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Most Effective Recovery of the Year
This award will be given to the company, or individual responsible for achieving the most effective business recovery in the face of adversity over the past year. Examples could include hardware/software failure, product recall, fire and natural disasters. Nominations should be submitted in the form of a 2,000 word statement, and should outline the nature of the problem faced and how it was countered. Nominees should explain the procedures used to facilitate crisis recovery time, how any additional problems which became apparent during the recovery process were dealt with and, finally, the lessons learned and subsequent improvements made to business continuity plans.
The Most Effective Recovery of the Year award is sponsored
by ICM
ICM has been delivering business continuity services to organisations of all sizes for over 20 years. Because we continually develop new solutions to meet the evolving needs of our 2,000 existing clients, ICM's core services are perfectly matched to fulfil the business continuity requirements of all types of organisation.
Providing a range of specialist services, including IT Continuity, Workarea Continuity and Professional Services, ICM enables continuous business for clients throughout the UK.
Continued investment in a vast business continuity centre portfolio and infrastructure is matched by developments in services to allow clients to satisfy recovery point and time objectives, as well as specific regulatory standards. Tried and tested services for email recovery, data replication, online data backup and emergency home-working are now available and further solutions are being constantly developed.
In the past five years, ICM has opened several new Business Continuity Centres and this commitment to growth and to service resilience and flexibility, is still continuing. Within its portfolio ICM now has 9 data centres with a total footprint in excess of 30,000 sq. ft, including recently expanded data centre facilities in Central London.
With 18 purpose-built Business Continuity Centres, ICM has a total footprint of 500,000 sq. ft. providing in excess of 7,500 Work Area Recovery positions. Recoverynet, our resilient Gbit Ethernet network connects all of the Business Continuity Centres and provides the widest business continuity network for data and connectivity in the UK.
Each of ICM's Business Continuity Centres is located within one hour of a major commercial hub. Collectively, they form the UK's widest network of custom-fitted business continuity facilities for workarea and data recovery. Through this network, ICM delivers cost effective Business Continuity solutions for both large corporations with branches throughout the UK and companies with a single site or just a few locations.
At the forefront of the drive to provide transparency to the Business Continuity market, ICM has a pro-active and multi-faceted approach to managing risk. All syndicated contracts are underpinned by a robust risk management policy, including maximum subscription ratios of 25:1, common-sense exclusion zones and the provision of a voluntary supplier risk declaration (VSRD).
Find out more about ICM call 08448 63 00 63, email info@icm-continuity.co.uk or visit www.icm-continuity.co.uk