BCP -- Business Continuity Planning.

  The larger the organisation, the more important this becomes.

  Where there is an obligation to shareholders, employees livlihoods to consider and an invested interest in keeping the company trading (eg- to keep market confidence high) then there is a need for a detailed plan to continue trading through any physical emergency that may impact the Company.

  Such a plan should not only cover computing issues, it should comprehensively cover any issue that affects business - ranging from switchboard failure, public transport failure through to complete building loss.

Each aspect of the business should have a risk assessment and thoroughly understood procedures for alternative provision of service.

  Grainmeads' Consultants have worked with large organisations to provide such integrated and comprehensive plans and are well placed to provide either assistance or a complete service.