news headlines: 15th April 2005

Unravelling business continuity terminology
Confusion over terminology can lead to miscommunication of business continuity principles, potentially undermining even the most carefully constructed BC programme. Andrew McCrackan reports.
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•Date: 15th April 2005 •Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Businesses feel more at risk
The global business environment has become more risky in recent months, according to the Corporate Risk Barometer.
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•Date: 15th April 2005 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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US Critical infrastructure Warning Information Network complete
Provides a survivable line of communications for use when the public networks are unavailable.
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•Date: 15th April 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Accounting for staff in a crisis
Survive's next Crisis Management special interest group workshop will focus on what represents good practice in looking after the best interests of employees in the event of an incident. Thursday 23rd June, London.
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•Date: 15th April 2005 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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US to host public forum on robot standards
Aims to hasten development and deployment of urban search and rescue robots.
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•Date: 15th April 2005 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• The Financial Services Risk & Security Management Forum
• IBM reports 2005 first-quarter results
• CNT wins $1 million disaster recovery contract
• Asigra targets email backup and recovery with agentless message level restore
• Evault advances online backup and recovery
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