Business continuity briefs:
14th December 2007

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

Survey shows slapdash staff risk corporate data
A survey of UK office workers has revealed that employees are hugely reliant on access to network data to do their jobs, yet show an alarming apathy about the value of that data. More than half (57 percent) have at some point lost an office work laptop/BlackBerry/USB stick, with the most common loss location being a pub, bar or restaurant. 63 percent of respondents have accidentally deleted data on the networks, whilst 69 percent admitted to saving more than 10 important work files on their PCs alone, causing major potential disruption if they were stolen or damaged. Source: Databarracks

Peak 10 to open data center facility and managed services operations in Cincinnati region
Peak 10 Inc. has announced that it will open a new state-of-the-art data center facility in the Greater Cincinnati region. The 22,000-square-foot facility will be based in West Chester, OH. Peak 10 Cincinnati is the company's third new market expansion in 2007, having completed two acquisitions earlier in the year. Peak 10's expansion success reflects the significant trend in the SMB 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 requirements.www.peak10.com

Recent initiatives by the Basel-based committees and groups
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published an update on its activities over the past few months. This includes a summary of the latest The Financial Stability Forum meeting. Read at http://www.bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_qt0712j.pdf

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

FEMA daily SITREP

World weather impacts

Malaysia floods

•Date: 14th December 2007• Region: Various