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From ‘one man and his dog outfits’ to SMes and multinationals, the diversity of people bearing the mantle of ‘supply chain manager’ or ‘risk manager’ means there are many different views on the biggest problem areas. |
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On recently being introduced as a data centre specialist, a US investor piped up, “Ah, the garbage bins of the IT world!” |
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| As a SunGard Availability Services customer, you appreciate the importance of business continuity management and will be diligent about getting your own house in order. But how resilient are your suppliers? |
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Recent research spanning 35 countries released by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) shows that over 70% of organisations recorded at least one supply chain disruption during 2010, with 20% admitting they had suffered reputational damage as a result. |
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The findings of a new Computing survey, sponsored by SunGard Availability Services, paint a worrying picture of organisations that are not in control of their information, unsure of their data protection obligations and unable to recover their critical data and systems within the required timeframe. |
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| Two thirds (66%) of those responsible for financing it expenditure admitted to not fully understanding the benefits of moving to cloud computing, although this is recognised as being a key technology to reduce it spend. |
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| With the first organisations scheduled to pay the new climate change levy in 2012, many are anxious about what effect the change of government will have on the measures intended to force UK industry to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. |
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A leading daily newspaper and major financial services organisation are currently trialling Recover Anywhere, which will give SunGard the opportunity to refine the service still further. |
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| The global economic downturn has forced companies to refocus on their core business. As a result, many are now reconsidering the merits of outsourcing on-core business areas, such as management of the organisation’s IT infrastructure, to specialist third party providers. |
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International insurance provider Markel International takes an unregimented approach to business continuity (BC) that in these days of red tape and bureaucracy is highly unorthodox. But it is a policy that has proved highly successful for over three decades. |
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Historically, cost-effective recovery has been constrained by the limits of technology. Now it is possible to costeffectively recover more people via super connectivity and one seamless estate through virtual and physical environments. Here’s how to exploit new capability and benefits for a flawless recovery. |
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| Vaulting contracts are based on estimated vault usage with additional use charged at reasonable rates. Having last reviewed its backup requirements in 2007, Genesis found that it was frequently exceeding the storage space to which it had subscribed. |
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While Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) has already been enthusiastically embraced by small and medium-sized businesses, its potential is now being exploited by larger firms, eager to reap the benefits of secure, resilient Cloud IaaS. Many have eagerly switched to SunGard Availability Services’ fully managed, enterprise-class private Cloud IaaS since its launch in October 2009. |
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We have added a further 8,000 square feet to our highly resilient and secure London Technology Centre (LTC) to meet growing customer demand for managed hosting and, increasingly, cloud-based Infrastructure as a Service solutions. |
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| Forty years ago, IT started to be introduced into mainstream businesses as a productivity tool. This development spawned an entirely new industry, as increasingly sophisticated information systems started to actively drive, rather than merely support, business processes, decision-making and competitive advantage. |
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