Features

• Business continuity planning - more than just disaster recovery

  By Allan Davies | 12 February, 2011 08:00

  As a nation, we have certainly faced our fair share of disasters lately; flooding in Queensland and Victoria, cyclones in Queensland and massive bush fires in Western Australia — just months after devastating earthquakes in Christchurch. Our hearts certainly goes out to all of the people affected by these disasters but I personally feel the pain of all the IT professionals who are, or will be, working tirelessly to bring IT systems back on-line in order to maintain some form of business continuity in these affected areas.

• Dealing with disaster

  By Tim Mendham | 06 September, 2010 10:08

  Earthquakes? Volcanoes? Pandemics? Tsunamis? Are these the stuff of business continuity? Gartner has issued several papers covering major disasters such as the Iceland volcano eruption and its impact on business travel, admitting that “few, if any, businesses plan for a volcanic ash disruption scenario”, which is probably the understatement of the year.

• Best Practices For IT Availability

  By Stephanie Balaouras | 17 December, 2009 04:40

  Forrester often gets inquiries such as, "What requirements should we keep in mind while developing our disaster recovery plans and documents?" and, "Which strategies work best for managing our disaster recovery program once it's in place?"

• DR a growing concern for A/NZ CIOs: Symantec

  By Tim Lohman | 02 July, 2009 09:16

  CIOs in Australia and New Zealand are increasingly getting involved in the disaster recovery planning of their organisations, according to a new survey from Symantec.

• Survey: Continuity Plans Factor in Mobile, Social Networking

  By Joan Goodchild | 11 June, 2009 01:23

  Business continuity planning has evolved from simply something companies hope never to roll out, to an important focus of security operations, according to a new survey from AT&T.

• Swine Flu Fears Raise Questions About Business Continuity Plans

  By Tim Lohman | 01 May, 2009 10:23

  Despite recent power blackouts in Sydney and the threat of a swine flu pandemic, many Australian organisations are still “flying by the seat of their pants” claim experts

• 10 Tips for Swine Flu Planning for CIOs and IT Leaders

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 30 April, 2009 11:06

  As the swine flu outbreak spreads, CIOs and other IT executives are dusting off their pandemic plans and preparing for the possibility of high levels of employee absenteeism and extended telework scenarios.

• Swine Flu Prompts Aussie CIOs to Revisit Business Continuity Plans

  By Tim Lohman | 28 April, 2009 10:28

  Australian health authorities may have given the all clear for two local suspected cases of the swine flu virus -- which has killed more than 80 people in Mexico and infected 20 in the United States -- but concern over the spread of the potentially fatal disease has local CIOs revisiting their business continuity plans (BCP).

• Preparing for a Pandemic: A Primer

  By CIO Staff | 30 April, 2009 08:00

  With the possibility of a swine flu pandemic in mind, CIO has put this collection of preparedness articles together to help companies review their own plans.

• A Pandemic Planner

  By Katherine Walsh | 01 November, 2006 14:22

  What you can do to prepare.

• You'll Sneeze If Your Suppliers Get the Flu

  By CSO staff | 01 June, 2006 12:49

  A simulation at MIT of an avian flu outbreak in China underscores the need for companies to consider possible supply chain disruptions as part of their plans for handling emergencies

• Preparing Businesses for a Pandemic

  By Martin Byrne and Robert Dyson | 02 May, 2006 15:51

  A global virus affecting more than a quarter of the world's population is an unpalatable, but increasingly likely prospect. The impact on human life could be catastrophic, but the potential economic impact to organizations across the world also cannot be ignored.