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Article: Business continuity planning for telecoms services.(Checklist 151)
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- Chartered Management Institute: Checklists: Operations and Quality
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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The purpose of this checklist is to provide a brief guide to business continuity planning based upon the methodology successfully adopted by a number of companies, who regard telecommunications as a business-critical service.
Introduction
The successful maintenance of telecommunications is critical to almost all companies. The inherent resilience of telecommunications equipment, both within and external to the organisation, has led many companies into a false sense of security. As technology changes, some of this inherent resilience is sacrificed in the drive to reduce costs and increase functionality. This potential reduction in resilience, coupled ...