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'Business
continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services
press releases and other useful resources published in the last
24 hours.
The Home Office has announced the appointment of Charles Farr OBE as Director General of the newly constituted Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism. Farr, who will take up his appointment with effect from 16 July 2007, joined the Diplomatic Service in 1985 and has served at British Embassies in South Africa and Jordan. Since 2003 he has held a number of senior posts in Whitehall dealing with security and counter-terrorism.
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of Oklahoma to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding and tornadoes during the period of June 10, 2007, and continuing. http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=37649
The US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs’
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration is to conduct a hearing into the above subject on July 12 in the
Dirksen Senate Office Building. More details
Spacenet Inc. has introduced ‘Connexstar Digital Phone’, a carrier class telephone solution available as part of the company's high-performance Connexstar satellite service. The new service enables customers to make clear digital telephone calls, in addition to receiving business class Internet access, and real-time video over the same high-performance satellite link. Designed for remote locations, mobile command centers or as a backup to existing landline phone services, Connexstar Digital Phone completes a converged communications solution of voice, video, and secure data available in a rapidly deployable satellite package. www.spacenet.com
InMage Systems, Inc., the US-based provider of business continuity and disaster recovery CDP software for medium and large enterprises, has announced that it has raised $10 million in Series B funding. The round was led by a strategic corporate partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, and Kumar Malavalli, InMage chairman and chief strategy officer. http://www.inmage.net
World weather impacts
China battered by deadly storms
Floods and landslides have caused economic losses of $500m in seven provinces.
•Date: 11th July 2007• Region: Various
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