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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 virtual online operations room, Solcara Control Centre, is to be implemented at the UKvisas division of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. This major government organisation will be using Solcara Control Centre to manage operations and incidents in real-time and facilitate collaboration among team members in different locations, geographies and time-zones. Making full use of the tool’s replay functionality, audit trail and simplicity of use, the UKvisas crisis management team will be able to effectively communicate during and after an incident. www.solcara.com
Peak 10, Inc., has announced the acquisition of a 33,000 square foot facility in the Atlanta, Georgia suburb of Norcross. Peak 10 Atlanta is currently being upgraded and will be fully operational in September 2007. Peak 10's expansion has capitalized upon the growing trend in the business community to outsource IT infrastructure; increasing awareness of the need for business continuity and disaster recovery services; increasing demand for managed IT services; and meeting regulatory compliance demands. www.peak10.com
SunGard has reported that revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2007 was $1.18 billion, an increase of 10 percent over revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2006. Availability Services revenue increased 4 percent, all of which was organic, to $352 million for the quarter. Read the results statement.
A new agreement between the Queensland Government and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will deliver early public warnings about significant emergencies affecting Queenslanders. Under this agreement, senior officers within the Queensland Government will be able to contact the ABC, via a dedicated number, to activate immediate emergency broadcasts. Full 24-hour response arrangements are in place and in the majority of cases emergency information to the public will be live within 15 minutes.
Clare Wilson, the former director of Membership Services & Consultancy at Survive has joined the management team at ICM. Clare who had previous roles at Guardian IT/SunGard and has over ten years experience in market and product development within the business continuity industry will be responsible for ICM’s branding, product development and launches, customer communications and event management. ICM was recently acquired by Phoenix IT.
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•Date: 10th August 2007• Region: Various
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