Backup failure could lead SMEs to disaster

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa are flirting with disaster by failing to improve their policies on backing up data, which is often critical to the very survival of their businesses. This is one of the key findings to emerge from SME Survey 2015,...

Can your technology cope with a disaster?

Decision-makers agree that while there is little about information backup and archiving that is exciting, there is no doubting the importance of looking after this facet of your business. Innovation in the IT industry is currently moving at such a rapid pace – it is...

Tips for using social media during a crisis

There’s a gas explosion at your main manufacturing plant: lives are at risk and production is likely to be affected. Your call centre has been hit by an outbreak of food poisoning after a team party and is running at 20% capacity. Your products are contaminated and...

Records management site goes up in flames

The board of directors of Metrofile advises that a fire occurred at one of the Metrofile Records Management KwaZulu-Natal facilities on Friday evening, 11 October 2013. The fire was contained by the following day and fortunately no one was injured. The company has...

Financial institutions and disaster recovery

Business continuity in the payment industry is becoming more important than ever as most companies in Africa are ill prepared when it comes to disaster recovery, says Lionel Slowe, head of the SADC project at BankservAfrica. According to the latest EMC disaster...