news headlines: 7th December 2007

Business continuity in Australia
An overview of the results of a comprehensive benchmarking survey conducted by Continuity Forum Pty Ltd.
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•Date: 7th December 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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The changing risk profile of key coastal cities around the world
Miami, Guangzhou and New York face the highest risk of future property and infrastructure losses.
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•Date: 7th Dec 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Directors: ignore business continuity at your peril
Directors who fail to take action on business continuity risk accusations of dereliction of duty, warns SunGard Availability Services.
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•Date: 7th Dec 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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IBM to acquire Arsenal Digital Solutions
Will become part of the Business Continuity and Resiliency Services (BCRS) business unit.
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•Date: 7th Dec 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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HHS and CDC publish new pandemic planning guidance
‘Take the Lead: Working Together to Prepare Now’ provides a wealth of ready-to-use and ready-to-tailor resources prepared by HHS and CDC.
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•Date: 7th Dec 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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INTERPOL conducts bioterrorism attack exercise
Participants in the ‘Black Death’ scenario were faced with a fictional plague attack involving 10 countries.
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•Date: 7th Dec 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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UK Environment Agency publishes review of the 2007 summer floods
Includes six case studies and over 100 web pages.
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•Date: 7th Dec 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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PlateSpin introduces ‘plug in and protect’ virtualized recovery appliance
'PlateSpin Forge' is a purpose-built consolidated recovery solution that includes prepackaged and preconfigured hardware, software and virtual infrastructure.
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•Date: 7th Dec 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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SBA and Nationwide launch Small Business Disaster Preparedness Guide
Copies of the guide will be distributed by SBA field offices, its resource partners around the country and disaster field offices.
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•Date: 5th Dec 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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International governments discuss pandemic planning
The fifth International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza is taking place in New Delhi, India.
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•Date: 5th Dec 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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John Hurrell to become new AIRMIC chief executive
John Hurrell, currently Head of Marsh Risk Consulting (Europe, Middle East and Africa), has been appointed AIRMIC’s new chief executive.
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•Date: 5th Dec 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• 3n awarded crisis messaging contract by CGI
• Joint state/FEMA disaster assessments underway for Pacific Northwest winter storms and flooding
• APRA releases Basel II prudential standards
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
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