news headlines: 17th July 2007

‘More central government support needed following major incidents’: Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board
In a new report, the Buncefield Major Incident Investigation Board has made several recommendations for UK major incident emergency preparedness, response and recovery.
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•Date: 17th July 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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2007 Terrorism Threat Map
Terror threat is becoming more fragmented: Aon.
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•Date: 17th July 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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NIST begins technical study of South Carolina warehouse fire
Lessons learned may help prevent similar disasters in future.
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•Date: 17th July 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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SunGard to acquire VeriCenter
VeriCenter resources complement SunGard’s business continuity and production hosting solutions.
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•Date: 17th July 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Westlin and Zogmo collaborate to provide dual data center IT continuity solution
Geographically diverse data centers provide resiliency.
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•Date: 17th July 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Tech Valley Continuity, LLC. partners with Business Recovery Center, Inc.
• Japan hit by double earthquake
• Teneros wins Microsoft Worldwide Partner Program award
• Neverfail appoints new EMEA Channel Director
• Iron Mountain opens in Greece
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - Warming may bring hurricanes to Mediterranean
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