A report from Modis International has found that over half of decision makers are being held back in terms of IT plans because of a lack of available funds. The same survey also stated that [...]]]> Companies are still apprehensive about progressing with their IT plans despite the fact that such investment could deliver substantial cost and efficiency benefits in the long term. Many cite cost concerns and low budgets as reasons for hesitation with IT strategy.

A report from Modis International has found that over half of decision makers are being held back in terms of IT plans because of a lack of available funds. The same survey also stated that 43% of firms are looking for time and efficiency savings through IT – a 4% increase on last year’s figure.

Investment in technology can save time costs and bring huge benefits to company in making them more competitive and available.

We have a serious of free introduction talks and demonstrations about cloud computing and keeping the business running 24/7  running from our conference centre starting in March 2012 watch the website for details.

http://blog.cloudantivirus.com/2011/11/30/antivirus-performance-tests/

Business continuity planning is an essential part of It support and requires a simple and easy route to implementation [...]]]> Planning has started for the new Infiniti-e website, the project is aimed to be finished and live by January 1st 2012 and will include access to all our utilities and information from a central hub. The need to have a site which allows Clients and prospective customers to easily and quickly access Business continuity data and implement business continuity plans is essential.

Business continuity planning is an essential part of It support and requires a simple and easy route to implementation and deployment, what Infiniti-e has done is utilise its experience of working with companies of all sizes, to design simple but effective and intuitive planning and  implementation tools.

From a simple plan to a complete paperless office based fully resilient plan, Infiniti-e Ltd has a deployable solution which will suits all levels of business and budget.

Our staff range from lead auditors to risk graduates with a mixture of theoretical and practiocal knowledge of BS25999 to Iso27001, for details of staff please email ablack@infiniti-e.com.

If you have any questions or would like to meet one of the team down at the conference then email ablack@infiniti-e.com, who will be happy to arrange this for you.

The website address for registering for the continuity show is www.bcm2011.com

This gives Infiniti-e chance to network with some of the leading BCM practitioners and look at key influences to the projects and work for the next year.

For more details of the confrence please visit. www.bcm2010.com

Or contact our IT Support desk for more details.

Our Nottingham IT Support desk is able to help with further details.
Pleas [...]]]> A good Business continuity or disaster recovery plan needs to consider the implementation of a solid policy for managing Viral and Malware threats. First step in the plan is understanding the threat, Sophos our partner for this area, is currently offering a free seminar to educate organisations about these threats. This seminar will be beneficial to anyone who has responsibility for IT Support, Disaster recovery, BCM or security.

Our Nottingham IT Support desk is able to help with further details.
Pleas contact the It support in the first instance or follow this link to connect directly to Sophos.
http://web.sophos.com/nl/jsp/m.jsp?c=3b86c4345f17ac2d1f

Providing IT support contains a certain amount of responsibility for planning new hardware and migrations to new platforms, what this leaves in most cricumstances is equipmnet which is surplus to current requirements.

Firstly we try and recycle the equipment through channels such [...]]]> Infiniti-e Ltd has made a commitment towards being carbon neutral for the begining of 2011. The best way to allow us to maintain the standard we felt was to  employ a tried and tested management system such as Iso 14001.

Providing IT support contains a certain amount of responsibility for planning new hardware and migrations to new platforms, what this leaves in most cricumstances is equipmnet which is surplus to current requirements.

Firstly we try and recycle the equipment through channels such as schools and charitys, this is then offered to specialist IT recycling companies.

ISO 14001 requires us to document this process and educate our staff and customers to this policy.

Infiniti-e is no stranger to managemnet systems provding and supporting systems which help clients obtain standards such as BS25999 and ISO27001.

IT Support Nottingham   has been established as a case study for us and run succesfully for the last 10 months, with IT Support Derby and Leicester following close behind for completion 2011.

Any questions about policy and standards can be directed to our complaince officer.

If you would like to be part of the Beta program or have had no response to a fuctionality request then please email support.

Updates and changes to follow soon.

The letters are below and responses will be posted on this page as they are received:

• Conservative: Francis Maude [...]]]> The UK General Election is expected to take place on May 6th and must have occurred by 3rd June. The BCI wanted to ensure that business continuity management becomes an election issue and so has written to all the main parties to ask that they confirm, in advance of the General Election, their policy position in relation BCM.

  The letters are below and responses will be posted on this page as they are received:

  • Conservative: Francis Maude : Read response here (PDF)
  • Labour : Simon Jackson
  • LibDems : Louise Latham
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