Disaster recovery planning and preventive measures ensure business continuity. The main question is “What if an attacker succeeds and renders an organization’s functions impossible?” Whether the break in business continuity is a short or long one, this is where an organization’s disaster recovery plans comes into play. The disaster recovery plans define the resources, actions, [...]
In my opinion and experience, 95 percent of crises are preventable. That’s right, when I’ve “reverse-engineered” crises that have occurred to my clients over the past 25+ years, crises about which I have sufficient information to reach truly educated conclusions, pre-crisis red flags were usually present – and ignored. Over time, I’ve seen significant commonality [...]
The economy is showing signs of recovery; however, many businesses are still reeling from the effects of the recession. From start-ups to multi-billion dollar businesses, everyone is looking for ways to cut costs while turning a profit. In fact, many companies are just trying to keep things in the black, however that does not eliminate [...]
Regardless of the size of the business, we know that we need to backup the data. Many businesses use Tape drive for backing up the data. The fact is the average failure rate for tape back up is 100%. That is, at sometime the tape drive will fail. If tape drive malfunctions it will be [...]
Corporate winding up is the term sometimes given to the liquidation of a limited company, although it may equally apply to a partnership. Any town in the UK will have experts in winding up companies where the need demands, although they should look at every opportunity to save a business if at all possible. If [...]
Technology is becoming increasingly necessary and crucial for the business world. It does not matter what type of business we’re talking about – everyone, from huge multinational corporations to small business run from home, uses computers now to get the jobs done. Bookkeeping, accounting, orders, shipping and receiving, financial records, customer and client records, product [...]
Partnership turnaround, is a specialist discipline, undertaken by what the insolvency industry terms “turnaround accountants”. They market themselves as uniquely placed and experienced in saving businesses, without the need on all occasions for the partnership or company in question to enter a formal insolvency arrangement. They do this by charging an hourly rate, or taking [...]
Top five ways to Increase your Security on a tight budget 1. Re-key locks and cylinders. Rekeying locks can seriously increase the safety of your facility. Not just the exterior locks but also interior locks that could well lead to critical or secure areas of your building. If the budget authorizes upgrade to high security [...]
During this economic downturn, many company’s sales have probably decreased. Businesses are looking to lower or totally cut out expenses of all kinds including payroll, marketing and non-essential costs. Fact #1: A study conducted by McGraw-Hill Research of 600 companies, showed that the businesses that made the effort to continue or expand their advertising efforts [...]
It’s not only the threat to business of the global recession but also the swine flu pandemic, that has made companies of all sizes look at their contingency plans. Communication, both internally and externally is key to the success of any business. This could be why there is a rise in business now needing to [...]
