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		<title>Business Continuity Plans and Lessons Learned</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hjones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Learn from your mistakes” is a good motto and business continuity plans are no exception. In the previous post, “Disaster Recovery Plan – the Map is Not the Territory”, we described how ASCDI (Association of Service and Computer Dealers International) found out that in a hurricane its disaster recovery plan was less than perfect. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Often Should A Business Continuity Plan Be Tested?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hjones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How often should you test or &#8216;exercise&#8217; your business continuity plan? How long is a piece of string? The answer to both questions is of course – it depends. It depends on the nature of your business, the rate of change in your activity and your industry sector and whether or not you’ve had to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morphing DR Plans Into BC plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hjones</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Disaster recovery plans are like car insurance. It’s not because you’ve insured your car that you’re obliged to have an accident; similarly, it’s not because you have a great disaster recovery plan, that you’re obliged to have a disaster. Although reactive disaster recovery will always be a counterpart to proactive business continuity, better driving will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation in business continuity plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhollebecq</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation in business continuity doesn’t always have to be technological, as one award-winning approach to a business continuity plan has shown. Sometimes the real innovation is simply in the point of view – the “how” of business continuity, instead of the “what”. That was what the New South Wales Police Force revolutionized to win the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business continuity plan best practice – best for whom?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhollebecq</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even businesses that compete in the same market may be very different in structure and operations. For a generic approach, business continuity best practice is available in any number of books or training courses, but best practice for the detail of what goes into your plan may be harder to come by. The enterprise next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Continuity and Common Risks for Small Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lhollebecq</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=492</guid>
		<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>Sydney Round Table Event &#8211; Testing Business Continuity Plans</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/sydney-round-table-event-testing-business-continuity-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 23:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Continuity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[OpsCentre&#8217;s Managing Director, Rod Crowder, will be facilitating a round table event on behalf of Continuity Forum, to be held 29th Jun 2011. The topic is Business Continuity Testing/Exercising. For more information and registration details please go to the Continuity Forum website here. We hope to see you there.]]></description>
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		<title>Have you outgrown your paper-based business continuity and disaster recovery plans?</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/have-you-outgrown-your-paper-based-business-continuity-and-disaster-recovery-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your organisation has changed and you are finding that the current “paper-based” planning methodology no longer is fit for purpose.  If you recognise any of the following items familiar, it may be time to invest in a business continuity software planning solution:  1.       Are your plans hard to maintain and have numerous areas for updates? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 things to look for in a Business Continuity Consulting provider</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/top-5-things-to-look-for-in-a-business-continuity-consulting-provider/</link>
		<comments>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/top-5-things-to-look-for-in-a-business-continuity-consulting-provider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The linked article here by Richard Jones of Burton Group in the US whilst written in 2008 is worth revisiting because it describes some useful tips on how to get the right staff for Business Continuity Planning. The article describes what you need in an internal BCP leader and how to find the right BCP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OpsCentre offers Recession Buster ‘Quick Start’ Business Continuity Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.opscentre.com.au/blog/opscentre-offers-recession-buster-%e2%80%98quick-start%e2%80%99-business-continuity-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This program is ideal for the small to medium enterprise.  It is a fixed fee, fixed scope project that provides a complete solution in the fastest possible timeframe. It can usually be completed within a 1-2 week period. We utilize our consulting experience and best-practice materials to adapt a business continuity strategy to suit your [...]]]></description>
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