news headlines: 9th November 2004

MI5 director-general tells companies to invest in business continuity
Every business should have a simple but effective continuity plan, says Eliza Manningham-Buller.
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•Date: 9th Nov 2004 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism / BC general
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UK government should be more open with business on security issues – CBI
The risk assessment process would be much improved if there was greater transparency from government and other key UK agencies.
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•Date: 9th Nov 2004 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism / BC stats
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Synstar survey reveals high levels of downtime
Half of businesses across Europe experience over 20 minutes unscheduled downtime a month.
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•Date: 9th Nov 2004 • Region: W.Europe/UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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American Power Conversion unveils state of the art thermal test lab
To help customers increase the availability of data centre installations.
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•Date: 9th Nov 2004 • Region: N.America/W.Europe•Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Civil Contingencies Bill amendment tabled to extend commercial provisions to charity sector
Amendment would increase local authority business continuity education and advisory responsibilities.
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•Date: 9th Nov 2004 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
* Term 'cyber-terrorism' damaging security investment
* The crisis team
* 23rd Annual Gartner Data Center Conference
* Fortinet unveils large-scale security management solution
* GMT Mercury unveils Mercury Business Availability Center 5.0
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