Business continuity for the Olympics
Andrew Bale, CEO at Resilient Networks, discusses the importance of business continuity for small businesses during the Olympic Games.
There is less than 200 days to go to the kick off to the Olympics, and being able to maintain business as usual during this event is becoming an increasingly important area of focus - especially for SMEs who are dependent on day-to-day operations to keep their doors open.
During London 2012, SMEs and businesses in general in the UK will be facing an immense amount of added pressure from additional infrastructure requirements, travel congestion, the sheer influx of visitors, officials and competitors and possible service disruptions.
It's for this reason that SMEs need to focus on putting the right continuity solution in place to ensure smooth and uninterrupted services to their customers, suppliers, partners, employees and the business ecosystem as a whole. For SMEs that are more often than not on a shoe string budget, the focus has to be on the most important aspects of business continuity.
There are the human suffering and the macroeconomic impact; there are also business continuity issues ranging from safety of a company's workers to supply chain interruptions. However, what might not be as evident is that natural disasters also present