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		<title>Business Continuity and Common Risks for Small Businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/business-continuity-and-common-risks-for-small-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhollebecq</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Impact Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity for Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Risks for Small Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What makes small businesses different to bigger ones when it comes to business continuity? Common risks for small businesses are linked to their operations being confined to one specific sector and one geographical location. They don’t have the possibilities of mitigation available to larger, more diverse, distributed companies. Disaster can strike all of their resources [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research study finds SunGard&#8217;s BIA Professional and LDRPS is the most widely used Business Continuity Software</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/sungard-bia-ldrs-business-continuity-software/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/sungard-bia-ldrs-business-continuity-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Impact Analysis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BIA Professional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Consultant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Results released from BC Management Inc’s 9th Annual BCM Study of over 2,644 study participants finds that SunGard&#8217;s BIA Professional and LDRPS is the most widely used Business Continuity Software. For more information read on here. OpsCentre is the Master Distributor for Australia\New Zealand for the SunGard business continuity software suite.]]></description>
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		<title>Key Supplier Resilience as part of Business Continuity Management</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/key-supplier-resilience-as-part-of-business-continuity-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/key-supplier-resilience-as-part-of-business-continuity-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Impact Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Single Point of Failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supplier Resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Third Party Organizations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is not enough just to look at the resilience strategies for within your organization, the entire supply chain needs to be considered for your critical business functions. Are you reliant on a single supplier for any key products or services? If you have alternate suppliers, are they geographically separate or in other ways diverse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Habits of Highly Effective Business Continuity</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/7-habits-of-highly-effective-business-continuity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/7-habits-of-highly-effective-business-continuity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Impact Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster Recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Plans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. The Senior Executive actively supports Business Continuity The CEO\Director\General Manager that believes in and wants a functional Business Continuity program in place is a critical success factor. To have a senior Executive that is responsible for setting the priorities and vision for the organisation to stand behind BCP and communicate this to the staff is a powerful change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What type of Business Continuity Recovery Site do you need?</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/what-type-of-business-continuity-recovery-site-do-you-need/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/what-type-of-business-continuity-recovery-site-do-you-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternate Site]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Business Impact Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business continuity strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business recovery site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Data Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fallback Site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT Recovery Site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maximum Tolerable Outage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Point Objective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recovery Site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RPO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standby Site]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Recovery site is sometimes also referred to as the Alternate Site, Standby Site or Fallback Site. Recovery sites can function purely as a standby data centre for your IT systems or they can be for business recovery as well, with desks, phones, desktop computers, meeting rooms and other facilities. The data centre equipment and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are your service providers the weak link in your business continuity strategy?</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/are-your-service-providers-the-weak-link-in-your-business-continuity-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/are-your-service-providers-the-weak-link-in-your-business-continuity-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Impact Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business continuity strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outsourced services]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business functions, systems or processes to be outsourced locally or internationally should comply with the organisation’s Business Continuity Management Policy and Outsourcing Policy.  It is the responsibility of business owners, in conjunction with the sourcing department, to conduct adequate due diligence on the business recovery capability of the outsourced partner, however the relevant Business Continuity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the difference between disaster recovery and business continuity planning?</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-disaster-recovery-and-business-continuity-planning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-disaster-recovery-and-business-continuity-planning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Impact Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Interruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster Recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Planning]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Persons new to recovery planning often find it difficult to differentiate between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery. In its simplest form, Business Continuity differs from Disaster Recovery in that its focus is on people and the continuation of business processes and objectives rather than the availability of IT systems and infrastructure. Business Continuity Planning deals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Continuity Software Benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/business-continuity-software-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/business-continuity-software-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Impact Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business continuity planning software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LDRPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sungard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many organisations utilise software to create, support, maintain, distribute and test their Business Continuity Plans and ensure business survival in any emergency. Regardless of size, most companies can benefit greatly from the use of Business Continuity software and many options exist for its implementation and plan maintenance strategies. Some of the direct benefits that Business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Impact Analysis</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/business-impact-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/business-impact-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Impact Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity Plan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=67</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Business Impact Analysis (BIA) allows an organisation to identify the criticality of processes, interdependencies with other business units and third party suppliers, critical system requirements (e.g. systems and applications), vital files, network drives and hardware, describe manual work arounds and prioritise business functions during a recovery situation. The BIA forms the basis for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workarounds and the backlog effect</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/workarounds-and-the-backlog-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/workarounds-and-the-backlog-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Impact Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Backlog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contingency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maximum Tolerable Outage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workarounds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=58</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A workaround is an alternative process used to replace the normal ‘business-as-usual’ process or IT system which may be unavailable during business disruption. When determining the Maximum Tolerable Outage (MTO) for a business function, whether or not there are manual, paper-based workarounds is a factor that can help work out how long you can afford [...]]]></description>
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