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- Scale up to the ultimate infrastructure with 10GB Ethernet
- New cable - on target todayReplacing existing cable or using higher rating cable for expansion may be a bit expensive compared to using typical 10/100 cable - a wise decision maker will look beyond the short-term cost.Existing electronics will o
- Tags: business contingency, pandemic, continuity, emergency, networking, hardware, project management, linux, it management, windows, security, career, chasster, fiber, cable, optical fiber
- Discussion threads 2006-11-27
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- Manage Contingency Workers
- When the project requirements exceed the employee resources, experienced contingency workers can help to pick up the slack. One can use legal contract or covenant templates to clearly state the needs for almost any contingent hiring situation. Contingency workers are a cost-effective solution for flexibility and fast response in today's...
- Tags: Hiring, Worker, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Webcasts
- When Bad Things Happen to Good Projects
- It goes against human nature to always expect the worst. But with IT projects, pessimism - otherwise known as contingency planning - is the only way to keep small technology problems from becoming full-blown business disasters. IT project management has become high art while business contingency planning remains in the...
- Tags: Contingency Planning, Information Technology, IT Project Management, International Data Group, Business Security, Project Management, Strategy, Business Operations, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Contingency Planning: Meeting HIPAA Security Rule Requirements
- Contingency planning, also referred to as Business Continuity Planning BCP, is about a coordinated strategy that involves plans, procedures and technical measures to enable the recovery of systems, operations, and data after a disruption. Yet, most healthcare organizations either do not have plans or if they do the plans are...
- Tags: Contingency Planning, Computer Associates International Inc., Classification, Business Security, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Hipaa, Business Operations, Data Management, Regulations, Healthcare, Government
- Webcasts
- Create a risk contingency budget using Expected Monetary Value (EMV)
- A risk contingency budget can be established to prepare in advance for the possibility that some risks will not be managed successfully. Risk management is the process of identifying and proactively responding to project risks. Generally but not always you will look for ways to eliminate risks...
- Tags: Strategy, Tom Mochal, SECURITY, risk management, risk, risk contingency, contingency, Project Management Newsletter, Project, Impact, EVM Technique, Management
- Technical articles 2006-05-09
- Download our basic contingency plan checklist
- Don't wait until disaster strikes to figure out how to cope. Our contingency plan download, with guidelines submitted by a TechRepublic member, will help you develop a strategy for keeping your company running in the event of a crisis.Whether you’re a front-line employee running a 24/7 support help desk or...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Paul Baldwin, contingency plan, Greg Kelley, phone
- Technical articles 2000-10-25
- HP StorageWorks XP Disk Array and Mainframe White Paper
- With the ever-increasing importance of data processing in all phases of the business operations, it has become clear that these business operations - as well as the associated data processing sequences - must be secured against every possible contingency to ensure uninterrupted business operations. This has become known as business...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Business Operation, Mainframe, Business Continuity, Disk Array, It Services
- White papers 2006-06-01
- Use these techniques to control small scope change requests
- You have all heard the mantra of scope change management --make sure that all scope change requests get approved by the sponsor orsponsor designee. This should be obvious for large scope change requests.However, it's not always practical to gain individual approval for every five-,ten- or twenty-hour scope change request. However,...
- Tags: change request, Tom Mochal, contingency, technique
- Technical articles 2005-04-12
- Case Study: Disaster Recovery Planning
- In the second half of 2005, DSA resources successfully completed a project within a large Pharmaceutical Manufacturer and Supplier, providing the client with business continuity and contingency plans that would enable them to continue their business operations in the event of a significant business disruption. Since the terrorist attacks of...
- Tags: Disaster Recovery Planning, Data Systems Analysts Inc., Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Business Security, It Services, Data Centers, Corporate Insurance, Data Management, Business Operations, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- Chinatrust Commercial Bank Protects Against Disaster With an IBM Business Continuity Solution
- Originally established as the China Securities Investment Corporation CSIC in 1966, ChinaTrust Commercial Bank CTCB provides banking and financial management services to both businesses and individuals. The company wanted to establish a disaster recovery system and contingency plan that would enable mission-critical banking systems to resume operation quickly after a...
