news headlines: 11th January 2005

Japanese government to promote private-sector business continuity
Government panel to develop business continuity guidelines and benchmarking system.
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•Date: 11th January 2005 • Region: Asia Pacific •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Nations to meet in Geneva to plan Tsunami disaster recovery
Representatives from more than 80 governments will meet in Geneva to plan a long-term DR effort for the nations most affected by the tsunami crisis.
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•Date: 11th January 2005 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Center of Excellence for Behavioral and Social Research on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism to be established
US DHS selects University of Maryland as lead-body.
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•Date: 11th January 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Nordic IT security overview
IDC survey shows that the idea of IT security as a business enabler rather than an insurance policy is beginning to take root.
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•Date: 11th January 2005 • Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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New WANSync Server for IBM AIX-based systems offers ‘unrivaled disaster recovery
Ensures seamless availability by synchronising entire servers and constantly replicating them to either local or remote replicas in real time.
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•Date: 11th January 2005 • Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Oracle unveils first database to extend grid computing to the mobile enterprise
• China plans to integrate disaster warning systems
• GeoCluster 4.4 released by NSI Software
• Major corporate manslaughter case underway in the UK
• How prepared is South Africa for disaster?
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