Testing work-area recovery

So you’ve got a business continuity management plan in place, and it includes a work-area recovery (WAR) component. Now, of course, you need to make sure that the plan works.  “When you physically move a group of people to a new site and expect them to be productive...

Business continuity key for business

When a company finds itself on a burning platform, it’s in a desperate situation with no good choices. The burning platform metaphor derives from a real disaster in 1988, when an oil rig in the North Sea caught alight. The worst oil rig disaster to date, it resulted...

The problem with data loss prevention

Dtex Systems recently did a review with several clients to look at the reasons why data loss prevention (DLP) fails. “Despite spending billions on DLP technology, enterprises still leak data every day. We repeatedly hear the same stories from companies struggling to...

Disaster recovery: past, present and future

It’s become almost trite to talk about how the cloud is transformative across a range of IT markets and business functions, says Bryan Balfe, enterprise account manager at CommVault. Disaster recovery (DR) has been around for decades, but typically fallen...

Reliable, managed ICT services key

ICT infrastructure is becoming more complex. Managed ICT service provider experts say there is a greater need to link up with mobility and adopt game-changing resources like Microsoft Office365 and the Cloud in order to ensure clients are able to compete. Ukuvuma...

Change management key to outsourcing success

IT outsourcing continues to be a popular option, as it offers a number of well-known benefits, including access to scarce skills, cost reductions, leveraging industry best practices and more. However, despite spending considerable time and effort in implementing an...