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Business continuity briefs:
20th 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.

College Hill acquires risk management specialist
Business communications consultancy College Hill has announced that it has acquired Razor Public Relations. Razor, founded in 1999, has built a leading reputation in international risk management and business continuity communications, particularly in the food and drinks industry. Chris Woodcock, founder and managing director of Razor, becomes a managing partner at College Hill. She commented: “The risk and crisis management skills of Razor fit perfectly into the practice structure of College Hill. Our clients will benefit from a wider range of services and resources.” http://www.continuitycentral.com/razor.htm

UK Flood Contingency Planning : a one day national conference
16 April 2008, One Whitehall Place, London.
This conference is aimed at all those responsible for flood management in the public sector whether in central or local government or the emergency services; at the utilities and construction companies; and at the insurance companies plus those responsible for business continuity management in companies in the flooded or flood risk areas and the planning, civil engineering and transport consultants.
www.cityandfinancial.com/ukfl1

Major disaster declared for Missouri
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Missouri to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding beginning on March 17, 2008, and continuing. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=9548

Software for rapid deployment of PC configurations now available for download
Acronis, a provider of affordable, scalable storage management and disaster recovery software, has announced the availability of the Acronis Snap Deploy 3.0 beta, which enables IT managers to quickly and easily configure multiple computers simultaneously. This beta can be downloaded from here.

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

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World weather impacts

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Date: 20th March 2008• Region: Various




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