news headlines: 29th January 2004

Mydoom worm becomes the worst such incident in virus history
Current estimates show that currently between 20 percent - 30 percent of all e-mail traffic worldwide is being generated by this worm.
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•Date: 29th January 2004 •Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Political risk costing the world economy $800 billion: Aon
Aon publishes 2004 political and economic risk map.
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•Date: 29th January 2004 •Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: Op.risk
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WHO outlines the avian influenza risk
Could evolve into a pandemic influenza strain causing widespread death and disruption.
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•Date: 29th January 2004 •Region: Worldwide •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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US unveils National Cyber Alert System
Delivering timely and actionable information to help secure computer systems.
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•Date: 29th January 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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CA and Overland Storage develop joint data backup and recovery solution
Enables high-speed ‘disk-to-disk-to-tape’ (D2D2T) backup and recovery.
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•Date: 29th January 2004 •Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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President orders disaster aid for Ohio floods
Counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Licking, Morgan, Ross, Tuscarawas and Washington eligible for aid.
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•Date: 29th January 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Disaster recovery
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VERITAS reports revenue growth
Results record annual revenue growth of 18 percent to $1.77 billion.
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•Date: 29th January 2004 •Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Multi-Gigabit DDoS protection system launched
Protects the largest enterprises and service providers against the highest-volume, most sophisticated DDoS attacks.
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•Date: 29th January 2004 •Region: N.America/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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