news headlines: 24th NOvember 2005

Australia should be the hub for Asia Pacific disaster recovery facilities…
Claims Interactive’s managing director, as the company reveals North Sydney recovery facility investment.
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•Date: 24th Nov 2005 • Region: Aust/AP • Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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FEMA issues statement following signing of US Flood Insurance Act
Welcomes the legislation and outlines the next steps that FEMA will take.
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•Date: 24th Nov 2005 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Disaster recovery general
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UK government makes energy crisis contingency plans
The Financial Times has reported that government ministers are ‘drawing up confidential plans for dealing with a gas supply emergency this winter’.
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•Date: 24th Nov 2005 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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UK e-Science project discovers new knowledge about earthquakes
New Discovery Net technology for geohazard modelling could be used to build up a comprehensive geological fault line map of the earth.
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•Date: 24th Nov 2005 • Region: UK/World • Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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‘Disaster ready’ hard drive launched
US-based ioSafe has launched a new ‘Disaster Ready Drive’ - an external hard drive packaged in a fire, flood and theft resistant outer housing.
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•Date: 24th Nov 2005 • Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Mastering information availability: how to keep data accessibility high - and costs low
• Nordic security market reviewed
• 2006 Network Storage Conference
• IXEurope developing new London data centre
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