Business continuity briefs:
19th 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.

BCM Challenges For 2008
31 Jan – 1 Feb 2008, Hayley Conference Centre, close to Heathrow airport. This event aims to thoroughly review the strategic business continuity challenges for 2008. http://www.automataservices.com/conference.htm

Major disaster declared for Oklahoma
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of Oklahoma to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms beginning on December 8, 2007, and continuing. FEMA Administrator David Paulison said the assistance was authorized under a major disaster declaration issued for the state by President Bush. http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=41974

Business continuity training comes to Bahrain
For the very first time in Bahrain, a major international training program will be presented to teach GCC companies a certified methodology for developing business continuity plans. Taking place between February 10-13 2008 and entitled ‘Effective Business Continuity Planning’, this workshop will cover the complete business continuity management lifecycle from project inception through to implementation and management. Course registration is available online at http://www.IBCT.com (English) or http://www.IBCT-Bahrain (Arabic)

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

FEMA daily SITREP

World weather impacts

Sri Lanka floods

•Date: 19th December 2007• Region: Various