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Business continuity metrics: How much can you afford to lose?When developing a disaster recovery plan, companies need to evaluate how fast they can get their businesses running again and how much data they can afford to lose. Bob Cramer, CEO of LiveVault Corp., offers tips on key metrics companies should use to make these decisions.
ComputerworldSurvey: U.S. business, IT executives at odds on disaster recovery The differences were much narrower in Europe By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
ComputerWorldPoll: Disaster recovery tops storage priorities By Tan Ee Sze, Computerworld Singapore JUNE 13, 2003
Computerworld South AfricaSurvey: Most EMEA countries News Story by Samantha Perry. December 07, 2004 - " Veritas Software Corp. last week released the results of its third annual disaster recovery study which revealed, among other things, that 97% of businesses surveyed in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) would be unable to continue normal operations following a data center fire."
Continuity CentralMore funding and a seat at the boardroom table keys to effective information security Business leaders in Canada rate information security as a top priority in achieving business goals, but less than half report their organisations back that up by aligning security spending with key objectives, according to a survey on information security published by professional services firm Ernst & Young.
Continuity CentralBusiness continuity provides insurance discounts (for some). According to a recent survey jointly conducted by Strohl Systems and CPM-Global Assurance, one out of every eight US organisations that responded has experienced decreased insurance rates due to having a comprehensive business continuity plan.
Continuity CentralThe BIA under the microscope: The July, 2003 issue of the Business Continuity e-Journal is ‘BIA special’ – containing a detailed report on the recent BIA survey conducted by Continuity Central. The report gives details on: * Who is given responsibility for the BIA * How BIAs are being conducted * What the BIA covers * How often BIAs are conducted * Where the information is distributed * Problems and difficulties experienced * Future changes in the BIA process.
Disaster Recovery Journal On-Going SurveysDisaster Recovery Journal conducts weekly industry surveys.
nextslm.orgBest Practices in Service Level Management - Communications This report is based on data collected from assessments taken in 4Q2000 through 2Q2001.
Yahoo! FinanceU.S. Business and Technology Leaders at Odds on Disaster Readiness According to New Poll Monday July 14, 9:04 am ET EMC/RoperASW Opinion Poll Finds More Than Half of Senior I.T. Executives Feel Very Vulnerable to Losing Data in Disaste
Government TechnologyBusiness Continuity: Survey Gauges Government's Ability to Survive Disaster Jul 17, 2008, By Emily Montandon "Governments deliver some of society's most vital services. In an emergency, citizens look to public agencies to continue providing public assistance checks and public utilities, in addition to emergency services, including medical care or shelter. In today's technological age, governments must ensure vulnerabilities are found and mitigated before disaster strikes."
HP News ReleaseOnly One in Four Companies Adequately Prepared for Disaster, Poll Finds ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 7, 2006 HP today announced the results of a poll showing that while many companies have adequate business continuity, availability and disaster recovery systems in place, only 26 percent regularly review and test their plans.
Imation Data Protection Survey ReportAn online survey of IT managers and directors was conducted in the continental United States. The respondents were screened to meet the following qualifications: * Directly responsible for network or data center tape storage and administration. * Manages a team responsible for network or data center tape storage and administration. * Holds a senior management position (CIO, VP, director, or manager). All companies represented in the survey have a network or data center tape backup and storage system. Survey respondents were selected from the Technology Advisory Board®, a worldwide Internet panel of over 25,000 scientists,engineers, information systems professionals, information technology executives, and technology executives. This database allows targeting of respondents with the job responsibilities required by this specific project.
InformationWeekBusinesses Brace For Disruptions Oct. 18, 2004 By Martin J. Garvey Companies nationwide quickly took stock of disaster-preparedness procedures after the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Are companies as vigilant today about business continuity as they were 36 months ago? An InformationWeek Research study suggests they are.
Informationweel: "Business Continuity Slides Down The Priority Scale""A company's very survival may hinge on its ability to function effectively in a crisis. But that doesn't mean that business continuity is a high priority, even in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. If anything, time has cooled interest in this area. Except in cases where companies have invested in disaster recovery-related upgrades, what has mostly transpired are policy changes."
International Strategy for Disaster ReductionCRED Releases the 2006 Disasters in Numbers: The Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) releases today, 29 January 2007, the figures of disasters triggered by natural hazards for the year 2006. A total of 395 disasters were recorded in 2006 with 226 caused by floods, 66 by windstorms and 30 related to extreme temperature events. The 2006 disasters killed 21,342 people. While Asia was the continent hit most by disasters triggered by natural hazards, three European countries - Netherlands, Belgium and Ukraine - ranked among the top ten countries most affected by deadly disasters. The economic damages in 2006 were around 19 billion US Dollars.
