| The Pros of having a Battle Baton |
The Cons of not having a Battle Baton |
Using a Battle Baton offers significant man-hour savings throughout the BC Project/Programme |
Massive amounts of wasted time & effort paper chasing |
Everyone will know their BC roles and responsibilities making the organization more resilient and achieve Buy-in from all stake-holders |
Problems with communicating and coordinating your Business Continuity strategy to others. Buy-in is difficult |
| Instant dynamic access to 'real time' reports from single departments to cross organizational…locally or globally |
Time consuming report generation and ongoing maintenance (impossible conundrum!) |
Simple single data input delivering powerful multi-functional data outputs in a few clicks |
Logistical planning nightmare |
| No additional hardware to source, no new software to install or maintain - Zero impact on IT resources |
Multiple software’s required on local machines or your servers (training, backup and support issues) |
Instant access to vital data controlled with simple to manage hierarchical logins |
Cross office and departmental reporting problems with little or no integration or control |
| Inclusive ‘independent’ BC email broadcast system to both company and alternative email addresses |
Company server reliant email broadcasting will fail if your servers or email systems are down |
| Independently hosted, secure point of access, single entry data sharing and report delivery, all in ‘real time’ from any web browser, local or global 24 / 7 - 365 - including Data Vaults |
Virtually impossible to coordinates, maintain and control documents |
Inclusive technical support and access to a Battle Baton Set-up Assistant included |
Reliant on specialist people who may come and / or commit to expensive BC consultancy fees |
Backup of the Battle Baton data is included |
Backup issues and increasing backup costs |
Simple to learn so no specialist training required |
Investment in specialist skills required |
Low level of technical ability required |
Skilled planners required to develop documents |
Instant reports for Emergency Services |
How do you generate this information |
Fast bulk-load option to get started quickly |
Wasted effort on information gathering and data manipulation |
Low cost - High value, even lower in years 2, 3 etc. Virtually paperless so very green. |
High investment with escalating manpower and reproduction costs. Not at all green. |
| Inclusive ongoing professional support including an Emergency Hot-line 24 / 7 - 365 |
Problems with hand-over's and out of hours support |
