Newsletter September 2008 - QED Consulting

This Month...

Welcome to the September edition of the E bulletin. Although we are sorry to see the end of the holiday season, it may be a welcomed relief for busy working parents!? As budgeting and planning for holidays may be over, we would like to turn your attention to practical planning in the workplace, to ensure that the last quarter is as profitable and problem free as possible(!) Therefore this month we bring you: IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Fresh top tips on pricing

Simple Steps to Stay Ahead of Disaster A disaster recovery plan (DRP) describes how an organisation is to deal with potential disasters. A business continuity plan (BCP) describes the processes and procedures an organisation puts in place to ensure that essential functions can continue during and after a disaster. An effective disaster recovery/business continuity plan (DR/BC) is critical to the success of any business nowadays. DR/BC used to be reserved for large enterprises, but in the increasingly 24/7 business world, more and more SMEs are finding they can't afford not to keep things running. Most of the organisations have almost doubled the number of mission-critical applications during the past decade, including email, CRM system etc. Yet many of the businesses are poorly prepared for any disaster. Read more...

Ten Top Tips On Pricing Build your pricing strategy into your core business, sales, marketing and finance plans. They all need to interact to produce the model you are most happy with. A plan will not only help you to see other options and choose the best, it will also help you track your progress and identify any areas of possible weakness that may need to be addressed as you proceed. It is a cliché, but if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Read more...

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Simple Steps to Stay Ahead of Disaster

Ten Top Tips On Pricing