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news headlines: 8 September 2004

Gartner offers free disaster recovery advice for organisations affected by Hurricanes Charley and Frances
For any organisation that suffered business disruption within the FEMA designated disaster areas.

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Date: 8th September 2004 • Region: N.America Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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SunGard Availability Services handling many Hurricane Frances related invocations
Six recovery centres currently being utilised.

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Date: 8th September 2004 • Region: N.America Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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European Commission to launch four computer grid projects
Aimed at helping European businesses benefit from this emerging technology.

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Date: 8th September 2004 • Region: UK/W.Europe Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Next CPAC South Carolina Chapter meeting
Wednesday, October 13th, 2004, Columbia, SC.

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Date: 8th September 2004 • Region: N.America Type: Article •Topic: Events
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XOsoft unveils ‘Enterprise Rewinder’ for instantaneous recovery from application corruption
New version of Data Rewinder designed for enterprise data centres.

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Date: 8th September 2004 • Region: N.America/World Type: Article •Topic: IT cont.
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Hitachi Data Systems claims ‘universal replication’ breakthrough
New development provides IT continuity benefits.

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Date: 8th September 2004 • Region: World Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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New e-mail continuity solution launched
Mail2World, Inc., has released Email FailSafe
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Date: 8th September 2004 • Region: World Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Typhoon Songda impacts South Japan
Widespread damage and power outages as third typhoon in three weeks hits the region.

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Date: 8th September 2004 • Region: Asia Pacific Type: Link •Topic: DR general
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'Once in a century' floods hit southwest China
Five days of torrential rainfall results in severe damage and disruption.

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Date: 8th September 2004 • Region: SE Asia Type: Link •Topic: DR general
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• Guidelines on business continuity planning issued by the State Bank of Pakistan

• New head of UK Civil Contingencies Secretariat appointed

• Update on HP purchase of Synstar

• Business continuity planning - how long should it take?

• It's time to stop the excuses

• Vulnerabilities of US power grid identified

• Where do I start in business continuity?

• US organisations gearing up for National Preparedness Month

• BCP testing under the spotlight

• SunGard invests in new Luxembourg recovery centre

• Hurricane Frances threatens East Coast US businesses

• A layered approach to IP SANs…

• 10 candidates for 2004 Business Continuity Institute board elections

• New modelling techniques could lead to better flood forecasting

• Putting the case for tape…

• The brand – estimating its vulnerability

• US Department of Health & Human Services issues national Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan

• 2004 Waters Rankings gives US market leadership position to IBM

• FSTC publishes detailed analysis of technology recovery in the financial services industry

• Isle of Man aims to become centre for disaster recovery services

• HP’s proposed acquisition of Synstar - more of the same?

• Financial institutions see reputational risk as the greatest threat

• Winternals Recovery Manager helps minimise the risks of deploying Windows XP Service Pack 2

• Achieving resilience – best practices in business continuity

• Surviving unplanned downtime…

• New version of RecoveryPAC Web to be launched in September

• US regional differences in business continuity planning identified

• Viewing the continuity development process with 20/20 vision

• UK businesses complacent about communications disaster planning

• The highs and lows of continuity software

• Colour co-ordinated…

• Recovery centre location is top concern for UK business continuity managers

• Northeast America blackout anniversary offers reminder of importance of emergency backup power

• IT continuity spending set to rise

• Survey identifies main stumbling blocks to successful operational risk management

• Advanced energy storage technologies offer new back-up power options

• HP makes bid to acquire Synstar

• Moving towards an interactive approach

• Addressing the challenges of data protection

• 9/11 has had little impact on spending on business protection and security by mid-sized companies

• Many business networks are not prepared for power outages

• The challenges of security management

• Irish Competition Authority to investigate IBM’s acquisition of Schlumberger Business Continuity Services (Ireland)

• ASIS publishes draft business continuity guideline for public review

• Synstar survey reveals skills are most prized, yet BC teams are still chosen according to authority

Remote physical security and reducing downtime in the data centre

Strohl Systems releases LDRPS update

London Resilience Partnership publishes 2004-5 plans

Business continuity plan development explored

Archiving has a nasty sting in the tail – ignore it at your peril!

Best practice: how to use automated notification systems

Business continuity software survey




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