Business continuity news 8th November 2005

news headlines: 8th NOvember 2005

New technology trends: the Adaptive WAN
Michael Mullaley explains how an Adaptive WAN can contribute to IT continuity.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2005 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Many European companies housing mission critical equipment in unsuitable premises
41 percent of companies surveyed across Europe are putting their mission critical IT systems at risk due to this issue.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2005 • Region: UK/W.Europe • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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CIO Executive Council survey explores disaster recovery planning in US companies
In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, 73 percent of CIOs plan to recommend changes to their disaster recovery plans.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2005 • Region: N.America • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Remote data backup yet to take off in UK SME sector
BT and Institute of Directors survey explores SME attitudes to data backup.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Japanese stock exchange outages prompt review
The Japanese Financial Services Agency has ordered all Japan's exchanges to file a report on their business continuity capabilities following two outages last week.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2005 • Region: Asia Pacific • Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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LightPointe introduces rapid deployment kits for instant high-speed wireless networks
Secure, high-bandwidth disaster recovery solution delivers portable temporary connectivity.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2005 • Region: N.America • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Today's issue includes:
• Stakeholder Reputation - Building Dynamic Collaborative
• When the lights go out!
• Microsoft Active Directory disaster recovery guide now available
• Japan developing new earthquake warning system
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• Hazard identification and Business Impact Analysis

• A major pandemic checklist and assessment matrix

• HP launches new business continuity and recovery facility

• Survey indicates that NAS virtualization is set to double in 2006

• Sun expands Java Availability Suite

• BS 7799 becomes ISO 27001

• Australian PM warns of ‘specific terror threat’

• President Bush outlines US pandemic influenza preparations and response

• UK Tripartite Authorities publish ‘Financial Sector Business Continuity Annual Report’

• As BT and OFCOM agree final undertakings, GemaTech gains access to BT exchanges

• IAEM makes recommendations for improved US disaster response

• The crisis team and crisis room: a guide to getting the basics right

• NIST urges implementation of recommendations from World Trade Center investigation

• ABI report criticises delivery of UK flood prevention measures

• New Delhi on edge after terrorist attacks

• How Far is Far Enough?

• Mission Assurance Analysis Protocol (MAAP): assessing risk in complex environments

• Gartner tells business continuity leaders to make preparations for the impact of an Avian Influenza pandemic

• Banks and avian flu: planning for a possible pandemic

• Creating effective business continuity plans

• New initiative to explore attitudes to disaster

• Hurricane Wilma update page

• More details released on UK financial sector market-wide exercise

• New disaster site clearance guidance published by UK government

• US financial services industry business continuity exercise ‘a success’

• EC steps up pandemic preparedness planning

• IDC conducts ‘continuous data protection’ survey

• Direct local involvement, better communications needed for improved disaster response: National League of Cities

• New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development publishes pandemic business continuity advice

• Intelligent infrastructure management: a catalyst for change within the enterprise

• A new planning paradigm: economic consequences of a pandemic

• Data recovery checklist

• TeleContinuity and EnvoyWorldWide team up to offer ‘continuity of communications’ solutions

• Data deletion is not enough…

• How to find and motivate employees for business continuity

• One year on from Hurricane Ivan: what lessons have been learnt?

• New BSI survey highlights areas of weakness in the business continuity planning of Britain’s FTSE250 companies

• European Civil Protection exercise to simulate earthquake in Sicily

• Global terrorism activity doubled over the last year

• NIST coordinating post Katrina and Rita structural damage assessment

• Climate change will result in heavier rainfall events for some regions

• Business continuity during an avian 'flu pandemic

• Business continuity planning in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

• Fortune 1000 preparedness for uninterrupted access to critical information assessed

• Automata launches ‘Technology Continuity and DR Masterclass’

• DHS announces ‘Hurricane Recovery Contracting Strategy’

• Pandemic planning is important to business continuity : but the majority of plans don’t yet take it into consideration

• ICM to develop 1,700 seat outer London business continuity centre

• New study looks at risk management in the supply chain

• Microsoft announces comprehensive virtualization strategy to enable self- managing dynamic systems

• IXEurope expands again

• Business continuity: helping firms stand out from the crowd

• New York on alert for potential subway attack

• A standardized local vs. national response: myths and misconceptions abound

• Climate change conference focuses on the ‘big picture’ for businesses

• Proposals made to enhance emergency preparedness for Long Island

• Case study: supply chain continuity

• ‘Citizen journalism’: an emerging reputation risk

• Information technology risk is increasing

• SEC steps in to assist insurers struggling with Hurricane Katrina and Rita losses

• Survey shows large companies expect the cost of SOX implementation to decline slightly in second year

• Queensland Crisis Centre to handle terrorist incidents

• UK Government’s new decontamination service launched

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