news headlines: 28th February 2008

Survey identifies IT continuity skills gap
New IT graduates aren't up to speed on business continuity and disaster recovery.
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•Date: 28th February 2008• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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London Assembly report expresses concern at lack of business continuity planning in small businesses
Recommends that the Cabinet Office should re-examine the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and make specific proposals to encourage cooperation between local authorities and the emergency services in promoting business continuity.
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•Date: 28th February 2008• Region:UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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2008 CCEP Awards: call for nominations made
Deadline: April 30, 2008.
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•Date: 28th February 2008• Region:Canada •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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DHS names academic institutions to lead new Centers of Excellence
Five new Centers of Excellence will study: border security and immigration; explosives detection, mitigation, and response; maritime, island and port security; natural disasters, coastal infrastructure and emergency management; and transportation security.
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•Date: 28th February 2008• Region:US •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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CBRN research to take place in London
Airborne dispersion trials in Westminster area.
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•Date: 28th February 2008• Region:UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Double-Take for VMware Infrastructure 3.0 launched
Enhancements improve on the product's ability to provide disaster recovery and automated failover of VMware virtual machines.
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•Date: 28th February 2008• Region:World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Supercomputer models 9.0 megaquake in Pacific Northwest
Seattle shown to be the city most at risk from any future Cascadia Subduction Zone megathrust earthquake.
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•Date: 28th February 2008• Region:US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Understanding Earthquakes: From Research to Resilience
• Deloitte appoints Rick Cudworth as head of business continuity and resilience
• BCM Institute Training Calendar March-June 2008
• SCS reports net profit of S$17.6 m for FY2007
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
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