Plymouth Meeting, PA – June 23, 2010 – Strategic BCP, Inc., a business continuity planning (BCP) company, today announced it will host a co-sponsored webinar with Continuity Insights magazine featuring a demo of the company’s proprietary BCP software, ResilienceONE®. The webinar will be held on June 24 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST. To register, please click here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/235038329.
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Strategic BCP today announced it was rated a “Positive” in Gartner’s “MarketScope for Business Continuity Management Planning Software” report (Roberta J. Witty, Tom Scholtz, May 13, 2010).
According to the MarketScope, “having current and effective recovery plans is the key to success during a disaster, and these tools are ‘ground zero’ for effective crisis and business recovery. We anticipate adoption to grow in the next five years, given the increased focus from government agencies — federal, state and local — as well as private-sector preparedness initiatives.”
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Frank Perlmutter will present this month’s Disaster Recovery Journal webinar: “The Downfall of the BC Professional: Setting Up a Personal Plan to Quit Bad Habits.”
The webinar will be on Wednesday, April 21, from 2:00 p.m. EST – 3:00 p.m. EST, and will offer expert tips on how business continuity professionals can increase job security by adding more value as a planners – and eliminate traditional practices that have led to the downfall of many of our colleagues.
Sign up for the webinar here: http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3994&Itemid=487.
2 CommentsWe’re in New Orleans, and want to remind everyone attending the Continuity Insights Management Conference here that we will demo ResilienceONE® version 5.5 tomorrow, April 13, from 10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (See our last post here.) And don’t forget to stop by our booth #305!
ResilienceONE® version 5.5 was released on January 25, 2010. The software’s upgrades include:
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I’ll be giving a live demo of our ResilienceONE® Business Continuity Planning software at the Continuity Insights Management Conference in New Orleans next week.
The demo is on Tuesday, April 13 from 10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. If you’re familiar with ResilienceONE®, be sure to stop by and see some of the software’s powerful new features.
We will also be in Booth #305, so please stop by and tell us what challenges you’re facing. If you’d like to meet in New Orleans, please email or call me.
We’re looking forward to a great show – hope to see you there!
-Frank
1 CommentStrategic BCP to Feature Customizable ResilienceONE® Trialware Program at DRJ Spring World 2010 Conference
If you’re attending the Disaster Recovery Journal Spring World 2010 conference from March 21 – 24, please stop by our booth #411.
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Ever stop to think how much money a company loses due to snowstorms. Many sat and home today and for some executives who continue to pay employees even though they cannot work, it’s a big worry. See below…
“John Berry, director of the federal Office of Personnel Management, said that the 270,000 government employees in the region would lose a week of work if Washington receives 20 inches of snow. Major stock exchanges in New York are expected to remain open. Trading, which is primarily conducted electronically, is not likely to be affected by the storm. Officials in Washington estimate that each day agencies are forced to close in Washington costs the government approximately $100 million in lost productivity, although the total is lessened by the increased capacity of government employees to work from home. The Insurance Information Institute reports that major winter storms can cause hundreds of millions of dollars in broader economic losses.”
Work from home is essential during these times. A well-laid out Business Continuity Plan is essential. That includes step-by-step operating procedures and the supporting IT and people required. I personally take my own medicine and use the procedures in ResilienceONE (my company’s Business Continuity Software) to fully operate during any type of outage. If all you have are general narratives in your plan, you are not prepared.
Add CommentNHL hockey team, the Minnesota Wild were left unprepared after a fire destroyed a good part of the players’ equipment. Their goalie was left to new pads and a charred glove. Players remarked how the unfamiliar requipment really affected their play, as they had travelled to Ottawa for a game they lost 4-1. In another case of it can happen to anyone, it gives a great case study on how a lack of preparation can affect anybody. The NHL refused to suspend the game. The trainers had to go back to Minnesota to get more equipment and tried they best but react as they would, the players didn’t play up to par and lost, rattled and in barely broken-in equipment. Business Continuity/Player Continuity– a failure to plan, a failure on the ice. Was it such a big deal?! It was only a game, right? The players would tend to disagree and the fans in Ottawa thank you.
Add CommentThere has been a lot of buzz about Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in the BCP world. But it’s extremely important for BC professionals to understand: What exactly is true SaaS – and what is buzzword marketing?
SaaS is software that’s subscription-based and hosted within the vendor’s secure IT environment. The primary purpose of a SaaS model is to release you and your organization from the hefty cost and time overhead associated with traditional software, allowing you to start using your software for its primary business purpose as soon as possible.
The principle of a true SaaS model is simple: YOU have no responsibility for anything IT-related. YOUR VENDOR absorbs all the time, responsibilities, and costs for all of the IT hardware and services related to running the software.
Some BCP vendors do not adhere to this principle. Here are some red flags to help you find the SaaS “pretenders.”
At the 2008 DRJ Fall World Conference, we announced the “Cash for Software BCP Clunkers” program.
This promotion allows BCP pros using traditional document-based software – like LDRPS – to switch to ResilienceONE® for free for the term of their current contracts. Participants can also lock in 2009 pricing for future contracts.
We’re also offering a complementary Data Migration Analysis to determine the validity of users’ current data and help map it over to ResilienceONE®.
Join the leaders in the industry who have made the switch to the best BCP technology in the industry, ResilienceONE®. Get more information here.