news headlines: 11th July 2007

Business Continuity Institute takes the examination route
Launches certificate exam and e-learning training courses.
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•Date: 11th July 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Survey finds business continuity failures in Irish government departments
29 percent of Irish government departments have no business continuity strategy.
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•Date: 11th July 2007• Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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New IBM data storage solutions provide virtualization and grid computing capabilities
Enable IBM mainframe customers to enhance business continuity.
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•Date: 11th July 2007• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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DRI Asia Pte Ltd and DRII part company
DRI Asia Pte Ltd has announced that as of July 1 it no longer represents the Disaster Recovery Institute International.
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•Date: 11th July 2007• Region: Asia Pacific •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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SonicWALL solution provides recovery facility alternative
‘Box-to-Box Backup’ provides a comprehensive solution for backing up and restoring data remotely.
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•Date: 11th July 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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UK leads the way in supporting global disaster risk reduction partnership
One of only two countries to have handed money over to the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery.
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•Date: 11th July 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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GAO reports on status of US critical infrastructure protection
‘Critical Infrastructure Protection: Sector Plans and Sector Councils Continue to Evolve’.
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•Date: 11th July 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• UK gets Director General of the Office for Security & Counter-Terrorism
• Major disaster declared for Oklahoma
• ‘Private Sector Preparedness, Part II: Protecting Our Critical Infrastructure’
• Spacenet introduces new digital telephone service over satellite for business continuity and emergency response applications
• InMage Systems announces Series B funding round
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - China battered by deadly storms
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