior to the pandemic, many enterprises were reluctant to fully move to contact center as-a-service (CCaaS) environments, despite the availability of the technology. Support is AI-driven, so issues can be resolved before they become outages. The Rise of CCaaS. Newfound access to disruptive solutions to improve customer service.