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'Business
continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services
press releases and other useful resources published recently:
VoiceNation has published the results of a survey of US small to medium sized companies regarding their business continuity plan for voice communication. This found that while 100 percent of respondents agreed that there was a critical need for some sort of emergency plan if they lost their voice communication platform; only 38 percent actually had some sort of plan in place. www.voicenation.com
Major disaster declared for Nebraska
Major disaster declared for Iowa
Major disaster declared for Oklahoma
The Cabinet Office’s Emergency Planning College has announced that an agreement has been reached with Serco to manage and operate the College on its behalf. Under the agreement Serco will take over the management of training and all logistics at EPC, operating the College in partnership with and on behalf of the Cabinet Office for a period of 15 years. The College will be directed by a joint partnership board. Serco will manage all activities on the site, including the design, development and delivery of training, and exploit the excess capacity through complementary activities. In addition Serco will manage the college property and estate, including infrastructure lifecycle and maintenance costs. More details.
March 10th will see the first free BCI forum of 2010 within the USA. It will take place at eBay Headquarters in San Jose, CA, and will run from 1-3PM (PST) with snacks and beverages provided. The event is open to BCI non-members as well as members. For details of the agenda or to register, please email tammy.lewis@thebci.org
Iron Mountain’s board of directors has approved a new share repurchase program authorizing up to $150 million in repurchases of the company's common stock. This represents approximately 3 percent of the outstanding common stock based on the closing price on February 19, 2010. In addition, the company announced that its board of directors adopted a new dividend policy under which the company intends to pay quarterly cash dividends on Iron Mountain common stock. The first quarterly dividend of $0.0625 per share, representing a planned annual dividend payout of $0.25 per share, will be payable on April 15, 2010 to shareholders of record on March 25, 2010. The cash dividend is the first in the Company's history. Iron Mountain has also released its fourth quarter 2009 financial results this week, which show strong Adjusted OIBDA growth of 14 percent.
FEMA daily SITREP
•Date: 26th February 2010 • Region: Various |
