Planned preventative maintenance re-attains five year-old KPI
BSRIA has recently released its latest M&E maintenance KPIs. This annual survey asks building owners and occupiers for their ratings of service providers against ten mechanical and electrical maintenance KPIs.
Cloud computing – the hidden risks
There are no standards that define the term Cloud Computing and there are a number of interpretations on the idea which only serves to fuel the debate as to what does the term Cloud Computing really mean.
Dashboards – turning data into highly visual information
It is so true that, when you are dealing with vast amounts of data, finding the really essential items that impact on the business can be very akin to the proverbial needle in a haystack.
Datacenter Dynamics review
DCD this year was a very interesting event which is becoming the prime place to attend and to be seen at, which is reflected in the ever increasing list of sponsors of this event which has outgrown its previous venue and now resides at Excel Centre.
Wall S-tweet Shuffle
Two recent news stories caught my eye – both about banking and, in different ways, about compliance. First was the hacking of Associated Press’s Twitter account and the resulting tweet about an attack on the White House which injured Barack Obama.
How can you manage fire risk with inadequate building information?
According to info4fire.com, the Passive Fire Protection Federation (PFPF) believes there is insufficient awareness of the need to pass on vital fire safety information on completion of a building.
An introduction to dependency modelling
At its core dependency modelling is such a simple concept – if this event happens, what impact does it have on other events?
Single points of failure
Is your business dependent on one or more single points of failure? Your business is probably dependent on the continued operation of one or more critical services, for example basic utility type services i.e. power, water, IT, communications. And it also often dependent on services which are inherent to the nature and geographic location of […]
Disaster recovery planning – lessons from Hurricane Sandy
If there is one thing Sandy demonstrated it is that you cannot make your DR plans too robust. There are always unplanned for eventualities when you approach your planning from the perspective of events that could occur. In my opinion, a more comprehensive approach is to look at what you need to continue to operate […]
Risk registers in project management
Most, if not all, projects carry risk. Whilst there will be many different aspects of risk throughout the project, it is when it interacts and integrates with the live business environment that most care is needed. Risk registers play an important part in identifying and managing risk, both for projects and other areas such as […]