Issues regard­ing day­light saving have high­lighted the need for more under­stand­ing of time and how it affects busi­ness con­tinu­ity and emer­gency plan­ning managers. This is a short tutorial cov­er­ing the basics of time zones, ISO Time Format and day­light saving. As can be appre­ci­ated ...

BS25999 is a stand­ard that estab­lishes the process, prin­ciples and ter­min­o­logy of busi­ness con­tinu­ity management.The stand­ard deals with broad goals and is there­fore non pre­script­ive so as to make it applic­able to small and large busi­ness and local or global organisations. The ...

BS 25999 is a busi­ness con­tinu­ity man­age­ment stand­ard developed by BSI and is used by busi­nesses glob­ally. The Depart­ment of Home­land Secur­ity (DHS) has announced its intent to adopt BS 25999 (which comes in two parts) on a trial basis as one of three stand­ards for use in the ...

BS25999-2:2007 requires a Busi­ness Con­tinu­ity Man­age­ment System (BCMS) be imple­men­ted, main­tained and improved. An organ­isa­tions busi­ness con­tinu­ity pro­gramme is defined in a man­age­ment system, termed the Busi­ness Con­tinu­ity Man­age­ment System or shortened to ...

BS25999 Part 2 is a Spe­cific­a­tion, not a Code of Prac­tice like Part 1. So what is the dif­fer­ence? Part 2 is a Spe­cific­a­tion and deals with ‘Shall’ rather than ‘Should’ as the Part 1 Code of Prac­tice does. Titled BS 25999–2:2007 Spe­cific­a­tion for busi­ness con­tinu­ity ...

Ever­sheds have pub­lished a guid­ance doc­u­ment on the Human Resources implic­a­tions for pan­demic planning. While the recent media report­ing of swine flu has dwelt on the obvious health and safety issues, the threat of a pan­demic, whether now or in the next few months, also raises some ...

As power costs soar and the demand for power in data centres grows saving energy is always going to be high on the to do list for man­agers, users and owners. Gartner have release an in depth report showing how to save up to 1 million kilo­watt hours per year. The main areas for best prac­tice improve­ments are; Plug ...

Usually seen when sizing unin­ter­rupt­able power sup­plies the Volt-Amp is often con­fused with Watts, they are not the same. The power require­ment of a piece of equip­ment is expressed in Watts of Volt Amps (VA), the most common example being of course the 100W light bulb. A Watt is the actual ...

BS 31100 is a highly topical and import­ant stand­ard designed to help private and public sector organ­isa­tions under­stand, develop, imple­ment, and main­tain appro­pri­ate and effect­ive risk man­age­ment prin­ciples and prac­tice. It provides recom­mend­a­tions for a frame­work, ...

A survey has revealed than many com­pan­ies do not act­iviely manage and monitor their Chinese sup­pli­ers. In light of recent coun­ter­feit and safety con­cerns the survey high­lights an urgent need for review. Many com­pan­ies do not act­ively manage and monitor their Chinese sup­pli­ers ...