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  • Australian companies facing business continuity crisis?

    Although 85 percent of Australian companies have a business continuity plan in place, only half of Australian companies have tested their plan, according to IDC.

  • Third-party disasters--don't be a victim

    Many service providers have their own disaster recovery plans, but it’s up to you to determine if their plan will work before a disaster occurs. Here are some tips IT managers can use to help decide if a service provider is ready for a crisis.

  • Death and technology

    If the Grim Reaper had dropped in to his local Internet cafe to look in on some tech news sites over the past few weeks, he would have nodded approvingly.

  • 2007: How was it for outsourcing?

    Government continues to shun colossal outsourcing contracts in favour of selective sourcing, while businesses display growing confidence in software-as-a-service -- however sustained skills shortages have plagued deployments, sparking interest in offshore options.

  • Analysts offer advice for free

    Analyst firm Gartner Group has been offering free access to reports to assist firms damaged by the attack on the World Trade Center. However, despite a trend for analyst firms to offer free information, some users said that the free information lacked detail.

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  • Can the government solve its IT woes?

    Whatever happens in the election, government departments at both state and federal levels are facing major changes to how they build and manage their IT infrastructure. Is the answer shared services, an increased focus on SOA, enhanced Web delivery -- or just telling everyone in your department to get a clue?

  • City of London tests disaster recovery plans

    Banking firms in the City of London have conducted a trial of their back-up communications systems as part of an exercise to test the ability of the financial sector to cope following a major disaster such as a terrorist attack.

  • Australian companies facing business continuity crisis?

    Although 85 percent of Australian companies have a business continuity plan in place, only half of Australian companies have tested their plan, according to IDC.

  • Build accountability into DR

    No disaster recovery plan can ever be like clockwork, because human response is always a variable. And the way to improve the human factor is through accountability.

  • Business continuity: 10 things you should know

    Business continuity is much more than just a fancy word for "backup" although some organisations treat it that way. A comprehensive business continuity plan provides a roadmap for continuance and/or restoration of mission-critical functions during and after a disaster. Here are 10 things a good BCP includes.

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