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Business continuity news and information: Asia

Securities and Exchange Board of India issues business continuity and disaster recovery guidance
SEBI requires exchanges and depositories to develop business continuity plans with recovery time objectives of no more than 30 minutes.
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•Date: 17th April 2012 • India •Type: Article • Topic: Financial sector BC

Entries now being accepted for the BCI Asia Business Continuity Awards 2012
Winners will be announced at a presentation ceremony on 10th October in Singapore.
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•Date: 6th April 2012 • Asia/Asia Pacific •Type: Article • Topic: BC general

Monsoon rains cause major problems in south Asian
16 million people have now been affected by flooding caused by heavy and sustained monsoon rains falling across south Asia.
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•Date: 14th September 2011 • Region: Asia •Type: Article • Topic: DR general

India business continuity awards scheduled
Presentations will take place on September 26, 2011, in Mumbai. Submissions deadline is August 31.
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•Date: 26th July 2011 • Region: Asia •Type: Article • Topic: BC general

SunGard Availability Services expands into India
Two new workplace recovery facilities located in Thane, near Mumbai, and Noida, near New Delhi.
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•Date: 21st July 2011 • Region: India •Type: Article • Topic: Recovery facilities

Entry deadline extended for the BCI Asia Business Continuity Awards
The Business Continuity Institute has announced that the deadline for entries for the 2011 BCI Asia Business Continuity Awards has been extended to 30th July 2011.
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•Date: 10th June 2011 • Region: Asia/ Asia Pacific•Type: Article • Topic: BC general

2011 India monsoon forecast
India will have a normal monsoon this year.
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•Date: 20th April 2011 • Region: Asia •Type: Article • Topic: BC general

Gartner survey identifies business continuity as one of the top two priorities for Indian organizations
The 2011 CIO Agenda survey by Gartner Executive Programs has found that Indian organizations see business continuity as a high priority area for future investment.
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•Date: 8th March 2011 • Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics

Political Risk Atlas 2011
Russia and Pakistan enter Maplecroft’s ranking of the ten most volatile business environments.
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•Date: 14th Jan 2011 • Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk

2nd BCI Continuity & Resilience Awards winners
Awards presented on September 30, 2010, in Mumbai.
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•Date: 5th October 2010 • Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

Pakistan environment minister says that future floods could be even worse than the current situation
The Pakistan Federal Minister for Environment, Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi, has said that global warming is affecting the country more than any other. He has also issued a warning that future floods could be even worse than the current situation, if the country’s glaciers continue to melt.
•Date: 1st Sept 2010 • Region: Various •Type: Briefings

As the WHO declares that the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic has ended, worries grow about a new microbiological threat: NDM-1
As one crisis passes, attention now focuses on NDM-1, a new multidrug-resistance mechanism which has the potential to develop into a major global health problem.
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•Date: 17th August 2010 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning

Omnitech aims to launch four more recovery centres in the next three years
India Infoline has reported that Omnitech InfoSolutions Ltd is planning to launch four recovery centres (Disaster Recovery Management Sites) in India. The regions identified include Bangalore, Chennai, NCR and Pune.
•Date: 6th August 2010 • Region: Asia •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC companies

Pakistan flooding disaster resources
This page is being updated as the above disaster progresses.
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•Date: 3rd August 2010 • Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: DR general

BCI and KPMG launch 2010’s Continuity and Resilience Awards for India
The awards will be presented at an event on 30th September 2010 in Mumbai.
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•Date: 3rd June 2010 • Region: India •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

India urges WHO to address concerns that H1N1 is a ‘false pandemic’
Indian health secretary, K.Sujatha Rao, has urged the World Health Organization to effectively explain reports appearing in various media outlets that H1N1 was a false pandemic.
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•Date: 21st Jan 2010 • Region: Asia/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning

Study looks at Istanbul earthquake risk
South Istanbul expected to be the worst affected location when the next major earthquake hits the Turkish city.
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•Date: 20th Jan 2010 • Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning

IBM opens new Business Continuity and Resiliency Service Center in Turkey
Izmir data center and workplace-recovery facility replaces older one in the same city.
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•Date: 28th Oct 2009• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities

BCI Continuity & Resilience Awards India presented
30th September saw the inaugural Business Continuity Institute 'Continuity & Resilience Awards' ceremony in Mumbai. The winners were...
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•Date: 6th Oct 2009• Region: India •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

