5 Factors Weakening Today’s BCM Programs
The livelihood of many Business Continuity Management (BCM) programs is subject to corporate budgets and resource availability driven by corporate objectives and the organization’s position in the marketplace. Many organizations budget for BCM programs but fail to keep them alive, even in the most prosperous of times. Here are 5 possible factors: 1. Lack of.. read more →
BCM Software – A Business Case
Suppose you live on an island. You’ve got to get to the mainland occasionally (for food, fuel, mail, medical care, etc.). How do you get there? You’ve got options: swim, row, sail, pay someone to take you, or hire someone to bring you what you need. Which one is the best choice? It depends on.. read more →
Assumptions: Business Continuity Plan Killers
Assumptions are the IED’s (Improvised Explosive Devices) of Business Continuity. Anyone can create one and, once strategically placed (usually tucked among the Mission Statement and Objectives) they have the capability to destroy a Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery Plan in an instant. So what can a Planner do to protect against those roadside bombs? I’ve.. read more →
eBRP – A Global BCM Solutions Provider
As the winner of the BCI – North American “2013 Business Continuity Product Provider of the Year” award, we’re surprised by the responses we have gotten from companies on other continents (and elsewhere in North America!). So we’d like to set the record straight: • “We’re not a Canadian company, so eBRP can’t help us.”.. read more →
Attacking Business Impact Analyses from another Angle
Business Continuity Planning standards and recommendation place a high value on the BIA process. For Business Continuity practitioners this becomes a periodic touch point with business stakeholders; a chance to gather the data needed to rack & stack business process, prioritize recovery strategies and plan for resource allocation when the incident management plan is invoked... read more →
NextGen Enterprise BCM Software in Dubai
eBRP will be in the United Arab Emirates during the week of May 27th for the 2nd Annual Middle East BCM Summit taking place May 28-29 at the Crowne Plaza Dubai. While there, we will showcase our Award-Winning eBRP Suite – the NextGen of Enterprise BCM Software to organizations looking beyond the traditional BCM deliverables.. read more →
Top Secret: Business Continuity Plans for Your Eyes Only
Sometimes I think there really are Parallel Universes. There’s the one where someone creates a Disaster Recovery or Business Continuity Plan that no one else is allowed to see; and then there’s the universe I live in – where everyone who might need to participate in the execution of my Business Continuity Plan has a.. read more →
When do you DR?
At a recent Business Continuity Management conference, one speaker spoke about his experiences and the theme: “the value in the BCM program”. He had worked at a retail supermarket chain that had a robust BCM program with both management buy-in and excellent business user participation. They had created Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Crisis Management.. read more →
Beyond BCP: Shape of Things to Come
eBRP’s first Beyond BCP: The Shape of Things to Come Roadshow focused on the challenge facing Business Continuity Planners today and in the foreseeable future. Our perspective on the objectives of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning provided a fresh take that veered from the many BCM industry standards and practices – for good reasons... read more →
2013 DRJ Spring World
eBRP is proud to be a Silver Sponsor 2013 DRJ Spring World! The eBRP Team has prepared our display booth and shipped it to the Disney Coronado Springs Hotel for this annual event. Exhibit Hall, Booth 615 Stop by and meet the Team in the Exhibit Hall. They’ll show you how eBRP Suite, Business Continuity.. read more →