Large Companies Cover Continuity BasicsAccording to InformationWeek Research's Business Continuity Planning Study, based on a survey fielded by PricewaterhouseCoopers, larger companies are championing three best practices that all companies ought to consider.
Louisiana State University, E.J. Ourso School of BusinessA Report on the Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Louisiana Businesses: 2005Q2-2006Q4 Prepared for the Louisiana Recovery Authority, Louisiana Economic Development, and the Louisiana Department of Labor This report examines the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the number of firms, employment, and wages in Louisiana. The results consist of comparisons of Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data from quarters 2005Q3-2006Q4 to benchmark pre-Hurricane levels from 2005Q2. While this report contains results for all of Louisiana, more detailed analysis focuses on a five parish Southeast Louisiana region (Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany parishes) and a three parish Southwest Louisiana Region (Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vermilion parishes).
National Safety CouncilWhat are the odds of dying? The table was prepared in response to frequent inquiries, especially from the media, asking questions such as, "What are the odds of being killed by lightning?" or "What are the chances of dying in a plane crash?"
PreEmpt, Inc.PreEmpt, Inc, has published the results of a survey it has conducted in the US into how far an alternate facility should be from the primary operations facility. The survey updates similar work which was conducted in 2004. The primary source of information for the survey was chapter members of the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP).
PreEmpt, Inc.How far should an alternate facility be from the primary operations facility? Survey results, conducted by: PreEmpt, Inc., September 2005
Pulblic Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada - Canadian Disaster DatabaseThe Canadian Disaster Database contains historical information on disasters which have directly affected Canadians, at home and abroad, over the past century. References to all types of Canadian disasters, including those triggered by natural hazards, technological hazards or conflict (not including war) can be found here. The database describes where and when a disaster occurred, who was affected, and provides a rough estimate of the direct costs. You can search the disaster database by using criteria such as the type of disaster, and/or the location or time period of occurrence.
SteelEye Technology, Inc.Survey: Alarming 45% of Enterprises with Business Continuity Plans Have Invoked Them. Equally troubling is that 19% of organizations have no BC plan at all despite presence of affordable solutions - March 21, 2006
Storage PipelineDisaster Recovery Planning Grows, Slowly (September 14, 2004) By Storage Pipeline The good news is that more companies are taking seriously the need to plan for disaster recovery. The bad news is that only 38 percent have any kind of plan in place to keep them operating in the event of disaster or disruption, according to a Veritas-sponsored survey conducted by Dynamic Markets Ltd.
Storage PipelineEnterprises Need Disaster Recovery Plans With Zero Downtime By Martin Garvey InformationWeek
StrategiyDisaster recovery solutions seen as essential to safeguard Mid East businesses [Monday, November 7, 2005 12:08:00 pm] Across the Middle East, companies are increasingly turning to disaster recovery solutions to safeguard their computer systems and sustain business operations.
Strohl SystemsSurvey Says: Best Practices for Business Continuity and Crisis Communications December, 2005.
Twin Cities Home PagePosted on Thu, Aug. 28, 2003 Business backups BY LESLIE BROOKS SUZUKAMO Pioneer Press Computer worms. E-mail viruses. Power blackouts. All were painful reminders to businesses and other organizations in recent weeks that without access to their data, work grinds to a halt. But surprisingly, many companies are still ill-prepared for the worst. A Harris Poll of senior executives in Fortune 1000 firms this summer found that after the wake-up call of 9/11, one-third of executives admitted their companies were still no more prepared than they were that day.
VeritasThe Veritas Disaster Recovery Research 2004 - Independent Market Research Report [IT Disaster Recovery Survey]
Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it beforeWorldmapper is a collection of world maps in which territories are re-sized according to different subjects, illustrating individual territories' share of the world's population, wealth, emissions, etc. Of particular interest are the disaster maps, which show the prevalence of disasters, the number of people affected or killed by disasters, and more.
AmerivaultNew Survey Reveals Inadequate Small Business Server Backup & Recovery Practices July 21, 2003, Waltham, MA According to a new national survey conducted by AmeriVault Corp., small companies most often have an employee take their server backup tape home, some storing it in a sock drawer and others on top of their refrigerator.
AT&TAT&T Study Finds U.S. Businesses Unprepared For Disaster September 12, 2005 Pre-Katrina Survey Reveals Nearly 40 Percent of Businesses Say Continuity Planning Not a Priority BEDMINSTER, N.J. – In the aftermath of one of the nation’s most devastating disasters, a report released today by AT&T and the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), finds that nearly one-third of U.S. businesses surveyed do not have business continuity plans in place. Despite recent events, ranging from security breaches to natural disasters, the report, “Disaster Planning in the Private Sector: A Look at the State of Business Continuity in the U.S.,” finds that in a survey of more than 1,200 businesses conducted from January to August 2005, nearly 40 percent stated that business continuity planning was not a priority.
