Business 2021: continuity in uncertainty
Business continuity used to be considered a part of Disaster Recovery (DR), another cog in the urgent wheel that turns to put the business back on track in the event of a crisis. However, the past year has reshaped business continuity in the eyes of the organisation....
Tips to enhance resilience
2020 has seen more people speaking of "resilience" than ever before. While some organisations are well underway on their resilience journeys, others still ponder what resilience really means and how to start building it, writes Padma Naidoo, GM: Advisory Services at...
Continuous planning key to business success
The continuously changing business and regulatory landscape during the Covid-19 pandemic means that businesses are now more reliant than ever on being able to plan accurately. By Paul Morgan, business unit lead for data, planning and analytics at Altron Karabina...
How to ensure a successful project during uncertain times
Some business projects when implemented are done with good intentions and there is a vision of how it is going to work. However, when the dynamic elements of each business and the current potential economical threats are not considered, together with the complexity of...
Bowmans collaborates with ContractPodAi
African law firm Bowmans has entered into an agreement with ContractPodAi as part of its digitisation strategy. Through the relationship, Bowmans aims to provide additional value to its clients by introducing them to an advanced contract lifecycle management (CLM)...
ContinuitySA debuts SME-targeted recovery as a service
When disaster strikes, is your business ready to cope? To date, only bigger South African companies have enjoyed access to structured disaster recovery solutions which keep the wheels of commerce turning in the event of the unexpected. But disasters don't...
The right maturity assessment can help your PMO add strategic value
An organisation's project management office (PMO) should play a vital role in delivering on the business' strategy By Dalene Grobler, PPM executive consultant at Project Portfolio Office However, gaining an understanding of this action plan - and the company's...
Covid-19 killed traditional disaster recovery
Much has been said and written about the changes Covid-19 has brought to businesses. While most of the focus has been on enabling people and systems to work remotely, the pandemic has highlighted a number of other technology areas where conventional wisdom no longer...
Digital transformation needs DRaaS to succeed
While the industry is dominated by digital transformation initiatives, considering a cloud-first strategy is only one of two current imperatives. This is according to Routed MD Andrew Cruise, who adds: "Disaster Recovery (DR) planning needs to be a significant part of...
Nutanix expands integration with ServiceNow
Nutanix has expanded integration with the leading digital workflow company ServiceNow, as well as new capabilities in Nutanix Calm, the company's application automation and management solution for DevOps. As customers look to streamline their IT operations and costs...
Critical business functions to maintain business stability
Business continuity plans have become even more valuable as Covid-19 sweeps across the globe forcing us into social distancing and then a lockdown. Many companies have been, and are still, scrambling to find their feet to face this pandemic with no crisis...
Business continuity in an uncertain world
Considering current world events, a global scaling-back on all fronts can be clearly visible -- with travel bans, sporting events postponed, and business meetings being reformatted or cancelled. By Ian Jansen van Rensburg, senior systems engineer at VMware Companies...