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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.
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Michigan to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding during the period of June 6-13, 2008. W. Michael Moore has been named as the federal coordinating officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=10308
Fast growing North East England based technology solutions company Onyx Group has formally announced the acquisition of part of a local IT company for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of Ponteland based NCS (Newcastle Computer Services), is the second acquisition for Onyx Group this year, after Scotland’s Campbell Lee plc. NCS has forged a strong and well recognised presence in the design and print marketplace, which is dependent on system resilience and recovery. This is a further strategic fit with Onyx Group, which focuses on providing organisations with the infrastructure and facilities to become truly resilient. Onyx owns three workplace recovery facilities, in Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Glasgow. www.onyx.net
After a 27 year career at HP, Jim Whitty has been appointed as managing director of Battlebox Business Continuity Ltd. The company supplies specialist battleboxes to UK organisations. www.battlebox.biz
FEMA daily SITREP
World weather impacts
•Date: 15th July 2008• Region: Various
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