news headlines: 5th October 2007

The ‘green’ business continuity manager
Business continuity management and green strategies should be integrated, says Steve Beck.
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•Date: 5th October 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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What happened to ILM?
Information lifecycle management seems to have lost its status as a ‘hot topic’ but does that mean that the concept has been rejected? Steve Tongish investigates.
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•Date: 5th October 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Is the likelihood of an influenza pandemic over-played?
A comment article by Continuity Central’s editor, David Honour. UPDATED WITH READER COMMENTS.
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•Date: 5th Oct 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Australian government says that Critical Infrastructure Protection Modelling and Analysis (CIPMA) software is ready for use
Claimed to be the World’s leading computer program to protect critical infrastructure.
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•Date: 5th October 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory researches community resilience
Project in Tennessee, Mississippi and South Carolina aims to identify what communities need to be truly resilient.
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•Date: 5th October 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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American population's preparedness for disaster or emergency improves
The US's RQ (Readiness Quotient) - a barometer of the public's preparedness for a weather emergency, natural disaster or terrorist attack - inched up nearly a point from 15 months ago.
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•Date: 5th October 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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CA launches comprehensive solution for IT governance, risk, and compliance
The solution features CA GRC Manager, a new product that provides portfolio management of IT risks across the enterprise, as well as CA's IT control automation solutions.
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•Date: 5th October 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Psychosocial Response and Recovery Symposium
• Major disaster declared For Texas
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hears from Associate Chief Medical Officer for Medical Readiness on pandemic preparedness
• Energy resilience expert joins Steelhenge
• DRI International BCM training and Qualification exam: Europe
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - China, Vietnam evacuate thousands as storm strikes
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