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05/06/2015: The Dangers of Outsourcing

Plan B Consulting

This week I have been in Oman helping a retail organisation develop their business continuity. Having been in Dubai in the autumn and Oman at the moment, it got me thinking about outsourcing and how we deal with it as part of business continuity development. What steps can you take to ensure that this does not happen?

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05/06/2015: The Dangers of Outsourcing

Plan B Consulting

This week I have been in Oman helping a retail organisation develop their business continuity. Having been in Dubai in the autumn and Oman at the moment, it got me thinking about outsourcing and how we deal with it as part of business continuity development. What steps can you take to ensure that this does not happen?

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The Great Resignation and IT Employees: Where Do Things Stand Today?

NexusTek

Retooling your IT retention strategies is certainly a timely idea, and an option that you might not have considered is outsourcing a portion of your IT management to a managed services provider (MSP). Retail sector wages are rising due to higher employee turnover and e-commerce demand. link] Booz, M. 2018, March 15). link] (2021).

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The Outrage or Lack Thereof: Lessons Learned from the CrowdStrike Outage

Fusion Risk Management

5 There will be future third-party outages though, and firms such as Delta will have to recognise that they own the risks, even of parts of processes that they outsource. Third-party risk is still owned by the company providing the service or product to the market – firms do not outsource any risk by outsourcing any portion of any service.

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There is No Excuse for Ignoring Backup and Disaster Recovery

NexusTek

During the week of August 25-31, when Hurricane Harvey [1] made landfall in Texas, retail sales in Houston dropped 59% compared to the previous week, and total consumer spending fell 42.5%. Following Hurricane Katrina, about 19,000 New Orleans-area businesses shut down forever (source: Census Bureau).

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The Great Resignation and IT Employees: Where Do Things Stand Today?

NexusTek

Managed IT Services as a Strategy for Curtailing High IT Turnover Retooling your IT retention strategies is certainly a timely idea, and an option that you might not have considered is outsourcing a portion of your IT management to a managed services provider (MSP). Quits by industry and region: Levels, seasonally adjusted. link] Booz, M.

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Why the Break-fix Model Doesn’t Work

Online Computers

You might be able to find a sale, but more than likely, you’ll end up paying the full retail price. Your IT department or outsourced MSP typically handles these concerns. Have you thought about hiring an IT professional or outsourcing those duties? This puts you at the mercy of whatever the items costs the moment you need it.