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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.
G3 Telecommunications is hosting a free seminar which aims to develop your understanding of how new communications technology and network services can overcome these challenges.
G3 has invited special guest speakers to present on:
• Business continuity frameworks
• How to plan around your business communications
• What manufacturers are doing to support business continuity solutions.
The event is on Thursday 21st February at the Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5ED.
The seminar starts at 08.30 with breakfast included and will finish at 12:00.
To register your interest in attending click here.
FEMA has deployed its Atlanta-based Federal Incident Response Support Team (FIRST) to Tennessee. FIRST is supporting federal and state leadership as they coordinate emergency support for the response effort by ensuring that essential communications channels remain accessible and operational. In addition to computers and cell phones, self-contained vehicles include state-of-the-art satellite technology that will provide video-teleconferencing capabilities for federal, state and local emergency response officials.
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of Arkansas to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding beginning on February 5, 2008, and continuing. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=9345
A new website launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help federal information systems managers maintain the security of their systems by providing a list of software security tools that have been validated for correct performance by external testing labs as processing SCAP correctly. http://nvd.nist.gov/scapproducts.cfm
FEMA daily SITREP
World weather impacts
•Date: 8th February 2008• Region: Various
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