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Business continuity briefs:
7th February 2008

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

IT Disaster Recovery Planning For Dummies
Research and Markets has announced the addition of ‘IT Disaster Recovery Planning For Dummies’ to their offering. This Provides a road map for businesses who want to put a technical disaster recovery plan in place, offering thorough, easy-to-use guidelines and realistic strategies for emergency preparedness, disaster management and business continuity. The author is Peter H. Gregory, CISA, CISSP, a security strategist at a publicly-traded financial management software company located in Redmond, Washington. http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c81835

NEC HYDRAstor HS8 named the Backup and Disaster Recovery Hardware 'Product of the Year'
NEC Corporation of America has announced that the editors of TechTarget's Storage magazine and SearchStorage.com have recognized its NEC HYDRAstor HS8 grid storage system as the ‘Product of the Year’ in the award’s Backup and Disaster Recovery Hardware category. www.necam.com

3rd Business Continuity Management & Planning Conference
Wellington, New Zealand, 28th February 2008.
The third day of the Conferenz 7th Annual Emergency Management Conference will feature a sub-event with the above title. More information

FEMA responds to support communities struck by tornadoes
FEMA is coordinating with state and local officials in response to severe thunderstorms that have spawned dozens of tornadoes in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee and are currently moving into Kentucky. http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=42479

Major disaster declared for Hawaii
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Hawaii to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, high surf, flooding and mudslides during the period of December 4-7, 2007. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=9325

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

FEMA daily SITREP

World weather impacts

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Date: 7th February 2008• Region: Various




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