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news headlines: 8th January 2008

Top Storage Predictions for 2008 : IDG
Significant shifts ahead including intensification of storage efficiency, virtualization strategies, and green initiatives.
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Date: 8th January 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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New solar cycle will bring increasing risk for electrical systems
NOAA reports that the first official sunspot belonging to the new Solar Cycle 24 has formed.
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Date: 8th January 2008• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Risk concerns stall uptake of Web 2.0 technology in the workplace
Corporates recognise benefits of Web 2.0 tools, but security and governance concerns are thwarting adoption, a survey finds.
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Date: 8th January 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Chair appointed for UK Pandemic Influenza Advisory Group
Appointment aimed at making Scientific Advisory Group on Pandemic Influenza more flexible and independent.
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Date: 8th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Spectra launches SHADE for telecoms continuity
Self-contained rapid deployment network infrastructure.
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Date: 8th January 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Cincinnati Bell acquires GramTel USA
Pays $20 million for disaster recovery and business continuity services provider.
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Date: 8th January 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• South East Queensland: contingency plans in place if worst drought on record worsens
• RDSI accelerates disaster recovery project by two years with Neverfail
• Top nine political risks of 2008
• Major disaster declared for Iowa
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts

   - Floods hit Southern Africa
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Top headlines from the past few weeks:

Business continuity in 2008

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Cost of Pakistan arson and looting put at over Rs 100 billion

Dates announced for Australian Business Continuity Awareness Week

Double-Take Software acquires TimeSpringl

Geographic information systems as a supply chain risk management tool

Virtualization brings new security challenges

Using virtualization to reduce your RTOs

Annex to HSPD-8 establishes US National Planning System

Benn accepts urgent recommendations from Pitt report

House passes Terrorism Risk Insurance Act extension

Southern African nations make disaster preparedness agreement

Growing demand for granular, application-aware enterprise content management recovery predicted in 2008

The majority of US businesses lack a clear email retention policy

District of Columbia Unified Communications Center wins NASCIO business continuity and disaster recovery award

Pitt Review makes 15 urgent recommendations

Business continuity budgets 2008

Time slipping for decision over TRIA extension

‘Preparing for Pandemic Influenza - Guidance to Local Planners’

Microsoft unwraps virtualization surprise

Pitt Review interim report into UK floods to be published on Monday 17th December

Confidence in business continuity plan quality increases

Large earthquakes may broadcast warnings up to a week in advance

Radiant and FirstOntario Credit Union develop innovative business continuity solution

RAND study outlines passenger-rail systems which cost-effectively prevent terrorist attacks

Drought report confirms that Queensland electricity supply is secure

SunGard Availability Services launches virtualization consulting services

Business continuity - are we still missing the point?

Midwest Ice Storm disaster response

Walking the Christmas party tightrope

British Red Cross running Disaster Response Challenge again

2008 will be the year of disk-based backup

FFIEC releases guidance on pandemic planning

FEMA Region I hosts joint pandemic exercise

UK faces the prospects of new fuel protests

Cyber crime threatens the core infrastructure supporting critical business activities

Business resilience benchmarking available for UK market

2008's top ten security threats

Survey explores information security attitudes in US companies

Study shows psychotherapy useful in treating post-traumatic stress disorder in early stages

Business continuity in Australia

The changing risk profile of key coastal cities around the world

Directors: ignore business continuity at your peril

IBM to acquire Arsenal Digital Solutions

HHS and CDC publish new pandemic planning guidance

INTERPOL conducts bioterrorism attack exercise

UK Environment Agency publishes review of the 2007 summer floods

PlateSpin introduces ‘plug in and protect’ virtualized recovery appliance

SBA and Nationwide launch Small Business Disaster Preparedness Guide

International governments discuss pandemic planning

John Hurrell to become new AIRMIC chief executive

Disaster recovery and data archiving dominate storage concerns for 2008

ABI calls for 25-year UK flood management strategy

State of Texas to use RFID in new evacuation management system

Delhi on high alert

TowerGroup research exposes deficiencies in risk management among financial institutions globally

Marathon Technologies launches everRun Continuous Data Protection

Making the most of the BIA

The 2008 Business Continuity Awards

New ViaBack RecoveryPlus speeds up data center backup and recovery

UK plc leaking like a sieve

New Shinsaibashi Data Center will provide business continuity and disaster recovery services for Osaka

How to build the perfect business continuity management soufflé...

How to spot ‘information management deficiency syndrome’

CBI discusses climate change risks and opportunities for British businesses

ISO starts work on international standard for project management

Double-Take 5.0 unveiled

UK businesses ignoring the data breach risks of temporary staff

‘Recovery Site Providers' Statement of Intent’ published

ISO publishes international benchmark for incident preparedness and operational continuity management

European Commission directive on flood risk management comes into force

SunGard warns against complacency

New business continuity sales director for ICM

Serial blasts hit northern cities of Uttar Pradesh in India

Honey bee strategy helps servers run more sweetly

UK government publishes final version of ‘A national framework for responding to an influenza pandemic’

The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management

Atlantic hurricane activity forecast for 2008 to 2012: RMS

IBM developing Mumbai recovery centre

UK businesses ‘sitting on data hosting time bomb’

Letter to the editor

Business Continuity Journal: call for papers

Consistent Quantitative Operational Risk Measurement and Regulation: Challenges of Model Specification, Data Collection, and Loss Reporting

Automata publishes training calendar for 2008

First companies certified to BS 25999

Fault tolerance in a virtual world

Is Dubai business continuity ready?

Part two of BS 25999 now available

The IT disaster recovery plan

UK businesses getting better at business continuity

2008 cyber threats

Virtualization usage continues to grow

Continuity Software releases RecoverGuard Version 2.0

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Auditing contingency plans

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