Business continuity briefs:
31st October 2006

'Business continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services press releases and other useful resources published in the last 24 hours.

IDC expects the worldwide virtual tape library market to double by 2011
IDC has revealed its new forecast on the worldwide virtual tape library (VTL) market. It expects that the market will double in value over the next five years, reaching $1.4 billion by 2011, while the market terabytes will increase at a rapid 47.4 percent compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) over the same period. Open system VTL solutions will drive market growth and eclipse enterprise mainframe VTL market value in the year ahead.

New Zealand commits $2 million to Pacific Regional Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Project
Prime Minister Helen Clark has announced that New Zealand is committing $2 million to a Pacific Regional Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Project for the 2007-09 period. “New Zealand’s latest grant will help the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and World Health Organisation, who are the lead co-ordinating agencies on health emergency preparedness in the Pacific to address the gaps in planning and response to pandemics within the region,” Helen Clark said.

Storage Visions 2007
January 6 - 7, 2007 at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.
Record industry participation is expected for the 2007 exhibition and conference. Times, participants and session details can be found at www.storagevisions.com

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

FEMA daily SITREP

President declares major disaster for Alaska

Drought-hit Spain looks to penalise heavy water use

•Date: 31st October 2006• Region: Various