 BT has warned UK companies to concentrate on the nuts and bolts of information security. |
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 My aim in this brief introduction to Business Continuity is to give you an insight into creating an effective BC plan using a 5 step process (based around the British standards BS 25999) we use as standard When creating BCP and DRP’s for our clients.
Let me start with a brief introduction to Prosyn Ltd and what relevance we can bring to today’s events.
- We have been trading in the City of London for the past 5 years with very demanding trading companies.
- Our marketing focus is on companies of sizes 5-150 users
- Our core business is the creation and maintenance of IT systems and as a direct result of that we now specialise in the creation of working BCP’s.
- We have a range of products and solutions designed to keep firms up and running.
The reality of creating a BCP is that it is cost overhead that does not directly generate any money. This normally results in it being the last item on the board agenda and by the time it is discussed the board members are looking forward to a drink in the pub.
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 Businesses should ensure their files are backed up to ensure that they can be retrieved in the event of emergency, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). |
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 Three out of four people have greater concerns than ever about the way that organisations handle personal data, a new poll has found. |
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The employee of the future may not be a young man or woman sitting at a desk from nine to five. Future workspaces may be made up of meeting spaces, with the concept of having your own desk at work no longer existing. The notion of nine to five might gradually disappear, with staff working ad-hoc hours around their home commitments.
Offices will probably disappear and instead mini business centres could spring up near satellite offices. Increasingly people will work from home as organisations cut down their overheads on office space and use remote locations as the new-age workplace.
These communities will build up around 'streetscapes' with services for workers such as hairdressers and cafés. Workers will only come to the office to collaborate. Better technology infrastructure will make distributed working easier. All of this will have a positive impact on health and stress levels.
According to Howard Grosvenor, managing consultant at people performance specialist SHL, changes in the wider context of work will have a great impact on the worker of the future. UK employees will need to be flexible enough to continually work across time zones, languages and cultures.
With this new-age worker in mind, many employers are now considering remote working and working from home as viable options in their recruitment drive.
Recruitment websites, including Remote Employment and BCSRecruit.com, will come to the fore and take the lead in recruiting tomorrow's workers. Currently, around 3.1 million people usually or regularly work from home and this is likely to double in the near future.
The recent emergence of virtual jobs and virtual communities is changing the way companies attract and retain skilled employees. Smarter organisations reduce employment costs by adopting remote working as a regular employment solution.
Adopting this modern day approach to our working lives increases business productivity and competitiveness, reduces transport congestion and pollution, improves health, assists disadvantaged groups and harmonises our work and family commitments.
A lot of SME's are run from home and don't need an office but require 'a central point' from which to work.
A virtual office is a term for office services, which can include business domain name, email services, phone and network services, fax services, web-hosting services, and on line meeting and conference facilities.
If you want to find out how LeadSure can help you in creating a virtual office for your firm then please call John McCarthy on 07809 465747 or click the button below to email us.
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