Posts Tagged ‘IT’
September 9th, 2009 | 
Author: Business continuity is often thought to be something that belongs to the IT (Information Technology) people in a company, and while it’s true that IT is particularly involved in ensuring business survival during crisis or emergency, it’s a wider issue. It is particularly important for small business owners to pay attention to business continuity planning, since any small business is only one hurricane or fire from oblivion unless there’s a plan in place.
This free white paper can help you understand some of the issues connected with creating a business continuity plan:
Short Description:
The purpose of this paper is to help businesses of all sizes begin the process of developing an effective business continuity plan designed to minimize the impact of disasters and reduce risk.
Long Description: The word, disaster often conjures negative Hollywood images — fiery explosions, great floods or buildings lying in ruins before the credits roll. But the truth is, disasters are anything that can cause a disruption in your business.
Get you free copy and start protecting your business assets by clicking here.
Most of us aren’t involved in having to actively protect our computers, networks, email and web servers, but if you happen to be one person involved in this, you’ll be aware that a high percentage of email spam and other security breaches involve “botnets”. This whitepaper from Symantec explains the issues and how you can go about defending against botnet attacks.
Short Description: Learn how to uncover and protect against new botnets.
Long Description: According to Symantec’s MessageLabs Intelligence, botnets were responsible for 90% of spam in 2008. More importantly, these compromised “robot” computer networks do not seem to be going away anytime soon.
The ever changing nature of botnets make them hard to detect and even harder to defend against. MessageLabs’ latest industry white paper, “How to Defend Against New Botnet Attacks” aims to help you understand:
- Recent changes in Botnet activity
- How Botnets can affect your business network
- Top tips to ensure you are protecting your business
Alignment has always been a major theme of my own work, particularly in the areas of strategic planning and performance management and appraisal. I`m pleased to see that the subject is becoming more talked about. Here`s a free white paper on creating an alignment focused company or organization, and the challenge of bridging the gap between creating business strategy, and implementing in.
Short Description: Explore how businesses can implement best practices using strategy management software.
Long Description: Most companies have a well-defined strategy that is intended to align the actions of all individuals, teams, and business units to achieve corporate goals. But when it comes time to execute, they can run into trouble. To close the gap between strategy and execution, companies need to align business strategy with actual initiatives, projects, and daily activities across the organization.
Best practices include:
- Define strategy & align initiatives with corporate goals
- Clearly communicate strategies and plans
- Use incentives to drive employee behaviors needed to meet objectives
- Measure performance using key performance indicators
Posted in Human Resources, Management,Executive, Strategy, Whitepapers | 
Tags: alignment, business, Executives, HR, human resources, IT, Management, Strategy, whitepaper | 
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