Business continuity briefs:
18th October 2007

'Business continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services press releases and other useful resources published in the last 24 hours.

Neverfail launches new ‘Neverfail Replicator’ data replication solution
Neverfail’s new Neverfail Replicator can underpin a continuous availability strategy at an entry-level price. The offering uses selected features from Neverfail's Continuous Availability suite which powers all of Neverfail's solutions. Neverfail Replicator delivers data availability through data replication and server failover. The solution is application agnostic allowing a diverse set of applications to be protected against extended downtime. Read press release

‘Business Resilience: A More Compelling Argument for Information Security’
A new podcast is available from CERT. Featuring Scott Dynes and Stephanie Losi the 25 minute broadcast covers:
* Bridging the Business - INFOSEC Language Gap
* The Importance of Mutual Education
* Motivating Business Leaders to Tackle Security Proactively.
http://www.cert.org/podcast/

French businesses impacted by national travel strike
Travel problems are affecting businesses across France today as transport workers stage a strike. The stoppage began at 8pm on Wednesday evening and was scheduled to end at 8pm tonight (Thursday). However, Unions have now announced that it will run for a further 24 hours to 8pm Friday.

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

FEMA daily SITREP

World weather impacts

•Date: 18th October 2007• Region: Various