LONDON, April 1 /PRNewswire/ --     Enterprises and government still have a long way to go to
effectively handle operational continuity during crises, says Solcara,
market-leading provider of software for the control, management and searching
of digital information.

Many firms still do not have anything beyond basic procedures
in place for emergencies, although more and more are deploying specialist
software to assist them during a crisis period. There are many issues
enterprises need to get to grips with and Solcara has undertaken informal
research amongst its customers and partners to identify the top issues for
the BCM industry.

Speaking at the Business Continuity Expo in Docklands,
Solcara's Managing Director, Rob Martin, outlined key areas of business
continuity for enterprises. He listed these as:

- Maintaining a smooth supply chain before, during and after a
crisis;

- Compliance with industry and regulatory requirements, including
BS25999;

- Maintaining support from the Board of Directors in the current
economic climate;

- Avoiding unnecessary legal costs after an incident by creating
clear audit trails of who did what, when and why;

- Creating effective training and simulations to perfect responses
to a crisis or business emergency;

He added: "Enterprises are much better than they used to be at
preparing and training for emergencies, but I'm sure many businesses, whilst
feeling they have ticked the BCM box, don't have robust follow-through
procedures or a training regime before a crisis takes place. We have all seen
over the last few years how one crisis can ruin an entire company or even
badly damage a whole industry. Good BCM is that important to a business.
Having effective training and support mechanisms before, during and after a
crisis will set you apart from competitors and give you competitive
advantage, because as we have seen with the food industry, good risk
management can ensure you are the last company standing if a major crisis
arises."

Solcara will be demonstrating its Crisis Control Centre at the
Business Continuity Expo on Stand 237.

About Solcara

Solcara is a market-leading provider of software for the control,
management and searching of digital information across a broad range of
business sectors and disciplines. Solcara's software products are designed to
address critical information management and retrieval needs, irrespective of
the industry or sector.

Solcara Crisis Control Centre: a complete software solution for managing
critical communications across the enterprise during a corporate or business
continuity crisis. Solcara Crisis Control Centre delivers a platform for the
rapid capture of information and quick distribution of the facts to those
that need to know, enabling a more effective decision-making process in
emergency or time critical situations.

Solcara provides four products for enterprises. For more details, visit
http://www.solcara.com.

Solcara is a subsidiary of ArgentVive plc, an eCommerce Group quoted on
the London Stock Exchange (code:ARGV). See http://www.argentvive.com for
further details.

For more information please contact Helen Carnall, Belinda Morris
or Terence Gibbons at College Hill on +44-207-457-2020, or Helen Dibble,
Marketing Manager, Solcara on +44-1895-820950.