news headlines: 17th NOvember 2005

International threats to business decrease for second year running
Control Risks’ annual RiskMap report shows that despite high profile terror attacks, the general political risk environment is improving.
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•Date: 17th Nov 2005 • Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Unencrypted backup tapes ‘still the norm’
Warnings about the vulnerability of backup tapes have gone unheeded…
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•Date: 17th Nov 2005 • Region: UK/US/World • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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'Ready America Homeland' initiative launched
Will help the National Council on Readiness and Preparedness to develop an education, training, program and planning template for the private sector and community organizations.
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•Date: 17th Nov 2005 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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New combined replication / disaster recovery testing solution offers backup flexibility
XOsoft has developed a new solution that allows a disaster recovery replica server to double as a server for performing offsite backups.
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•Date: 17th Nov 2005 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Continuity Planning Associates launches Crisis Commsuite
New tool’s principal purpose is to ease the free flow of communication between multiple teams in multiple locations during crises.
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•Date: 17th Nov 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• HP opens second Singapore business recovery facility
• IBM invests 8.6m euro in Ireland recovery centre
• Strohl Systems releases NotiFind 3.0
• Continuity Software, Inc. secures Series A funding from Giza Venture Capital
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