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ZDNet Australia has reported that EnergyAustralia is ‘scrambling to restore business critical data "lost" as a result of back-up failures that went undetected for several months.’ The fault was only discovered when a problem with a server caused data loss at a number of EnergyAustralia offices, including its Sydney headquarters. In a recent internal e-mail to employees, Don Anderson, EnergyAustralia executive general manager for shared services, said: "The back-ups were affected by an underlying, undetected software problem that had been damaging the back-ups for a number of months." Read the story
The need for organizations to maximize IT resources and adapt quickly to business change is driving worldwide server virtualization adoption. According to new research from IDC, more than 15 percent of new server shipments will undergo virtualization in 2010, up from 5 percent in 2005. While early server virtualization adoption was due to consolidation and migration of projects, new drivers for virtualization includes availability solutions and disaster recovery programs. Automation is expected to play a strong role in managing virtualization resources in the next 18 months, as customers evaluate more sophisticated management tools.
Both the UK Foreign Office and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have issued warnings about the increased risk of terrorism attack in the Philippines. The Foreign Office says: "There is a high threat from terrorism throughout the Philippines. Terrorist groups continue to plan attacks and have the capacity and the intent to carry out these attacks at any time and anywhere in the country. Attacks could be indiscriminate and against civilian targets in public places including those frequented by foreigners.” The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says: “We advise you to exercise a high degree of caution in the Philippines because of the high threat of terrorist attack. We continue to receive credible reports that terrorists are planning attacks against a range of targets, including places frequented by foreigners. Some reports suggest that terrorists could target sites in Metro Manila, Mindanao including the Sulu Archipelago, and Cebu Province. If you do decide to travel, you should exercise extreme caution when you are in the Philippines.”
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Business Continuity Management Course
14-16 March 2007 (Wed-Fri) Singapore
26-28 March 2007 (Mon-Wed) Beijing
25-27 April 2007 (Wed-Fri) Manila
Business Continuity Management Seminar
23 March 2007 (Fri) Hong Kong
For more details on the training, please contact: + (65) 6325 2080, email enquiry@bcpasia.com or visit www.bcpasia.com
UK-based Continuity Shop is partnering the British Standards Institution in the provision of public courses on BS 25999, PAS 77 and four other business continuity topics. The six courses, marketed jointly by BSI Business Information and Continuity Shop, include ‘Implementing BS 25999’ and ‘Implementing PAS 77’. All the courses are also Approved, or undergoing approval, by the Business Continuity Institute. www.continuityshop.com
FEMA daily SITREP
More disaster aid for Western Kansas
SBA's deadline to apply for physical disaster loans is February 20
•Date: 24th January 2007• Region: Various
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