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BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING: AN IT PERSPECTIVE
VIDEO (VHS or CD)
by WatchIT

“Jim Grogan, vice president of alliances for SunGard Recovery Services, and Donna Scott,
vice president and research director at Gartner, describe the elements of a business
continuity plan from an IT perspective, and discuss the steps required to implement such a
plan. In addition, a short case study drawn from the September 11th terrorist attacks drives
home with frightening clarity the need for businesses to ensure the safety of their corporate
data and their ability to continue IT operations should a disaster strike. Because business
continuity planning (BCP) touches nearly every part of an IT organization, BCP is one of its
most process-intensive activities. This program identifies the core processes of effective
BCP for IT organizations. Next, the program discusses how to develop a business impact
analysis, which is the process of determining critical business systems and the operational
implications resulting from their destruction or loss. Then, the program describes a
step-by-step game plan for business continuity planning. By watching this program, you will
learn how to create a plan for protecting and recovering critical IT systems and data in the
event of a disaster.

“Viewers of the CD and online versions receive more than 50 Web links, featuring articles
such as, 'It's Ground Zero for Catastrophe Teams Handling Claims From Terrorist Attacks'
and 'How Insurance Catastrophe Teams are Mobilized' from Insure.com; as well as
'Prepping for Disaster' and 'Technology After the Fall' from Business 2.0. In addition, white
papers include: 'Business Continuity in the E-Commerce Environment'; 'Disaster Recovery
Planning Encourages Better Management Decisions' and 'TowerGroup's Estimate on the
Impact of the World Trade Center Disaster to the Securities Industry's Technology
Infrastructure.'”

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PROGRAM TOPICS:

* INTRODUCTION
* ROI
* EXPERTS IN THIS PROGRAM
* AGENDA

* AN OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS CONTINUITY
* A Business Continuity Plan Is Imperative
* Donna Scott: Five Components to a Business Continuity Plan
* IT Elements in a Business Continuity Plan
* Important Points in a Business Continuity Plan
* Jim Grogan: Business Continuity Must Be Adaptable
* An Effective Business Continuity Plan Is an Enterprise-Wide Initiative
* Jim Grogan: Keep Your Business Continuity Plan Current
* Business Continuity Planning ROI: The Consequences of Downtime
* Donna Scott: Assessing the Cost of Downtime

* TRENDS IN BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANS
* Business Continuity Plans: Important Recovery Issues to Consider
* Donna Scott: Recovery Time Objectives In Business Continuity Planning
* Business Continuity Planning Trends: Expectations of High Availability
* Jim Grogan: High-Availability Solutions Bring Benefits

* DEVELOPING A BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS
* Benefits of a Business Impact Analysis
* Four Key Business Impact Analysis Issues and How to Approach Them
* Resources to Assist Completion of a Business Impact Analysis

* THE GAME PLAN FOR BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 1: Establish Criteria for Declaring a Disaster
* Donna Scott: Different Disaster Scenarios Require Different Emergency Responses
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 1: Recovery Staff and Their Roles
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 2: Detailed Inventory of Data Center Systems
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 2: Data Center Inventory - Alternate Sites
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 2: Data Center Inventory - Software
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 2: Data Center Inventory - Vendor Assistance
* Jim Grogan: Important Details to Include in a Data Center Inventory
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 3: Make Your MARC and Specify Recovery
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 3: The MARC Analysis
* Jim Grogan: The MARC Analysis
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 3: Play It Safe With Off-Site Storage
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 3: Backup Options - Data Mirroring
* Jim Grogan: Choosing a Data Backup Method
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 3: Recovery Site Options - The Hot Site
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 3: Recovery Site Options - The Cold Site
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 3: Recovery Site Options - The Mobile Site
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 3: Major Recovery Site Suppliers
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 3: Recovery Procedures - Recovery Scripts
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 3: Recovery Procedures - Logistical Information
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 3: Recovery Procedures - Reconnecting
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 4: Evaluate Vendor Offerings
* Donna Scott: Business Continuity Insourcing vs. Outsourcing
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 4: Vendor Services
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 4: Vendor Services - Major Vendors
* Donna Scott: Recovery Considerations - Equipment Inventory
* Donna Scott: Recovery Considerations - Location of Resources
* Donna Scott: Recovery Considerations - Costs
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 4: Consider Integration Issues
* Jim Grogan: Integration Issues in Business Continuity
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 5: Test, Train and Maintain
* Donna Scott: Testing Your Disaster Recovery Plan
* Business Continuity Game Plan Step 5: Maintaining a Business Continuity Plan
* Jim Grogan: Maintaining a Business Continuity Plan

* CLOSING REMARKS ON BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING
* Jim Grogan: Enhancing the Business Continuity Plan
* Donna Scott: Adding New Scenarios to the Business Continuity Plan

* CONCLUSION

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GAYLE HUMPHREY

“Gayle Humphrey works extensively as a spokeswoman/narrator in non-broadcast for such
companies as American Express, Sony, Lucent Technologies, Mercedes-Benz, Pfizer and
WatchIT.com. She has also narrated books on tape for MacMillan/McGraw Hill and
Scholastic. Gayle lives in Weehawken, New Jersey with her two children and husband, Eric
Conger.”

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DONNA SCOTT

Donna Scott is a vice president and research director in Gartner's research organization.
She is responsible for business availability and business continuity/disaster recovery. She
focuses on best practices for end-to-end business process availability, including: technology
infrastructure; application architecture; network, systems and applications management; and
business continuity planning. Prior to joining Gartner, she was program manager for a
vendor-based research organization, where she initiated a research program in UNIX
availability and clustering, UNIX systems configurations and pricing, and transaction
processing monitors and systems management. Prior to research, Ms. Scott spent 10 years
in management consulting, managing business process engineering and business
application implementations. Ms. Scott has a bachelor's degree, cum laude, in applied
science from Miami University, and a master of business administration degree from the
University of Bridgeport.

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JIM GROGAN

“Jim Grogan, vice president of Alliances at SunGard Availability Services, has been involved
with business continuity solutions for nearly 20 years. Jim has been with SunGard since
1989, and has had management and executive responsibility within the Philadelphia
MegaCenter, as well as responsibility for product development and information technology.
Most recently, he has focused on vendor partnerships that enhance the solutions offered to
SunGard customers. Prior to joining SunGard, Jim held management positions in the
operations and quality assurance areas of companies providing software for healthcare
information management and financial services, which included operational recovery
planning.”

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AVAILABLE ON:
Videotape, CD-ROM
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2002, Video (45minutes)
Order #DR688VHS OR DR688CD
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