AT&TAT&T Study: Almost One-Third (30 Percent) of U.S. Businesses Do Not Consider Business Continuity Planning a Priority Businesses in New York and Houston Most Prepared for Man-Made and Natural Disasters; Minneapolis/St. Paul and Cleveland Businesses Least Prepared San Antonio, Texas, May 29, 2007 Despite another year filled with hard-lessons learned from tornadoes, floods and fires, 30 percent of businesses across the country are still not prepared for the worst-case scenario, according to AT&T's annual study on business continuity and disaster recovery preparedness for U.S. businesses in the private sector.
Banks' crisis plans weak: survey -- The Sydney Morning HeraldBy David Adams June 1, 2004 "More than 30 per cent of Australia's banks are unprepared for a significant disruption to their IT systems, such as a serious virus or act of terror, a recent university survey found."
Business Continuity Demands CollaborationInformationWeek Research surveyed 100 business-technology professionals in October, 2001 on their companies' business-continuity and IT-contingency strategies.
Chief Security Officer MagazineCHIEF SECURITY OFFICERS CALL ON U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR INCREASED OVERSIGHT OF ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CSO Magazine Poll Reveals Nation’s CSOs Want an Independent Investigation of Blackout. Framingham, MA—August 22, 2003—A new poll of 382 chief security officers (CSOs) and senior security executives conducted by IDG’s CSO magazine reveals the majority (59%) of respondents blame the U.S. electric industry, not the U.S. government, for last week’s blackout. Fifty-five percent (55%) of the CSO respondents, all hailing from organizations in the U.S. critical infrastructure, are asking the federal government to expand its oversight of the electric industry.
Continuity CentralAverage UK business suffers 235 hours of downtime every year Less than half (48 percent) of large UK companies have a formal policy in place to measure the quality of internal IT operations service and delivery, finds new independent research(1) published today by global IT solutions and services provider Dimension Data.
Continuity CentralIDC survey provides Asia Pacific disaster recovery planning insights A recent IDC survey has found that many Asia Pacific businesses may still be highly susceptible to disruptions from security breaches or natural disasters.
Continuity CentralRecent natural disasters have resulted in more North American companies replicating or backing up their data: Gartner
Deloitte & Touche LLPCorporate-Wide Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans Jump 20 Percent in Last Five Years: Deloitte & Touche LLP Survey (January 31, 2005)
Deloitte & Touche USA LLPContinuing the Journey: 6th Annual Business Continuity Survey from Deloitte & Touche LLP and CPM Group. This benchmarking survey report published in collaboration with the CPM Group, demonstrates that the business continuity function, and its professional practice continue to play an important role in operational risk management. Survey results show that executive management remains primarily concerned with regulatory compliance, and with fulfilling fiduciary responsibilities by addressing operational resilience in response to a broad array of disruptive events.
Envoy WorldwideTrends in Business Continuity and Risk Management: A Business Continuity Survey (June, 2005)
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| #1 | Service Level Agreement and SLA Guide - Directory of service level agreement template, guidebook, training, and audit resources. | |
| #2 | Business continuity metrics: How much can you afford to lose? - When developing a disaster recovery plan, companies need to evaluate how fast they can get their businesses running again and how much data they can afford to lose. Bob Cramer, CEO of LiveVault Corp., offers tips on key metrics companies should use to make these decisions. | |
| #3 | Saint Lucia Disaster Response Plan - Saint Lucia Disaster Response Plan | |
| #4 | A Design Language for Emergency Operations Center Facilities - "Most EOC layouts can be described in terms of a few basic models, each of which has unique implications for the organizational dynamics it supports. These basic layouts are combined and hybridized to yield almost all real-world EOC floorplans." | |
| #5 | IBM's Web Service Level Agreements (WSLA) Project - The Web Service Level Agreement (WSLA) project, developed by IBM, addresses service level management issues within a Web services environment. Issues addressed include SLA specification, creation and monitoring. The project provides: Explicit specifications of servlce level agreements that can be monitored by the service provider, customer and even by a third-party; Ease of SLA creation using template-based authoring tools; and, Distributed monitoring framework for deployment in a single site or across multiple sites by translating SLA data in configuration information for the individual service provider components and third party services to perform the measurement and supervision activities. The WSLA creation and monitoring framework complements various other projects addressing issues on proactive management of a service environment, e.g., provisioning resources, workload management, etc., according to the agreed upon service levels specified via WSLA. | |
| #6 | University of Miami Disaster Recovery Plan for Computer Servuces - | |
