news headlines: 8th April 2008

BCI revises certification standards for professional practitioners
Ten certification skills of business continuity management condensed to six.
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•Date: 8th April 2008• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business Continuity Awards shortlist published
The shortlist of individuals and companies in the running for the 2008 Business Continuity Awards has been released by CIR Magazine. The awards will be presented on 8th May 2008 at a ceremony in London.
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•Date: 8th April 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Marsh survey examines European attitudes to business continuity
Study finds that companies are failing to overcome a ‘perception gap’ in their approach to BCM.
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•Date: 8th April 2008• Region: UK/W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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European Commission takes Italy to court for contingency planning failures
Country fails to plan for major accidents at installations where hazardous substances are present.
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•Date: 8th April 2008• Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC manufacturing
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New Zealand government publishes revised national strategy for emergency management
Strategy updated following a public review process.
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•Date: 8th April 2008• Region: New Zealand •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency plan.
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Virtualization cuts application downtime
According to Vizioncore survey.
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•Date: 8th April 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Crisis management lessons from Terminal 5
UPDATED WITH READER COMMENTS The opening of Heathrow airport’s latest terminal should have been a flag-waving event, however it turned into a public relations and customer service disaster. Charlie Maclean-Bristol draws some lessons from the chaos.
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•Date: 8th April 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• ‘Working Together to Secure a Safer Future’
• AmeriVault celebrates 10th birthday
• London Voluntary Sector Capabilities document published
• Double-Take Software launches ‘TimeData’
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
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