BUSINESS STANDARDS
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New web standards: first in class
25 Jul 2008
Topics: Brands, PAS 124
In a world first, BSI British Standards and UK web compliance expert Magus have launched PAS 124 Defining, implementing and managing website standards, a Publicly Available Specification that aims to improve the effectiveness of corporate websites through a new best practice approach to the application and management of website standards.
Says Simon Lande, CEO of Magus: "Our experience shows that businesses are actually reducing the impact and value of their web presence, despite the millions invested each year, because they are not implementing website standards successfully." Website standards include those defined by organizations (eg brand and editorial standards) and those specified by external bodies (eg legal and accessibility standards).
PAS 124 provides the first-ever procedural framework to help organizations deploy website standards efficiently and harness their full potential. It is organized around three key processes: defining, implementing and managing website standards. Business benefits offered by the PAS 124 framework include brand protection, minimization of online risk, improved financial return and workflow, and the provision of objective targets against which performance can be tracked and measured.
For more information: www.bsigroup.com/july08websites
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Castrol and Kitemark:
spreading the word
Castrol and BSI Product Services have teamed up for a joint marketing campaign to spread the word about the Kitemark scheme for Garage Services, which ensures that the standards of PAS 80 and the Kitemark are met and maintained.
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Global BCM accreditation for BSI
BSI Management Systems has become one of the first organizations to be independently accredited to deliver global certification against BS 25999, the business continuity management standard.
Business continuity comes to ICT
When BSI published PAS 77IT Service continuity management. Code of practice in 2006, it sparked such interest that it set the stage for a new British Standard. The result is BS 25777 Code of practice for information and communications technology continuity, which has been published as a draft for public comment and is targeted for publication before the end of the year.
Are you "Fit to supply" 2012 Olympic Games?
Business Link, the support and networking agency funded primarily by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), is working with BSI to help companies in their goal to win contracts for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Question: what is the value of a "non-
standard" standard, such as a PAS?
The PAS, or Publicly Available Specification, forms part of our spectrum of standards information ranging from full international consensus to bespoke individual company advice.
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