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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.
Hitachi Data Systems has formed a Business Consulting Practice for Australia and New Zealand. It will focus on data lifecycle management; storage economics; service management; consolidation and virtualization, and business continuity and risk. Read the IT News story
A wide-area telecoms outage affected businesses in Auckland last week, after a fault at two Telecom exchanges brought communications to a halt for more than two hours. Read the NZ Herald story.
Double-Take Software has announced that Ontrack Solutions has become a distributor in India and Sri Lanka. This agreement will make it easier for organisations based in these countries to purchase Double-Take Software solutions. Resellers with an interest in partnering with Double-Take Software in India and Sri Lanka should contact Ontrack. For more information please visit www.ontrackin.com
An IDG survey has found that six per cent of six per cent of IT budgets are being spent on disaster recovery and business continuity planning; and 72 per cent expect this will remain the same over the next year. Read the story.
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of New York to help people and communities recover from the effects of severe storms, flooding, and tornado on August 8, 2007.
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=39571
World weather impacts
Hurricane Felix
Hurricane Felix is expected to have a major impact on northern central America and on southern Mexico. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Floods kill at least 100 across China
Floods in Bangladesh
•Date: 4th September 2007• Region: Various
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