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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
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Purchasing and maintaining disaster recovery systems will be a major initiative for firms over the next 12 months according to a study by analyst firm Forrester which found that 24 percent of large firms and 15 percent of small and medium-sized enterprises consider disaster recovery to be a top priority. Read the story
The US Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that certain private non-profit organizations that provide critical services of a governmental nature may be eligible to apply for low interest rate disaster loans. These loans are available as a result of President Bush's disaster declaration for public assistance resulting from damages caused by severe storms and flooding June 19, 2007. PNPs located in Delaware and Sullivan are eligible to apply to SBA.
http://www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance
Leading Middle Eastern and African mobile telecoms provider MTC has published a report titled: Mobility: A Nation Under Siege analysing the vital role played by mobile telecommunications in assisting disaster recovery within Lebanon during the Israeli-Lebanese conflict in July 2006. http://www.menareport.com/en/business,/214704
World weather impacts
Typhoon batters southern Japan
A powerful tropical storm, Typhoon Man-Yi, has struck Japan's southern islands, injuring at least seven people and packing winds up to 252 kilometres an hour. Weather forecasters predict the storm which was headed northward will hit western Japan on Saturday.
Floods claim at least 30 lives in Sudan
Massive flooding swamped outlying areas of Khartoum, a day after sweeping through the capital's twin city of Omdurman.
•Date: 13th July 2007• Region: Various
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