news headlines: 18th November 2003

UK government issues crisis communications report
A technical working party looking into the role the government and media play following a major disaster has published its report.
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•Date: 18th November 2003 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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Australian companies failing to test business continuity plans
According to an IDC survey, whilst 85 percent of Australian companies have a BCP in place, only half have tested it.
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•Date: 18th November 2003 •Region: Australia •Type: Link •Topic: BC stats
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Workforce Threats and Business Continuity
The Contingency Planning Association of the Carolinas’ (CPAC) 6th annual symposium, Friday, December 5th 2003, from 7:30am - 4pm.
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•Date: 18th November 2003 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Grid protected storage for backup and disaster recovery
ExaGrid Systems, a recently launched company, has developed a system to provide reliable data recovery through grid protected storage.
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•Date: 18th November 2003 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Defining security's emerging role in today's organisations
A new publication from PricewaterhouseCoopers provides organisations with a methodology for integrating highly effective security management techniques into everyday business processes.
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•Date: 18th November 2003 •Region: Worldwide/N.America •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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New data replication solution for UNIX, Windows and z/OS environments
Softek Replicator launched, for host-based open systems and mainframe data replication.
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•Date: 18th November 2003 •Region: Worldwide/N.America •Type: Article •Topic: ITC
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