Informational Update For June 28, 2012
Elevate your BCM profile! If your organization is one of the many that undervalue the role of business continuity, take a page from our playbook to give them a new look. This BCM Professional's Playbook on Customer Service delivers insights on how to leverage the basics of the BCM process into opportunities to raise your profile and value in the eyes of the key "customers" within your organization. Glean actionable tips for turning reluctant participants into appreciative partners:
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Create allies across multiple departments.
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Demonstrate new value in your work-even before an emergency occurs.
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Gain interest and support from strategic decision-makers.
You will learn tactics that have already proven their validity at the highest level at more than 250 organizations. And, best of all, you will recognize ideas that can apply in any organization. The booklet is free, but your payback could be priceless.

Manage and recover with Hybrid Cloud - When Minutes Matter Most
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT (REGISTER NOW!) Did you know that business downtime can cost an Small to mid-sized business an average of $1,230 dollars per minute? So what happens when a disaster strikes a business? In this day and age it's only a matter of when...not if. Whether it's a hurricane or a server misconfiguration, companies need to have a disaster recovery solution in place in order to continue to operate, while their internal IT departments resolve the problem. While many traditional tape backup methods make disaster recovery a slow-motion proposition, hybrid cloud solutions -- a combination of high-speed-recovery appliances and cloud-based technology -- are paving the way for the future of backup, recovery and continuity.
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The business impact of system downtime
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An overview of the top "disasters" small to mid-sized businesses must prepare for- from hurricanes to system updates
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Real world examples of successful disaster recovery plans across various industries

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