news headlines: 26th October 2004

The tape debate
Thinking about what backup strategy to use? Scratch tape from your list, says Dr. Jerry Smith.
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•Date: 26th October 2004 •Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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One in four medium-sized firms report loss of backup data: survey
90 percent of rely on tape; 15 percent never remove backup tapes from the office.
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•Date: 26th October 2004 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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American Power Conversion launches mobile data centre
‘InfraStruXure Express’ is capable of supporting 125-250 servers during a disaster.
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•Date: 26th October 2004 • Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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IBM sees surge in network attacks directed toward critical infrastructure providers
55 percent increase in network attacks in August compared to July.
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•Date: 26th October 2004 • Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
* BCI South Midlands Forum
* Free memory sticks for Automata BCM training delegates
* Blackouts could hit southern California again
* CNT announces SAN-based heterogeneous data replication services - over any distance
* Implementing PAS 56
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