Business continuity in India
A joint Deloitte and Business Continuity Institute report provides a snapshot of business continuity management within Indian organizations.
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•Date: 23rd Sept 2009• Region: India •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics

Delhi Stock Exchange outsources business continuity and DR to IBM
IBM will build, host and manage the entire disaster recovery infrastructure for DSE.
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•Date: 16th July 2009• Region: India •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets

BT and CERT-In sign MOU to address computer related crime in India
The scope of the MOU includes technical co-operation and information exchange, knowledge sharing, emergency response and coordination, executive information exchange and training.
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•Date: 26th June 2009• Region: India •Type: Article •Topic: ISM news

India business continuity salaries report
BC Management has published the latest in its series of business continuity salaries and compensation reports. This one covers the Indian market and can be downloaded from here as a PDF.
•Date: 9th June 2009• Region: Asia •Type: Briefing

Power related downtime causes large losses for Indian businesses
A MAIT-Emerson study has found that power related downtime resulted in losses totalling almost 1 percent of GDP for Indian companies over the last year.
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•Date:28th May 2009• Region: India •Type: Article •Topic: Power management

BCI launches India business continuity awards
Will be run in association with Deloitte and are scheduled for 30th September in Mumbai.
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•Date:1st May 2009• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

Corporate India found wanting in security preparedness
A survey conducted by KPMG has found that corporate India is not prepared to cope with a terrorist attack or other unconventional threat. Over 58 percent of respondents' business continuity plans did not consider terror attacks as a potential scenario. Read The Hindu story.
•Date:21st January 2009• Region: Asia •Type: Briefing

Satyam fights for survival
India-based Satyam, which, amongst other technology areas, provides mission critical and business continuity services globally, has been plunged into an accounting scandal after admissions by founder and chairman Mr. Ramalinga Raju that the company had inflated its cash and bank balances on the balance sheet by more than $1 billion over the past several years.
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•Date:9th January 2009• Region: Asia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets

Where next for business continuity?
Has business continuity arrived? Is it the finished product? Are the current standards and best practices the destination of two decades of evolution from disaster recovery? Or is the current stage simply part of a journey to a new and different destination? David Honour comments.
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•Date: 23rd Dec 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

Wipro launches ‘Disaster Recovery Assurance Services’
New service for India and Middle East markets.
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•Date:12th Dec 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity

The impact of the global financial crisis on the business continuity market
The final results of a recent survey by Continuity Central show that the effects of the credit crunch vary markedly from region to region.
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•Date: 20th Nov 2008• Region:Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics

2nd Asia Business Continuity Awards presented
The winners of the 2nd Asia Business Continuity Awards were announced at the recent 8th Annual Business Continuity Management Conference 2008.
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•Date: 11th Nov 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

Update on power and water supply problems in Pakistan
Pakistan Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that all efforts are being made to overcome the energy crisis and that the current load shedding would end by December 2009. Provision of gas to the power generation companies has been placed on top of the priority list, he told a Senate committee this week.
•Date: 6th November 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Briefing

Pakistan president and PM hold meeting on power shortages
Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari and prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani held meetings on the shortage of electricity in the country at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Monday 20th October. The meeting decided that uninterrupted gas supply to the power sector will be ensured as a top priority. Source: APP
•Date: 21st October 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Briefing

Pakistan PM to chair meeting on current terror situation
Pakistan prime minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, has called a special meeting today (23rd September) to review the security situation in the country and particularly in the federal capital. This follows the recent attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. Source: APP
•Date: 24th September 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Briefing

Pakistan floods cause Rs.5bn infrastructure damage
Recent floods in Pakistan have caused an estimated Rs.5 billion damage to infrastructure. This figure was published after a high level meeting presided over by the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Wednesday 6th August. Source: APP
•Date: 7th August 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Briefing

Accenture’s Delivery Centers in India receive BS 25999 certification
First BS 25999 certification in Asia.
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•Date: 12th June 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

BCI aims for Asia chapter
Henry Ee has been given the new role of Regional Director (Asia) by the BCI, with the key responsibility of establishing an Asia chapter.
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•Date: 3rd June 2008• Region: Asia / Asia Pacific •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

