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'Business
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Monarch Business Resiliency, Inc. has announced that industry veteran John Grochowalski has joined the company as senior director of sales. John has over 25 years experience in the industry and was senior VP of sales at SunGard Planning Solutions. www.monarchresiliency.com
20th May 2008.Inmarsat Conference Centre, City Road, London.
Main topics: Data protection and deduplication
Choose from a wide range of educational and thought-provoking SNIA Tutorial sessions or attend the optional vendor-specific sessions. Both tracks will deepen your knowledge on data protection and deduplication.
http://www.snia-europe.org/events/academy.htm
A major international exercise using advanced new technology to help
European nations improve their response to massive coastal flooding was held throughout Europe recently. Emergency command centres in the UK, Sweden, Holland and Ireland worked together to coordinate a joined-up response to flooding from a simulated tsunami in another EU member state. The exercise conducted explored how emergency services and governments of European nations could best coordinate their resources to help a fellow European nation deal with the results of a large tsunami.
http://www.eufloodcommand.eu
Alan Calder, the international authority on governance and compliance, has written a new book, ‘Corporate Governance’, as a practical guide to the legal frameworks and international codes of practice that directors must obey to meet today’s requirements and promote their organisations’ interests. Published by Kogan Page, ‘Corporate Governance’ provides a comprehensive overview of corporate governance today, including its historical background, the prevailing requirements in the United States, United Kingdom and European Union, and the practical consequences of these for management. As well as Sarbanes-Oxley, the UK’s Combined Code and EU’s 8th Company Law Directive, topics addressed at length include directors’ duties, financial reporting, relations with shareholders and corporate social responsibility. Priced at £45.00/$89.10/€58.50, Corporate Governance is available from all good business bookshops (ISBN 978 0 7494 4817 2) or can be purchased online for immediate despatch at http://www.itgovernance.co.uk/products/1459
FEMA daily SITREP
World weather impacts
World sea levels to rise 1.5m by 2100 scientists
•Date: 16th April 2008• Region: Various
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