- Tags: Bank, Business Continuity, IBM Corp., Financial Management, Banking, Backups, Disaster Recovery, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Data Management
- Case studies
- Fujitsu's Business Continuity Plan Development Methodology
- In today's high-risk business environments, more and more companies are focusing on the Business Continuity Plan BCP as a management methodology for improving their ability to respond to any contingency. However, BCP development methodologies suitable for the business environment of Japanese companies have not progressed much beyond the theoretical stage,...
- Tags: Fujitsu Ltd., Business Continuity, Development Methodology, It Services
- White papers 2007-04-01
- Access Active Directory data via .NET
- Missed opportunityHi, you missed a good chance to use and explain 'dseroot' here. A properly integrated AD becomes as important as any application in a business, therefore it should have a good contingency plan. In the event that a backup AD server is implemented, the use of 'dseroot' would be...
- Tags: Access Active Directory, advertisement, ad, .net, howard.norcross@..., programming, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Access
- Discussion threads 2006-03-30
- Use an Issues Submission form on more complex projects
- Risks, Issues and Action ItemsYou may want to have three tabs in this spreadsheet. One tab for risks, one for issues and one for action items related to risks and issues. You should identify risks to be proactive before they turn into issues. For instance - if during the...
- Tags: action item, risk
- Discussion threads 2006-08-16
- Disaster Planning and Recovery: Details for Personal and Professional Success
- For many years, disaster recovery and business continuity planning were concerns addressed only by larger corporations and well funded enterprises. Data center preparedness, contingency plans, and hot backup locations for data storage and operations were expensive to activate and to maintain. In the case of larger entities, not a lot...
- Tags: Disaster Planning, Recovery, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Data Centers, Business Security, Data Management, Storage, Hardware, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-03-15
- Risk-Assessment Strategies
- Risk management enables sound judgment when taking risks, and affords a level of contingency planning should a risk become a reality. Understanding the risks to company assets is the starting point of a risk-management process. Once you understand the risks to your business, you'll be able to make sound decisions...
- Tags: CMP Media, Risk Management, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Finance, Management
- White papers 2000-10-30
- ITIL Basics - Capacity Management
- Capacity Management is the discipline that ensures IT infrastructure is provided at the right time in the right volume at the right price, and ensuring that IT is used in the most efficient manner. This involves input from many areas of the business to identify what services are (or will...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Webcast, Information Technology, Nextslm.org, Capacity Management, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Strategy, Quality, Business Operations, Management
- Webcasts
- Sainsburys Experience: Coping With the Foot & Mouth Epidemic 2001
- Sainsburys is one of the largest supermarket chains in the UK. This case study describes the importance of their business continuity arrangements in coping with the Foot and Mouth disease epidemic in February 2001. Foot and Mouth disease is a highly infectious viral disease which affects livestock. The BCMT (Business...
- Tags: Business Continuity, Epidemic, Sainsburys, It Services
- Case studies
- Don?t use contingency hours to complete out-of-scope work
- Adding contingency hours to offset project uncertainties is an important part of the estimating process. But as Project Mentor Tom Mochal explains, project teams should avoid using contingency time to complete work that is out of scope.Each week, project management veteran Tom Mochal provides valuable advice about how to plan...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Tom Mochal, Ted, contingency
- Technical articles 2001-05-14
- Include reserve resources in project management plans
- When the idea for a project first comes up, you rarely have an exact idea of all the resources you will need. As the groundwork progresses, however, you start to define the scope, assumptions, deliverables, approach, and so on. This gives you enough information to put together an estimate of...
- Tags: contingency, project management, Tom Mochal
- Technical articles 2003-02-10
- Strohl Systems Group Case Study: Merrill Lynch
- Merrill Lynch's Director of Global Contingency Planning, was in the company's world-wide headquarters in the World Financial Center, across the street from the World Trade Center, when the 9/11 attacks occurred. Within three to five minutes Merrill Lynch had its command center up and running. In the hour following the...
- Tags: Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Y2K, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
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