news headlines: 4th September 2007

Virtual servers; real problems
How do you gain the benefits of virtualization without opening your business up to failures and outages?
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•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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UK boards lack real understanding of IT risks facing their companies
According to a new survey into IT risk by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Jefferson Parish launches the ‘Business Continuity Network’
Designed as a main point of contact for businesses in the event of a disaster.
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•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Flood review website launched for public comments
Sir Michael Pitt, the independent chair overseeing the UK government's Lessons Learned review into this summer's floods, is calling on those affected to log on and share their experiences.
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•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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More Than 1,700 organizations sign-up to take part in Fourth Annual Homeland Security National Preparedness Month
Second week of National Preparedness Month (September 9-15) will focus on businesses.
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•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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European Commission hails success of electricity suppliers surveillance system
System aimed at preventing wide-area power outages.
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•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: W.Europe/UK •Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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Eton Mai and Adtapt team-up to provide new business continuity training course
Aims to help second career seekers from the defence sector enter the business continuity profession.
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•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Training and events
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Hitachi launches new Australia and New Zealand division
• Auckland loses telecoms
• Double-Take Software rolls out local availability and support services to India and Sri Lanka
• US disaster recovery spending flat
• Major disaster For New York
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - Hurricane Felix
   - Floods kill at least 100 across China
   - Floods in Bangladesh
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