Nominations open for the 2nd Asia Business Continuity Awards
The closing date for entries is 15th July 2008.
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•Date: 15th May 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

BCM Institute sets out strategic goals
Aims to become the first choice business continuity and disaster recovery training and certification body in Asia, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa by 2010.
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•Date: 7th May 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

Resilient national telecoms a high priority says Pakistan PM
Prime Minister calls for improvements in redundancy and speaks about the need to facilitate multiple domestic networks and backbones.
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•Date: 18th March 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity

GAIL sets up recovery centre at Jaipur
The facility was inaugurated on March 10th at Jaipur by Dr. U D Choubey, CMD, GAIL.
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•Date: 18th March 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

Lahore hit by bomb attacks
At least 24 people have died in two bomb attacks in Pakistan's city of Lahore. According to police sources, 20 persons were killed and 150 injured in a powerful blast at the FIA Office at Temple Road here, while four were killed in a blast in Model Town, where three persons were reported injured. It is suspected that the blast at the FIA Office was caused by a suicide bomber using a car loaded with explosive material. The explosion was so powerful that the FIA building was badly damaged while window panes of buildings in the surrounding area including the Mall were shattered. More details
•Date: 11th March 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism

New ‘OmniCenter’ recovery facility opened in Navi Mumbai
First of a planned network of recovery centres across India.
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•Date: 22nd February 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities

Businesses need to understand 'unique and complex' Asian terrorism threat
According to Lloyd’s new report ‘Terrorism in Asia: What does it mean for business?’
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•Date: 22nd February 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism

Business Continuity Journal Volume Two, Issue Four now available
Continuity Central’s quarterly peer-reviewed advanced level publication.
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•Date: 31st January 2008• Region:World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

IBM launches Navi Mumbai recovery centre
Initially providing 2,500-seats, the 25,000 sq ft facility has the potential to increase capacity up to 3,500 seats.
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•Date: 31st January 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities

Indian Ocean tsunami: future impacts
The 2004 catastrophe was far from the worst possible in many Indian Ocean borderlands and warning systems are still lagging: researchers.
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•Date: 29th January 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning

Terror attack in Karachi industrial area
Ten people were killed and 45 others were injured in an explosion in the Landhi industrial area of Karachi on Monday evening. The terror attack was caused by an explosive device which had been hidden in a fruit cart.
•Date: 15th January 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Briefing •Topic: Terrorism

Huge fire destroys thousands of retail businesses in Kolkata
A major fire which broke out in Kolkata's Burra Bazaar around 2 AM on Saturday morning gutted at least 2,500 retail businesses. More than 45 fire tenders were pressed into service, finally bringing the blaze under control earlier today (Tuesday 15th January).
•Date: 15th January 2008• Region: Asia

Pakistan government outlines the extent of suicide bombing threat
Lahore attack is the latest in a catalogue of attacks; terrorists will be ‘be foiled at all costs’.
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•Date: 11th January 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism

Cost of Pakistan arson and looting put at over Rs 100 billion
In a televised address to the nation, President Musharraf said ‘unimaginable losses’ have occurred.
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•Date: 3rd January 2008• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

Business continuity in 2008
What changes and challenges does the new year hold for the business continuity profession? David Honour speculates.
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•Date: 3rd January 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

The changing risk profile of key coastal cities around the world
Miami, Guangzhou and New York face the highest risk of future property and infrastructure losses.
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•Date: 7th Dec 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

Delhi on high alert
According to the Indian Intelligence Bureau there may be possible terror strikes in Delhi in the next two weeks; as a result the city has been put on high alert.
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•Date: 4th Dec 2007• Region:Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Warnings

Serial blasts hit northern cities of Uttar Pradesh in India
Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore put on high alert.
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•Date: 27th Nov 2007• Region:Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism

IBM developing Mumbai recovery centre
Will provide 250 syndicated work area recovery seats.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities

ICDR 2007: 3rd International Conference on Disaster Reduction
28 - 29 November 2007, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India.
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Events

3i Infotech launches disaster recovery services in Chennai
3i Infotech has announced the launch of its first International Data Center (IDC), in Chennai, which will offer managed hosting services for application and disaster recovery solutions. Read the story
•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: Asia •Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity

