2011 Press Releases

Christmas and New Year Greeting 2011

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Dear Friends,

We have reached the end of 2011 and it is a good time, as business continuity and disaster recovery professionals, to reflect on the challenges of the past year. BCM Institute is glad to have served you and your team members in your education and certification needs. As partners, we just want to extend a warm thank you for your continued support in our efforts to evangelise this movement of being more resilient.

Encouraged by your support, we will renew our efforts in 2012 to reach out to the community through a series of Asian conferences starting with World Continuity Congress or WCC 2012 in Singapore in March, followed by WCC Thailand and WCC Malaysia. Our regular Meet-the Expert (MTE) seminars have also now expanded to India, China and Indonesia.

We wish to take this opportunity to thank our clients, staff, business partners and associates, and you for your friendship and support through all these years that we have known you.

On behalf of the Board of Advisors, volunteer members of the committees and the BCM Institute's global team, we would like to wish you a joyful festive season and a fruitful 2012.

Best wishes

Dr Goh Moh Heng and the Team from BCM Institute

International Business Continuity Peer Forum Reaches Jakarta

Jakarta, 3 October 2011 -- Asia's premier Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery live forum MEET THE EXPERTS made its debut in Indonesia recently attracting senior executives and managers of risk, business continuity and disaster recovery. These executives from banks, manufacturing companies and government agencies were looking at Business Continuity Planning as possible opportunities to improve the governance of their organisations.

Prepare for Business Recovery, Cloud is The New Strategy

Singapore, 12 October 2011 -- Cloud Disaster Recovery is probably the most discussed topic in recent years among Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery practitioners.

While cloud technology appears to be the next new thing in town, individuals and businesses, whether they know it or not, have already been using this technology for some time. Facebook, GoogleApps and Skype are just a few cloud-based applications that just to name a few, that are commonly available for free or at a minimal cost. For businesses, the improved resiliency coupled with potential cost savings, ease of implementation, flexibility, scalability and business agility seem to make Cloud technology every Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery manager's dream.

Mall Blast Incident Puts Disaster Recovery Vendor's Business Continuity Planning to Real Test

MALAYSIA, PETALING JAYA, Oct 11, 2011 – The recent blast incident that took place in Empire Shopping Gallery brought a major halt to businesses operating within the complex. One company recounts back its swift action in ensuring that its operations remain uninterrupted while the safety of its staffs remains as their top priority.

By 8.30am, on 28 September, barely few hours after the time the disaster was declared by Empire Shopping Gallery’s General Manager, May Woo, Infinity Consulting Technology Sdn Bhd operations were already up and running from their alternate site located in Cyberjaya and Teknologi Park Malaysia. By 12 noon, all staffs, including critical and support functions were already reporting to work at either one of the sites. By then, all staffs were already aware of each other's safety status through mobile phones, text messages, emails and facebook.

"Adopt Risk Management Approaches" Says Business Continuity Planning Experts

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 September 2011 --There has been a growing demand for having a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) in place as the risk-aware culture becomes more prevalent among businesses operating in today's ever dynamic environment.

According to Dr Goh Moh Heng ^{PHd BCCE DRCE BCCLA} who leads the management team for both BCM Institute and Business Continuity Consultancy firm, GMH Pte Ltd in the recent Meet the Experts Seminar, both practices of Business Continuity and Risk Management share common objectives although the former focuses on identifing and mitigating risks before they happen, whereas the latter focuses on planning for recovery after a disaster (risk) occurs. As a result, both practices inevitably correlate with each other while helping organizations in spelling their business strategies from preempting risks to dealing with inoperability of busineses.