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continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services
press releases and other useful resources published recently:
5-6th October, Singapore.
The International Association of Emergency Managers Asia-Oceania Resilience 2010 event has been organized specifically to bring together private and public sector professionals in security, emergency management, crisis management, business continuity management, risk management and disaster relief in Asia, Australia and New Zealand. http://www.iaem.com.sg/Asia-Oceania-Resilience-2010.htm
Northern Ireland Executive Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced his intention to review planning policy for flood risk. Existing policy is contained in Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 15 – Planning and Flood Risk, published in June 2006. The Minister said: “The existing policy has proven to be very effective in managing the risk of flooding to new developments. However, our understanding of climate change is evolving as new evidence and experience of implementing flood risk policy is gained. That is why I am honouring the commitment to review the policy within five years of its publication. In light of flooding events over the past few years I want to ensure that our planning policies remain fit for purpose and the planning system plays its part in dealing with this important issue." http://www.doeni.gov.uk/
In a statement by parent company Phoenix IT Group plc, it was revealed that ICM has signed a five year extension to its largest business continuity contract. This contract, which was due to expire on 31 March 2011, has been extended until March 2016 with an annual contract value of £3.44m, which will add £17m to the order book.
Connect Express has launched LimeBC which provides SMEs with a cost effective business continuity service. The managed service, utilising Novell PlateSpin and Virtual Private Network (VPN)technology, maintains a complete, synchronised image of customers’ operating systems, applications and data at Connect Express’ secure data centre. Should a customer experience a problem, the image can quickly be turned into a working system that can be accessed from anywhere over the Internet. The service also includes one disaster recovery test a year and allows for a new in-house server to be re-built from the backup server once a disruption has been resolved www.limebc.com
Continuity Software has announced the general availability of RecoverGuard version 5.2, featuring a unique Private Cloud Advisor designed to enable customers to fully ensure availability, recoverability and adherence to industry best practices in the private cloud. In addition, RecoverGuard v5.2 now provides support for HP XP storage, making it the only DR and HA testing and monitoring solution to deliver support for all enterprise-class data center platforms. www.continuitysoftware.com
Asigra’s company executive Ashar Baig has been named by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) as chairman of the new Cloud Backup and Recovery (Cloud BUR) Special Interest Group. Baig will lead the group’s efforts in educating the market about Cloud BUR benefits through use cases and in defining requirements for standards that are part of SNIA’s Cloud Storage Initiative. www.snia.org/cloud
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•Date: 18th August 2010 • Region: Various |
