news headlines: 22nd November 2007

UK government publishes final version of ‘A national framework for responding to an influenza pandemic’
Takes into account comments made about the draft version of the document as well as lessons learned from the Winter Willow national pandemic planning exercise.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region:UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management
New edition of classic guide to business continuity published.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Atlantic hurricane activity forecast for 2008 to 2012: RMS
US hurricane landfall risk expected to remain significantly above the long-term average.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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IBM developing Mumbai recovery centre
Will provide 250 syndicated work area recovery seats.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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UK businesses ‘sitting on data hosting time bomb’
Colocation demand may exceed supply.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Letter to the editor
There is a growing awareness across the UK public sector that business continuity planning may fall short of public expectation.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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ICDR 2007: 3rd International Conference on Disaster Reduction
28 - 29 November 2007, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Business Continuity Journal: call for papers
Continuity Central’s Business Continuity Journal, the peer-reviewed journal for the business continuity profession, is a year old and we have published four well-received issues. We are now issuing a call for papers for the the first two issues of 2008.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Consistent Quantitative Operational Risk Measurement and Regulation: Challenges of Model Specification, Data Collection, and Loss Reporting
The IMF has made a paper with the above title available.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Automata publishes training calendar for 2008
Automata, Global Business Continuity Services, has published its International Business Continuity School 2008 training diary.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region:UK/ World •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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First companies certified to BS 25999
SunGard Availability Services and TDG plc break new ground.
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•Date: 21st Nov 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Fault tolerance in a virtual world
How common use cases raise your ‘criticality quotient’.
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•Date: 21st Nov 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Is Dubai business continuity ready?
Rudy Chouchany highlights weak areas in the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015.
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•Date: 21st Nov 2007• Region: Middle East •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• 3i Infotech launches disaster recovery services in Chennai
• IAEM announces winners of 2007 Awards
• Business Continuity in Canada – Introducing BS 25999
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - Global system will slash cyclone deaths - scientist
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