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news headlines: 13th August 2004

The highs and lows of continuity software
Malcolm Cornish, FBCI, asks some tough questions about the use and development of business continuity software.

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Date: 13th August 2004 •Region:UK/ World •Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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Colour co-ordinated…
Dennis Thomas, director of business continuity at Synstar, looks at the role of people management in an invocation and presents the case for adding colour to business continuity strategy.

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Date: 13th August 2004 •Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Recovery centre location is top concern for UK business continuity managers
According to a new survey.

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Date: 13th August 2004 • Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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One year after blackout, 70 percent of Ontario businesses are still unprepared
Poll shows 90 percent believe they have an obligation to keep the business running, but only 30 percent have prepared a business continuity plan.

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Date: 13th August 2004 • Region: N.America Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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‘Business Continuity Planning Review’
New training course to be held in Brussels, 3rd-5th November 2004.

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Date: 13th August 2004 • Region: W.Europe Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Typhoon strikes eastern China
Businesses in the city of Wenling, Zhejiang province, worst affected by China's worst storm since 1997.

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Date: 13th August 2004 • Region: SE Asia Type: Link •Topic: DR general
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Top headlines from the past four weeks:
• 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

Terror in the US: what are the real threats?

Civil Contingencies Secretariat provides more information on how new LA funding will be delivered

European Commission publishes Basel II implementation proposals

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority publishes draft business continuity management standard

Flood protection: European Commission to coordinate improved risk management

Federal Preparedness Circular updates continuity of operations guidance

UK government doubles funding for local authority emergency planners

What's under the business continuity umbrella?

The risks of e-mail mismanagement

September to be National Preparedness Month in US

European Commission sets out new guidelines for approach to saving companies in difficulty

Can you afford multiple disk drive failure?




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