Business continuity news 6th August 2004

news headlines: 6th August 2004

HP makes bid to acquire Synstar
Synstar’s business continuity assets are a key reason behind the £162.9 million offer.
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•Date: 9th August 2004 • Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Moving towards an interactive approach
Keith Tilley discusses the evolution of the disaster recovery and business continuity industry.
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•Date: 6th August 2004 •Region:UK/ World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Addressing the challenges of data protection
Mehran Hadipour explores some of the drawbacks of data protection technologies and provides a checklist of aspects to consider when choosing a solution.
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•Date: 6th August 2004 •Region:N.America/ World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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First network management software to monitor PC RAID storage devices launched
System utilises SNMP to alert operators instantly of disk drive failures.
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•Date: 6th August 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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BCI annual general meeting 2004 and international symposium
4th and 5th November 2004, Vienna, Austria.
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•Date: 6th August 2004 • Region: W.Europe/UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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NETEX unveils ‘industry's fastest accelerator’ for data movement over IP WANs
HyperIP R5 delivers speeds of up to 480 Mbps over any distance.
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•Date: 6th August 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• 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

• Terror in the US: what are the real threats?

• Civil Contingencies Secretariat provides more information on how new LA funding will be delivered

• European Commission publishes Basel II implementation proposals

• Australian Prudential Regulation Authority publishes draft business continuity management standard

• Flood protection: European Commission to coordinate improved risk management

• Federal Preparedness Circular updates continuity of operations guidance

• UK government doubles funding for local authority emergency planners

• What's under the business continuity umbrella?

• The risks of e-mail mismanagement

• September to be National Preparedness Month in US

• European Commission sets out new guidelines for approach to saving companies in difficulty

• UK government promises to maintain current anti-terrorism and security spending levels

• Can you afford multiple disk drive failure?

• VERITAS shares plunge after profit warning

• Second reading of Civil Contingencies Bill takes place in the House of Lords

• Lack of supply chain standards costing industry billions

• UK, US and Australia sign anti-spam agreement

• ICM opens Bristol business continuity centre

• Five simple rules for business continuity

• A hidden crisis behind communication

• UK government committee outlines state of terror threat

• Company executives and investment professionals hold starkly opposite views on the primary threats faced by leading organisations

• SunGard Availability Services completes standardised UK-wide workplace recovery solution

• 2004 E-Crime Watch survey shows significant increase in electronic crimes

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