news headlines: 13th December 2007

Business continuity - are we still missing the point?
Are most organisations still too focussed on the reactive aspects of business continuity? Dominic Hill thinks so...
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•Date: 13th December 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Midwest Ice Storm disaster response
FEMA has provided an update on the current situation in Midwest US states.
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•Date: 13th Dec 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Walking the Christmas party tightrope
Strange as it may seem, the office Christmas party is often one of the biggest avoidable risks that many companies take.
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•Date: 13th December 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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British Red Cross running Disaster Response Challenge again
Event is a good opportunity to stretch your crisis management skills.
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•Date: 13th Dec 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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2008 will be the year of disk-based backup
Double-Take Software has given its predictions for the backup market during 2008.
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•Date: 13th Dec 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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FFIEC releases guidance on pandemic planning
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has issued guidance for use by financial institutions in identifying the continuity planning that should be in place to minimize the potential adverse effects of a pandemic.
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•Date: 13th Dec 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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FEMA Region I hosts joint pandemic exercise
Operation PANEX ‘07 was the first functional exercise of its type in the US designed to determine best practices for a coordinated multi-agency response to an outbreak.
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•Date: 13th Dec 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Mimosa Systems rolls out flexible disaster recovery solution for Microsoft Exchange environments
• Automotive risk benchmark report
• VMware announces the general availability of a major VMware Infrastructure 3 update
• US disaster declarations
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
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