news headlines: 4th October 2007

A challenging weekend in the life of a business continuity manager
Lorna Anderson reflects on lessons learned from taking part in the British Red Cross Disaster Response Challenge.
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•Date: 4th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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ABI presses UK Government for action on flood risk
Urges ministers to bring forward the planned increased spending on flood defences and flood management, currently promised for 2010-11.
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•Date: 4th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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DHS provides new grants for national preparedness training initiatives
The US Department of Homeland Security has announced the awarding of over $113 million in grant money under two programs that strengthen the coordinated training efforts of homeland security preparedness.
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•Date: 4th October 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Homeshoring will be the next big trend in the contact centre sector: BT
Business continuity managers need to be aware of this trend.
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•Date: 4th October 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Civil Contingencies Secretariat gives guidelines on Local Resilience Forum Telecommunications Sub-Groups
Date of first meeting of Telecommunications Sub-Groups should be determined by the end of October.
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•Date: 4th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Energy and floor space constraints will cause significant disruptions to US enterprise data centers during next three years
According to Gartner.
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•Date: 4th October 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Iron Mountain expands in South Africa
Company partners with Channel Data to offer PC data protection, e-mail continuity and e-mail archiving services in the region.
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•Date: 4th October 2007• Region: Africa •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• ‘Resiliency Engineering: Integrating Security, IT Operations, and Business Continuity’
• CA and Deft provide business continuity for Tourism Ireland
• BakBone announces NetVault: Backup 8.0 with integrated, cross-platform continuous data protection
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - China, Vietnam evacuate thousands as storm strikes
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