Pakistan state of emergency: assessing the business impact
What will the impact of Pakistan’s state of emergency be on the country’s IT/IT Enabled services sector? Vignesh Karthic discusses.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2007• Region:Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

National Workshop on Tsunami Risk Management
29 November, 2007, Centaur Hotel, New Delhi, India.
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•Date: 8th Nov 2007• Region:Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Events

Asia Business Continuity Awards: full results
The first-ever Asia Business Continuity Awards were presented last week at the Seventh Annual Business Continuity Management Conference in Singapore.
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•Date: 6th Nov 2007• Region:Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets

Heavy rains in Tamilnadu, India
Chennai (the capital city of southern state of Tamilnadu, India) has been experiencing heavy rain since Saturday night, throwing the normal life out of gear. The Tamil Nadu government ordered all schools and colleges in the state to be closed in the state on Monday. The floods during the north east monsoon has become a major business continuity issue in Chennai.
•Date: 19th October 2007• Region: India •Type: Briefing

India gets new tsunami warning system
On 15th October the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) officially launched a new tsunami warning system.
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•Date: 19th October 2007• Region: India •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning

Strike expected to bring Indian state of Tamil Nadu to a standstill
A state-wide strike has been called for Monday 1 October 2007 by the governing political party in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Shops and businesses are expected to close across this state and public transport will be unavailable.
•Date: 28th Sept 2007• Region: Asia •Type: Briefing

Mumbai police recover six bombs; city on high alert
Mumbai police have recovered six crude bombs from outside the Andheri station and security has been increased across the city as a result. Read the story.
•Date: 27th Sept 2007• Region: Asia •Type: Briefing

Tsunami warnings issued for Indian Ocean
Countries bordering the Indian Ocean have been advised to take immediate steps to evacuate coastal areas.
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•Date: 12th Sept 2007• Region: Various•Type: Article •Topic: Warnings

Double-Take Software rolls out local availability and support services to India and Sri Lanka
Double-Take Software has announced that Ontrack Solutions has become a distributor in India and Sri Lanka. This agreement will make it easier for organisations based in these countries to purchase Double-Take Software solutions. Resellers with an interest in partnering with Double-Take Software in India and Sri Lanka should contact Ontrack. For more information please visit www.ontrackin.com
•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: Various •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets

Asia Business Continuity Awards 2007
Award ceremony: 30 October 2007, Meritus Mandarin Hotel, Singapore.
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•Date: 9th August 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

Monsoon rains worst in 25 years
Over the past month, more than 1.5 million people have been affected by storms, tornados and landslides in Bangladesh, in what has been described as the worst monsoon season in 25 years. Heavy monsoon rains also are making life miserable for people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Read article
•Date: 6th July 2007 • Region: Asia •Type: Briefing

Karachi slowly returning to normal after storm causes huge power outages
Monsoon rains and thunderstorms hit Karachi between 23rd and 24th June, causing many deaths and widespread power outages. KESC, the regional power supply company said that more than 700 feeders out of 1000 either broke down due to heavy rain or were shut down as preventive measures. Most of the feeders have been re-opened now but there are still some problems.
•Date: 26th June 2007 • Region: Asia •Type: Briefing

Pakistan Prime Minister promises an end to power shortages
Businesses operating in Pakistan are regularly impacted by power outages and low quality supplies. In a statement Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz outlined measures being taken to address this issue.
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•Date: 15th June 2007 • Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Power management

Business continuity – is India prepared?
By Arun Mehta, president and CEO, Richmond Advisory Services Inc.
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•Date: 8th June 2007• Region: Asia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets

Business Continuity Management Institute launches six business continuity and disaster recovery certifications in Asia and the Middle East
Complements the existing high-level certifications by providing formal training for the entry and mid-level business continuity professional.
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•Date: 20th April 2007 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

IBM opens new Autonomic Computing Technology Center in India
To address'overwhelming demand' for technology and systems that are self-managing.
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•Date: 4th April 2007 • Region: Asia •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity

Doing Business in South Asia 2007
World Bank reports on compliance and business risks for businesses operating in South Asian countries.
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•Date: 14th Feb 2007 • Region: SE Asia/ Asia •Type: Article •Topic: Op. risk

Business continuity resolutions for 2007
Ten things to consider adding to your to-do list. By David Honour.
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•Date: 3rd Jan 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general

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