news headlines: 16th June 2006

Reliability is not availability
Don’t ignore the issue of planned downtime when making IT continuity plans, says Alan Arnold.
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•Date: 16th June 2006 • Region: N.America/World • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business continuity and disaster recovery in customer services
An aide-mémoire for when planning contact center / call centre continuity.
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•Date: 16th June 2006 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Isolated approach can risk the best laid business continuity plans
Businesses planning for disruptive events and crises need to look beyond their own organisations and take responsibility for those around them.
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•Date: 16th June 2006• Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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International Oracle Users Group survey on high availability trends
Survey finds that most companies rely on high availability technologies in combination with older disaster recovery methods.
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•Date: 16th June 2006• Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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US agencies provide financial institutions with hurricane-related business continuity advice
‘Lessons Learned From Hurricane Katrina: Preparing Your Institution for a Catastrophic Event’.
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•Date: 16th June 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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Food and drink companies 'dared' to address risk and crisis management needs
A new approach to risk and crisis management, designed specifically for food and drink companies, has been unveiled at Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association's (CCFRA) annual open day.
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•Date: 16th June 2006• Region: UK• Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Companies see the risk of removable media but still turn a blind eye
A large number of companies have yet to address the problem of removable media.
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•Date: 16th June 2006• Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Business Continuity Planning 4 Retailers
• North Carolina publishes disaster recovery guide
• Excelliant Services acquired by Beck Disaster Recovery
• Iron Mountain Acquires Melbourne-based Digiguard
• US employers not prepared for pandemic ‘flu, new survey finds
• IDC India calls for ‘dynamic resilience’
• Peak 10 to hold disaster recovery web seminar
• Current major environmental incidents worldwide
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