Business continuity briefs:
6th March 2008

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

Major Emergency Management – Theory & Practice
The Irish Branch of the Emergency Planning Society (EPS) is presenting a
conference with the above title on Thursday April 3rd. The venue is the Regency Airport Hotel in Dublin and it is an all day event. Delegates will gain an understanding of national planning for emergency management and of the emergency services’ requirements of industry in this regard. http://www.the-eps.ie/Conference%20Broc.pdf

Iomega launches new removable REV 120GB backup drive
Iomega Corporation has announced the new Iomega REV 120GB Backup Drive, the third generation of its award-winning REV technology and a benchmark in smart, sensible backup for small and medium-sized businesses. Iomega will unveil the new product at CeBIT 2008. Read press release.

Testing IT Disaster Recovery Workshop
27 March 2008, Sydney.
This course covers the fundamentals of planning for and executing IT disaster recovery tests. Delegates will gain an understanding of how IT disaster recovery fits in the bigger scheme of crisis and business continuity management and how the IT DR plan can be tested in isolation of these. All participants will be given an opportunity to plan and run a hypothetical test using DR scenarios and test templates provided during the course. More details

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

FEMA daily SITREP

World weather impacts

Winter storms cost China power sector 16 billion Yuan

•Date: 6th March 2008• Region: Various