DISASTER RECOVERY
newsletter
September 2003
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SECTION ONE: DISASTER RECOVERY - ENVIRONMENTAL
Hurricane Isabel - latest
information
Current forecast and expected impact.
Read
article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0570.htm
•Date:
17th September 2003 •Region: N.America
Hurricanes - basic business
continuity advice
Strohl Systems has issued a list of top ten tips which organisations should
consider when planning to protect businesses against hurricanes:
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0572.htm
•Date:
17th September 2003 •Region: N.America
Unexpected hurricane
impacts - tips for businesses
Hurricanes have certain effects on equipment that your emergency plans
may have not considered. Ray J. Vaughan explains.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0571.htm
•Date:
17th September 2003 •Region: N.America
Hurricane Isabel update
Department of Homeland Security activates emergency plans.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0561.htm
•Date:
16th September 2003 • Region: N.America
South Korea battered
by Typhoon Maemi
Businesses in the area are still being affected by power outages and transport
problems. Export industry could be affected for many months.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0556.htm
•Date:
15th September 2003 • Region: SE Asia
Major disaster declared
for Indiana floods
Disaster recovery aid for businesses affected by floods and other extreme
weather that started on August 26th.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0536.htm
•Date:
8th September 2003 • Region: N.America
Disaster recovery aid
ordered for New York area
Announcement relates to damage caused by severe weather between July 21st
and August 13th.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0509.htm
•Date:
1st September 2003 • Region: N.America
Automated incident
management planning software released
New ‘Incident Management CD’ enables users to build a comprehensive
disaster recovery plan.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0467.htm
•Date:
14th August 2003 • Region: N.America/World
Traditional disaster
recovery methods are inadequate warns Basex
Organisations should use ‘collaborative business knowledge tools’
to prepare for unusual emergencies.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0454.htm
•Date:
12th August 2003 • Region: N.America/W.wide
FEMA and six New England
states take part in large-scale disaster exercise
Category four hurricane coincides with a simultaneous bio-terrorism event.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0445.htm
•Date:
8th August 2003 • Region: N. America
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SECTION TWO: IT DISASTER RECOVERY - ENVIRONMENTAL
Recovery facilities: how far is far enough?
Recovery facility location has been a hot topic since 9/11. This Continuity
Central survey seeks to find out what current attitudes are to this issue.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0543.htm
•Date:
11th September 2003 • Region: Worldwide
Survey shows effects
of August blackout on US IT systems
Nearly one-third of data centre operations experienced continuity problems.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0564.htm
•Date:
16th September 2003 • Region: N.America
SunGard and Dell agree
US disaster recovery alliance
Dell and SunGard Availability Services have announced that they have agreed
to offer a combined disaster recovery service to Dell’s US customers.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0565.htm
•Date:
16th September 2003 • Region: N.America
ICM to gain new Bristol
recovery centre
Contracts exchanged on £3.8m purchase. Centre will be operational
in early 2004.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0521.htm
•Date:
4th September 2003 • Region: UK
SchlumbergerSema expands
DeXa.Ensure business continuity services into Boston area
The company will host its services in MediaPoint Inc.’s class A
facility.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0522.htm
•Date:
4th September 2003 • Region: N.America
Comment: Pay ‘tape
monkeys’, get peanuts?
Many companies choose to manage their data backup and disaster recovery
in-house, as they believe it is less risky than outsourcing. Peter Hough
explains why he believes this is a misconception.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature023.htm
•Date:
29th August 2003 •Region: UK/Worldwide
New integrity control
suite helps companies develop configuration control schemes for efficient
IT disaster recovery
StatePointPlus software aids in quick recovery of computer configurations
and security settings.
Read
article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0489.htm
•Date:
22nd August 2003 • Region: N.America/World
One in three US companies
operate without a formal IT disaster recovery strategy
According to a survey of IT directors and network storage managers on
their perception of data backup, storage technologies and disaster recovery
practices.
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article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0479.htm
•Date:
21st August 2003 • Region: N.America
New version of Recovery
Solution launched
Recovery Solution 5.7 now provides open and locked file support.
Read
article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0466.htm
•Date:
14th August 2003 • Region: N.America/World
Classic Blue gains
fourth recovery centre
Providing data and workspace recovery in Adelaide.
Read
article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0459.htm
•Date:
13th August 2003 • Region: Australia
Survey reveals enterprise
server backup and disaster recovery practices
Following a disaster, more than 30 percent of companies are expected to
be up and running more quickly than they were a year ago.
Read
article - http://www.continuitycentral.com/news0433.htm
•Date:
6th August 2003 • Region:N.America
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