news headlines: 22nd AUGUST 2003

Most IT departments were not sufficiently prepared for North America blackout
IT departments are ‘still flying by the seat of their pants’: Info-Tech Research Group.
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•Date: 22nd August 2003 • Region: North America •Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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Terrorism continues to drive UK business continuity purchases: SunGard survey
80 percent of respondents said that business continuity was dealt with at board level.
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•Date: 22nd August 2003 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC stats
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New integrity control suite helps companies develop configuration control schemes for efficient IT disaster recovery
StatePointPlus software aids in quick recovery of computer configurations and security settings.
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•Date: 22nd August 2003 • Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Basel II Capital Accord – comments published
The results of the worldwide public consultation into the proposals contained in the ‘Third Consultative Paper – New Basel Capital Accord’ have been published by the BIS.
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•Date: 22nd August 2003 • Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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PNNL envisions power grid of the future
The US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has outlined the work it is doing to try and prevent a repeat of last week’s outages.
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•Date: 22nd August 2003 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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NEDRIX annual conference
October 20-22, Newport, RI
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•Date: 22nd August 2003 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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