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EP11: Is Business Continuity at a Crossroads? | James Green

The Failover Plan Podcast

James recently wrote a featured article in the Disaster Recovery Journal called: "Is Our Profession at a Crossroads?" Previously, Green was the global head of business continuity for Sykes Enterprises, a business process outsourcer with 50,000 employees and 80 locations worldwide. Links: Twitter. Links: Twitter.

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IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

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IT Disaster Recovery Planning – “No worries, we have a backup?!” Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 3 minutes When asked about their organization’s IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) plans, some will smile and say, “Yes, we have a backup and it is fully outsourced.”

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IT Disaster Recovery Planning – No worries, we have a backup!

Stratogrid Advisory

IT Disaster Recovery Planning – “No worries, we have a backup?!”. Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic. When asked about their organization’s IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) plans, some will smile and say, “Yes, we have a backup and it is fully outsourced.” IT Disaster Recovery.

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EP18: The Bus is Coming! What do we do? | David Lindstedt Mark Armour James Green

The Failover Plan Podcast

Previously, Green was the global head of business continuity for Sykes Enterprises, a business process outsourcer with 50,000 employees and 80 locations worldwide. In 2020 he was named the Business Continuity Institute’s Continuity and Resilience Consultant of the Americas, becoming the first person to be honored with this award twice.

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Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

Stratogrid Advisory

Last Updated on June 15, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 5 minutes In our previous articles , we outlined the reasons why the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program is essential to your organization. In mid-2019, I spoke at the local Disaster Recovery Information Exchange conference and outlined some reasons for this divide.

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Why is so hard to engage an IT Organization???

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Last Updated on June 15, 2020 by Alex Jankovic. Is this because IT already completed some of the Business Continuity Planning activities by developing an IT Disaster Recovery Plan , and this is just repetitive? Business Recovery Strategy – An IT organization plays a key role in the development of a business recovery strategy.

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Not another BCM Program audit?

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Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 4 minutes Another Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program audit. Business Continuity and IT Disaster Recovery planning efforts do not have defined start and endpoints, and as such must be maintained and updated over time to be truly effective.

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