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news headlines: 29th August 2007

The North American plan for avian and pandemic influenza
Outlines how Canada, Mexico and the United States intend to work together to combat an outbreak of avian influenza or an influenza pandemic in North America.
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Date: 29th Aug 2007• Region: N.America Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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SunGard schedules official opening of new Leatherhead recovery centre
18th October 2007, Woodlands Park Hotel, Cobham.
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Date: 29th Aug 2007• Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Outsourcing of critical business infrastructure gathering steam
According to research by TheInfoPro.
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Date: 29th Aug 2007• Region: World Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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SBA and US Chamber of Commerce agree to work together to enhance disaster response and recovery
Collaboration will establish a larger corps of potential responders, made up of business leaders, the SBA and its resource partners.
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Date: 29th Aug 2007• Region: US Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Chertoff appoints new members to Homeland Security Advisory Council
US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has announced the appointment of three new members to the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) and ten new members to its subcommittees.
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Date: 29th Aug 2007• Region: US Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Managing the life cycles of backups
Backup data has its own lifecycle and it needs to be managed to maximize IT resources.
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Date: 28th August 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Today's issue includes:
• Amcom Software launches new version of smart center
• 7th Annual Business Continuity Management Conference
• FS-ISAC selects MessageOne for emergency notification
• US disaster declarations

• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - UN says floods affect 100,000 Ethiopians
   - Greek fires latest
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Canadian Standards Association publishes draft of Z1600 Standard on Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs for public review

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UK police looking for volunteers for major Casualty Bureaux exercise

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European SMEs have a false sense of security

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New risk for UK organisations: corporate manslaughter

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ALARM Annual Awards 2007

Catching the data wave

Rethinking telecommunications backup strategies

COOP Systems releases myCOOP Version 6.0

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Business Continuity Institute takes the examination route




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