Business continuity briefs:
21st January 2009

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

Corporate India found wanting in security preparedness
A survey conducted by KPMG has found that corporate India is not prepared to cope with a terrorist attack or other unconventional threat. Over 58 percent of respondents' business continuity plans did not consider terror attacks as a potential scenario. Read The Hindu story.

Asempra delivers one click instant recovery in an all inclusive appliance
Asempra Technologies has introduced its ‘Business Continuity Appliance’, a complete turnkey continuous availability/recovery solution for Microsoft environments that packages the company's award-winning Business Continuity Server into one easy to procure, rack and configure product. Read press release.

Next Mid Atlantic Disaster Recovery Association meeting
MADRA's 62nd meeting will be hosted at MITRE in Reston, VA on February 19, 2009. Guest speakers for this meeting will include Mike Raber, COOP Program Manager, Defense Telecommunications Service Washington and David A. Vignolo, COOP Program Manager, US Senate, Office of the Sergeant at Arms. The meeting will run from 11:30am to 2:00pm. MADRA encourages all industry practitioners to attend. http://www.madra.org/18.html

WHO reports on H5N1 human infections in China
The Ministry of Health in China has reported three new cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The first case is a 27 year old female from Jinan City, Shandong Province. She developed symptoms on 5 January, was hospitalized, and died on 17 January. The source of her infection is presently under investigation.

The second case is a 2 year old female from Luliang City, Shanxi Province. She developed symptoms on 7 January, was hospitalized, and is in a critical condition. The source of her infection is presently under investigation.

The third case is a 16 year old male from Huaihua City, Hunan Province. He developed symptoms on 8 January, was hospitalized on 16 January, and is in a critical condition. The case had exposure to sick and dead poultry.

All three cases were confirmed by the national laboratory. All contacts have been placed under medical observation and remain healthy to date.

Of the 34 cases confirmed to date in China, 22 have been fatal.

Source: WHO

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

FEMA daily SITREP

World weather impacts

•Date: 21st January 2009• Region: Various