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 ...

The increas­ing incid­ence of power cuts across UK and Europe has alerted com­pan­ies depend­ent on crit­ical power to the neces­sity for their oper­a­tions to be pro­tec­ted by standby equip­ment, such as Gen­er­at­ors and Unin­ter­rupt­ible Power Sup­plies (UPS). What is less well ...

The very word “Com­pli­ance” strikes dread in many senior man­age­ment forums. Viewed most often as a pain, neces­sary evil, or at best a burden on the busi­ness, Com­pli­ance has become a word most often asso­ci­ated with a sigh of despair. But should this really be the case? The very ...

The stand­ard prac­tice of con­duct­ing a Busi­ness Impact Ana­lysis (BIA) to determ­ine the basic recov­ery require­ments (Mission Crit­ical Pro­cesses, RTO’s, RPO’s, Crit­ical Applic­a­tions, Sup­pli­ers, and other Resources) is a vital phase of every Busi­ness Con­tinu­ity Man­age­ment ...

As long time fol­low­ers of BS25999.Com will know I like to change things around on a regular basis so this is the first post in the new blog format. I will be intro­du­cing new content as well as mater­ial from the old site on a regular basis, please add any com­ments or feedback. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ ...