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'Business
continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services
press releases and other useful resources published recently:
BakBone Software has introduced version 4.1 of NetVault: FASTRecover, BakBone's disk-based, real-time data protection solution for Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server and Windows File Servers. NetVault: FASTRecover seamlessly protects multiple remote or branch office applications and data across the WAN and enables fast failover to physical or virtual machines to ensure distributed application availability. The new update adds Exchange 2010 support. http://fastrecover.bakbone.com/
On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 12th, at Atos Origin in central London, the BCI London Forum will hold a seminar which will cover disruptive environmental events: weather; volcanic ash clouds; and solar flares that might affect London based businesses. It will take a balanced look at the risks posed by such events to London based businesses and how those risks can be mitigated. http://www.bcilondonforum.org/Events/tabid/321/Default.aspx
WORKPAD, an EU-funded ICT research project, has developed software applications that allow emergency teams responding to natural disasters to coordinate and communicate with each other quickly and efficiently, helping to save more lives. €1.85 million of EU funding helped the researchers to explore how dozens of databases from different organisations can be linked via peer-to-peer technology to improve response time and avoid duplication of efforts. One central dispatch point that receives and sends out information to all emergency teams can help save more lives in a quick and efficient way. The technology has already been tried successfully in Southern Italy and is now available to be used anywhere in the world.
The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has released its latest research study, ‘Surviving Nature’s Fury: Performance of Asphalt Shingle Roofs in the Real World,’ which investigated damage from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. Roof cover damage continues to be the most frequent source of hurricane-related insurance claims not related to storm surge. The multi-variant IBHS findings offer compelling evidence of how well asphalt shingle roofs would perform during a hurricane. The full version of the study is available here (PDF).
The US Small Business Administration has partnered with Agility Recovery Solutions to offer disaster preparedness strategies for small business owners. On Tuesday, July 27 Agility’s testing manager Adam Quilty will discuss the basics of testing your recovery plan. Key points discussed during the live, interactive webinar include improving recovery efficiency, minimizing downtime and protecting your business’ bottom line. www.preparemybusiness.org/education
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•Date: 23rd July 2010 • Region: Various |
