..., and IT functions (Boyd, 2001; Exult, 2001). © MCB UP Limited 2003 Strategic management Information technology Decision making Leadership Planning According to studies by Gillan et al. (1999), Mizoras (2001), and Stanco (2000) the defining characteristics of an ASP...

... is integrated into the strategic planning of a company. Describes a method to solidify the business strategy and to shape the resulting architecture and infrastructure in such a way that IT can offer an active contribution. This method has been applied worldwide, many times, at leading medium‐sized to very...

...Bruce Edwards Concentrates on the preparation for and the procedures to be followed in creating a disaster recovery plan. The recovery strategy, recovery teams, procedures and action tests, and maintenance and testing are all discussed in some detail. There are five elements to a successful...

... be understood remembering that small, intermittent failures can be worse than complete collapse. Risk exposures can be prioritized and contingency plans established. Duplicated carrier communications, private network triangulation, and virtual private networks are considered as well as ISDN and switched backup...

... when they go wrong and never allowed the scope of forward planning. The ultimate would be a well run network such that the network manager can focus on lobbying the senior management team for improvements and plans to recover the business if, one day, the network should be subject to a disaster...

...Simon Rogerson; Christine Fidler Advances in information provision have led organizations to attempt to develop IS/IT strategies which interrelate with their business strategies and which together support corporate missions. Strategic information systems planning (SISP) has become an accepted part...