Business continuity briefs:
5th January 2007

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

E-mail Will Fail: How to Ensure E-mail Availability - web seminar
Date: 16th Jan 2007 - 3:30 PM GMT
SunGard is offering the above free event to update UK business continuity professionals upon its latest offerings in this area and to explain how they can be used to ensure that your organisation’s e-mail is always up and running. http://www.infoavail.com/roadshows/

IBM web seminar: Critical Success Factors for Recovery
Date: Tuesday 30th January, 2007
Time: 12:00 - 12:45pm EST
IBM is running a 45-minute Web Seminar to discuss the critical success factors for System i disaster recovery including recoveries from unplanned outages, virus attacks and disasters. More details

BCM Challenges For 2007
29th and 30th January, 2007, Old Windsor.
Automata has announced that Lyndon Bird, technical director of the Business Continuity Institute, will be speaking on the recently released BS 25999 business continuity management British standard at the above conference. In addition, Oscar O’ Connor of Adam Continuity will be covering PAS 77: IT Service Continuity Management. The conference will review many of the key business continuity challenges for the year ahead. http://www.automataservices.com/conference.htm

BC Management's 6th Annual BC/DR Study
Business continuity professionals around the world are invited to take part in BC Management's 6th Annual BC/DR Study. The results are used to assist in benchmarking BC/DR salaries/compensations and programs. Take part at www.pulseresearch.com/bcmanagement2007

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

FEMA daily SITREP

Rains and floods impact Yemen

•Date: 5th January 2007• Region: Various