continuity in comment and analysis
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment If security is to be reflected in operational processes, then it resonates through everything, from change management, through to information handling, and business continuity. Other measures, such as business continuity, can also sometimes benefit... [28 Mar 2008]
Outsourcing - life after the contract
Comment Continuity The fanfare of a new outsourcing contract may have died down long ago. But the work is not all done just because the ink has dried on the paper, argues Paul Bentham. UK public sector outsourcing has overrun by billions, according to a... [12 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Apple vs Vista, jail for mobile users and the broadband swindle…
Comment A little bit of perspective needs to be given, along with some continuity. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views... [03 Jan 2008]
Getting more out of the net
Comment It also provides a practical way of separating IT infrastructure from IT users because keeping them housed in the same building is a business continuity disaster waiting to happen. For many businesses, the internet is now their main wide area... [02 Nov 2007]
Tech can make or break a merger
Comment Continuity: Keep the business moving. Ensure that business continuity is absolutely maintained at all costs and that there are no issues with service delivery as a result of the integration. CIOs need to get involved at the earliest possible stage... [25 Sep 2007]
Far from quiet on the virtual front
Comment The company has turned the use of virtualisation for business continuity and disaster recovery into its own fiefdom. This summer's intense activity in virtualisation could shape the options for smaller businesses as well as for data centres. [05 Sep 2007]
Is outsourcing too risky?
Comment The continued importance of offshore outsourcing means the outsourcers' business continuity planning also needs to be robust to cope with any shaky infrastructure and outages. Before an organisation decides to follow the outsourcing trend... [23 Jul 2007]
CIOs must not fend off risk alone
Comment It's a view shared by Timothy Coats, business continuity practice lead at EMC. Should IT risk management be the responsibility of the CIO or should it be a company-wide process? Will Sturgeon argues in favour of the latter and discusses the reasons... [10 Jul 2007]
Robin Dargue
CIO Profile IT is a core component for business growth and continuity across Diageo's 180 markets and Dargue's remit includes the challenge of implementing a wall-to-wall SAP platform across Diageo's diverse markets and geographies, as well as exploiting IT... [06 Jun 2007]
David Burden
CIO Profile Burden - whose pay packet topped £1m in 2005 - is a member of the board of directors, the group executive team and the group investment committee, as well as chair of the group business continuity and emergency planning committee. [06 Jun 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: There's no workplace like home
Comment Surely, every large company should have the infrastructure in place for its employees to WFH from a business continuity point of view. Working from home is good for people and good for the planet. But how easy is it for a team to collaborate while... [17 May 2007]
Virtualisation gets trendy
Comment Virtualisation is now involved in the most trendy fields in the industry including data centre automation, utility computing, green computing, security, business continuity, blades, grid and SOA. Virtualisation is not just about servers anymore. [15 May 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.03.07
Round-Up If you aren't reading this column cowering under your desk, wearing protective Kevlar underwear and considering your business continuity plans, then the Round-Up suspects you aren't taking the threat to humanity as seriously as you should. [23 Mar 2007]
Q&A: Wipro chairman and managing director Azim Premji
Comment I think the biggest challenge is to be able to scale the continuity of culture because you are talking about very large year-on-year growth, you are talking about very young people from diverse backgrounds, and you are talking about people from... [07 Nov 2006]
IT suppliers: Size does (and doesn't) matter
Comment At the same time, you do then become reliant on an individual at the small vendor, which doesn't guarantee continuity of service should they move on. Are IT chiefs missing out on big benefits by avoiding small tech vendors? [06 Jul 2006]
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