Monday, November 9th, 2009

Business continuity (BC) has scaled the heights of the boardroom agenda to become the business issue of the 21st century. Companies are realising that ‘downtime’ – for whatever reason - is unacceptable. Reputation, turnover and a business’ very existence can be determined by its ability to respond to any operational disruption – whatever the cause!Causes of operational disruption can be many and various; freak weather conditions, terrorist attacks, public order disturbances, criminal activity, accidents and so forth. The list is endless but, thankfully, most of these occurrences are rare.One phenomenon that occurs with increasing frequency, however, is power failure. Its effects can be just as devastating and an obstacle to business continuity. Power problems and power cuts are now the most common cause of business disruption according to research by business continuity provider SunGard.In July 2006, The Secretary of State’s Second Report to Parliament on Security of Gas and Electricity Supply in Great Britain from the DTI, Between April 2005 and March 2006, the total number of customer interruptions was around 21 million and total number of customer minutes lost 1,966 million.Power continuity is normally part of a business continuity strategy but given the fact that businesses are more likely to suffer a power cut than a terrorist attack, shouldn’t it be ...
Tags: Continuity Strategy, Electricity Supply, Operational Requirements
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