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news headlines: 3 September 2004

Business continuity planning - how long should it take?
About three months and never more than six, says Mel Gosling.

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Date: 3rd September 2004 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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It's time to stop the excuses
Len Biegel looks and some of the excuses companies give for not developing business continuity plans and answers these objections. 

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Date: 3rd September 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Vulnerabilities of US power grid identified
A catastrophic failure of the entire system can result from loss of as few as two percent of the grid's substations, finds research team.

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Date: 3rd September 2004 • Region: N.America Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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SunGard Availability Services prepares for a busy period
More than 200 clients have placed the company on alert in preparation for Hurricane Frances.

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Date: 3rd September 2004 • Region: US Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Scottish BCI Forum meeting
13th October, Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow.

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Date: 3rd September 2004 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Events
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NDR wins Lloyd's Insurance Network contract
Lloyds will use Real Time Data Backup service which NDR offers in partnership with Topio.

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Date: 3rd September 2004 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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2003 archive

Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• Where do I start in business continuity?

• US organisations gearing up for National Preparedness Month

• BCP testing under the spotlight

• SunGard invests in new Luxembourg recovery centre

• Hurricane Frances threatens East Coast US businesses

• A layered approach to IP SANs…

• 10 candidates for 2004 Business Continuity Institute board elections

• New modelling techniques could lead to better flood forecasting

• Putting the case for tape…

• The brand – estimating its vulnerability

• US Department of Health & Human Services issues national Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan

• 2004 Waters Rankings gives US market leadership position to IBM

• FSTC publishes detailed analysis of technology recovery in the financial services industry

• Isle of Man aims to become centre for disaster recovery services

• HP’s proposed acquisition of Synstar - more of the same?

• Financial institutions see reputational risk as the greatest threat

• Winternals Recovery Manager helps minimise the risks of deploying Windows XP Service Pack 2

• Achieving resilience – best practices in business continuity

• Surviving unplanned downtime…

• New version of RecoveryPAC Web to be launched in September

• US regional differences in business continuity planning identified

• Viewing the continuity development process with 20/20 vision

• UK businesses complacent about communications disaster planning

• The highs and lows of continuity software

• Colour co-ordinated…

• Recovery centre location is top concern for UK business continuity managers

• Northeast America blackout anniversary offers reminder of importance of emergency backup power

• IT continuity spending set to rise

• Survey identifies main stumbling blocks to successful operational risk management

• Advanced energy storage technologies offer new back-up power options

• HP makes bid to acquire Synstar

• Moving towards an interactive approach

• Addressing the challenges of data protection

• 9/11 has had little impact on spending on business protection and security by mid-sized companies

• Many business networks are not prepared for power outages

• The challenges of security management

• Irish Competition Authority to investigate IBM’s acquisition of Schlumberger Business Continuity Services (Ireland)

• ASIS publishes draft business continuity guideline for public review

• Synstar survey reveals skills are most prized, yet BC teams are still chosen according to authority

Remote physical security and reducing downtime in the data centre

Strohl Systems releases LDRPS update

London Resilience Partnership publishes 2004-5 plans

Business continuity plan development explored

Archiving has a nasty sting in the tail – ignore it at your peril!

Best practice: how to use automated notification systems

Business continuity software survey




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