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The Kelly Report – Incident Management Lessons from the Heathrow Substation Fire

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 23, 2025

As business continuity practitioners we should never stop learning and taking lessons where and when we can find them, be that from internal enquiries or wash-ups to reports from major incidents either locally, nationally or applicable to your industry. Not many, I suspect.

Management

Management Benchmark Outage Airlines

How Modern Storage Platforms Turn Core Databases into Competitive Advantage

Pure Storage

JULY 16, 2025

How Modern Storage Platforms Turn Core Databases into Competitive Advantage by Pure Storage Blog Summary Modern, all-flash storage offers the high performance, resilience, energy efficiency, and agility organizations need to supercharge data-hungry core business applications running on SQL Server, Oracle, and SAP HANA.

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Architecture Outage Airlines Resilience

The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

I noticed, with slight amusement, that every business continuity and IT armchair pundit have taken to social media to express their outrage. British Airways is a reasonably well-run airline and their profits last year were twice of similar sized airlines, so they must be doing something right.

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Outage Airlines Travel Backup

The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

I noticed, with slight amusement, that every business continuity and IT armchair pundit have taken to social media to express their outrage. British Airways is a reasonably well-run airline and their profits last year were twice of similar sized airlines, so they must be doing something right.

Outage

Outage Airlines Travel Backup

An Old Threat Returns…Computer Outage

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

I think with cyber threats and power outages being the focus of the moment, occupying us business continuity folks, we have forgotten about a good old threat: the computer outage. If ‘it couldn’t happen’ were true, all of us business continuity professionals would be out of a job, and the Titanic wouldn’t have sunk!

Outage

Outage Airlines Backup Capacity

Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference?

Pure Storage

MAY 7, 2024

Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference? by Pure Storage Blog When the unexpected happens, poorly prepared businesses run the risk that everything could come to a screeching halt. This includes minimizing downtime, minimizing data loss, and ensuring business continuity.

Disaster Recovery

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Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference?

Pure Storage

MAY 7, 2024

Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference? by Pure Storage Blog When the unexpected happens, poorly prepared businesses run the risk that everything could come to a screeching halt. What Is Business Continuity Planning?

Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery Business Continuity BCP Continuity Planning

Leading by (Bad) Example: Companies in the News Show What Not to Do

MHA Consulting

JULY 7, 2023

Two of the latest are Ticketmaster and Southwest Airlines. We’re also familiar with the tendency of many executives to treat business continuity as an inconvenience and the threat of disruptions as too slight to worry about. These helpful negative examples come to us courtesy of Ticketmaster and Southwest Airlines.

Airlines

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Planning to Fail: 10 Common Mistakes Companies Make with Their BC Plans

MHA Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2024

Most organizations recognize the importance of having a sound business continuity recovery plan, but many plans are undermined by the presence of overlooked weaknesses. Think of the information an airline pilot might encounter. The document by itself is not sufficient. What’s needed first and foremost is the plan.

Outage

Outage Airlines Consulting BCM

Storm Arwen: Lessons Re-Identified?

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. Some organisations, such as airlines and the UK railway system, seem to have a good process in place. I almost managed to completely miss Storm Arwen.

Airlines

Airlines Continuity Professionals Outage Response Plan

Storm Arwen: Lessons Re-Identified?

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. Some organisations, such as airlines and the UK railway system, seem to have a good process in place. I almost managed to completely miss Storm Arwen.

Airlines

Airlines Continuity Professionals Outage Response Plan

Storm Arwen: Lessons Re-Identified?

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. Some organisations, such as airlines and the UK railway system, seem to have a good process in place. I almost managed to completely miss Storm Arwen.

Airlines

Airlines Continuity Professionals Business Continuity Outage

Drones & Airports

Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2019

I can understand that it is difficult to communicate accurate information to airport customers when you don’t know how long the delay is going to be, when there are multiple airlines involved and the message needs to be repeated frequently for the public.

Airlines

Airlines All-Hazards Mitigation Hazard

Drones & Airports

Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2019

I can understand that it is difficult to communicate accurate information to airport customers when you don’t know how long the delay is going to be, when there are multiple airlines involved and the message needs to be repeated frequently for the public.

Airlines

Airlines All-Hazards Mitigation Hazard

Continuity Professionals Pulse

The Kelly Report – Incident Management Lessons from the Heathrow Substation Fire

How Modern Storage Platforms Turn Core Databases into Competitive Advantage

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The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

An Old Threat Returns…Computer Outage

Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference?

Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference?

Leading by (Bad) Example: Companies in the News Show What Not to Do

Planning to Fail: 10 Common Mistakes Companies Make with Their BC Plans

Storm Arwen: Lessons Re-Identified?

Storm Arwen: Lessons Re-Identified?

Storm Arwen: Lessons Re-Identified?

Drones & Airports

Drones & Airports

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