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Technologies Supporting Business Continuity

on Aug 12 in Planning, Understanding tagged , by Keith

Office365 and Windows Server 2008R2Business Continuity is a broad church, meaning different things to different businesses. It’s also very much a people thing; after all, it exists to keep people in jobs, delivering to customers, whatever happens.

That said, we have recently been involved in designing and deploying a fair few technology implementation projects within our process and systems work.

What is clear is that over the past year, and probably in the forthcoming year, there are a number of technologies which have come of age, or are due to have some significant upgrades that should transform them. Read More


Unbreakable Business

on Jun 15 in Planning, Strategy, Understanding tagged , , by Keith

Keith Shering, MD of Critical Action, was one of the speakers at the recent, very well received ”Creating An Unbreakable Business” event, held at NetSupport in Market Deeping, and organised by The Business Club, Peterborough.

As well as coordinating the speakers, Keith was one of eight subject matter experts giving business owners and decision makers quick-fire, thought-provoking 15-minute talks on what can break businesses, and what we can do to make strong, resilient businesses that survive and prosper - making businesses more unbreakable. Read More


Project “P”s - Three or Five

on Aug 05 in Planning, Priority, Understanding tagged , , by Keith

In a recent Twitter exchange with one of my friends (@eileenb), we were discussing productivity and planning. We covered things like the “5 Ps” (perfect planning prevents poor performance). As you might imagine, with a project manager’s hat on, things like the 5 Ps are stocks-in-trade for delivering the results clients need. My standpoint was slightly different though.

I suggested “3 new Ps” - Productivity, Priority and Purpose. Read More


Microsoft Business Value Planning

on Aug 19 in Planning tagged , , , by Keith

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Critical Action Limited has become one of 20 UK companies accredited to provide Microsoft’s Business Value Planning packaged services to eligible Microsoft users with Software Assurance as part of their licensing.

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