news headlines: 18th December 2003

ICM acquires ITM Support Services
Acquisition will strengthen ICM’s business continuity service offerings for
IBM mid-range system users.
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•Date: 18th December 2003 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Qwest enhances disaster recovery services for web hosting customers
Includes quick-ship, fixed and mobile data centre recovery options.
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•Date: 18th December 2003 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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ESA/Inmarsat agreement to improve satellite mobile phone and data services
Will offer a more cost-effective means of ensuring that data availability is no longer dependent upon fixed communications infrastructures.
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•Date: 18th December 2003 •Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Department of Homeland Security makes agro-terrorism a high priority for research
Aims to establish two research centres by April 2004; one will focus on combating animal related agro-terrorism and the other will focus on post-harvest food security.
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•Date: 18th December 2003 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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New SARS case leads to quarantine
Health officials in Singapore have quarantined 70 people who may have come in contact with a Taiwanese lab worker with SARS.
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•Date: 18th December 2003 •Region: SE Asia•Type: Link •Topic: SARS disease
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Security event management systems are converging with network and systems management
According to a new Yankee Group report.
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•Date: 18th December 2003 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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