news headlines: 6th March 2008

EU to strengthen disaster response preparedness
The European Commission has adopted a communication on reinforcing the European Union's disaster response capacity.
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•Date: 6th March 2008• Region:W.Europe/UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Economic downturn must not tempt companies to scale-down disaster preparedness
SunGard Availability Services provides tips for staying on top of discovery recovery plans during budgetary belt-tightening.
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•Date: 6th March 2008• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Survey highlights trends and risks of data protection in large enterprises
Enterprises are still relying heavily on physical tape systems for their data protection and disaster recovery.
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•Date: 6th March 2008• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business continuity accountability rising up the corporate ladder
But one in five large UK businesses still lack detailed business continuity plans: IDC survey.
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•Date: 6th March 2008• Region:UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Gain control of rogue data
Hitachi launches new storage services for retention, movement and protection of unstructured data.
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•Date: 6th March 2008• Region:World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Queensland government meets with insurers to discuss flood recovery
The Queensland State Government's Flood Recovery Taskforce has met with insurance company chiefs to discuss issues surrounding the recovery effort in Central Queensland.
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•Date: 6th March 2008• Region:Australia •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Lieberman calls on FEMA to improve programs for responding to psychological consequences of disasters
US Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., has endorsed the findings of a Government Accountability Office report released last Friday which determined that FEMA must improve its crisis counseling program for victims of catastrophic disasters.
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•Date: 6th March 2008• Region:US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Major Emergency Management – Theory & Practice
• Iomega launches new removable REV 120GB backup drive
• Testing IT Disaster Recovery Workshop
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - Winter storms cost China power sector 16 billion Yuan
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