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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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The US Department of Homeland Security has released supplemental Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 grant guidance and application kits for three grant programs: the Port Security Grant Program (PSGP), Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP), and Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program. The supplemental announcement of $260 million is in addition to $567 million awarded from the regular FY 2007 appropriations for these programs, totaling roughly $827 million this fiscal year. Read press release
IBM has unveiled a new release of its mainframe operating system - the z/OS - adding features that increase the software's security for online commerce as well as the next generation of highly secure business transactions. IBM also announced new mainframe software that automates security administration and audit processes. http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/
A new NIST service provides calibrations for the instruments that measure the magnitude and phase of voltage and current signals in a power system—a combined mathematical entity called a phasor—and report the data in terms of Coordinated Universal Time. Use of absolute time enables measurements called phase angles taken at one location on a power grid to be comparable to others across different systems. Phase angles and their derivations allow grid managers to know the operating condition of their portion of the system and determine if action is needed to prevent a power blackout. The new NIST calibration service has already yielded two additional benefits. First, a major PMU manufacturer reports that using the calibrations during the manufacture of its instruments has improved their accuracy by a factor of five. Secondly, some PMUs that have been calibrated using the NIST service have revealed incompatibilities in the message format they send out, leading to corrections that have improved interoperability between PMUs across power grids.
World weather impacts
China battered by typhoon Sepat
Typhoon hit mainland China packing winds of 119km per hour and unleashing torrential rains.
Oklahoma floods prompt harrowing rescues
•Date: 20th August 2007• Region: Various
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