NIST defining cloud computing A working definition for cloud computing has been released by a team of computer security experts at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. Read article •Date:29th May 2009• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Separating fact from fiction when using synchronous replication for DR Jerome M. Wendt raises some important points to consider when planning a synchronous replication based DR system. Read article •Date: 29th May 2009• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Business continuity salary and compensation reports now available BC Management has released more results from its annual survey into business continuity salaries, compensation and contractor fees. Read article •Date:28th May 2009• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season: information and updates This page will be updated with preparedness information and advice related to the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season as well as disaster recovery information during landfall incidents. Read article •Date: 28th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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SunGard Availability Services and Phoenix Health Systems partner to supply information availability services to community hospitals SunGard Availability Services has partnered with Phoenix Health Systems, a provider of healthcare IT outsourcing, consulting and revenue cycle management solutions, to help US hospitals improve information availability for electronic medical records and other technologies essential to quality of care. Read press release. •Date: 28th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Major disaster declared for Florida FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Florida to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, tornadoes, and straight-line winds beginning on May 17, 2009, and continuing. Jeffrey L. Bryant has been named the federal coordinating officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=11508 •Date: 28th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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ANSI-HSSP releases workshop report on emergency preparedness for persons with disabilities Considers real-life examples of evacuation of people with disabilities from recent events, the strengths and weaknesses of existing standards, and priorities in creating standards for emergency preparedness. Read article •Date:27th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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BCAW Canada The Canadian Business Continuity Awareness Week will take place between June 22, 2009 and June 26, 2009. The Business Continuity Institute is organizing the initiative and organizations wishing to take part are invited to make contact with Tammy Lewis: tammy.lewis@thebci.org •Date:27th May 2009• Region: Canada •Type: Briefing
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Fugate sworn-in as new FEMA Administrator In the company of family and FEMA employees, W. Craig Fugate was sworn-in as the new FEMA Administrator by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Read article •Date: 21st May 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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SBA presents the Phoenix Awards for disaster recovery efforts Since 1998, the SBA has presented Phoenix Awards to business owners, public officials and volunteers who displayed selflessness, ingenuity and tenacity in the aftermath of a disaster, while contributing to the rebuilding of their communities. Read article •Date: 21st May 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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FEMA stays in DHS: the final word (?) Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee welcomes Napolitano’s announcement. Read article •Date: 14th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Majority of companies lack the transparency needed to prevent insider threats The magnitude of corporate churn on a global scale, compounded by restricted IT budgets and strained resources, has created a perfect storm for fraud and theft from employees... Read article •Date: 14th May 2009• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM news
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Major disaster declared for Mississippi FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for Mississippi to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes during the period of March 25-28, 2009. Donald L. Keldsen has been named the federal coordinating officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=11449 •Date: 14th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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Everbridge (formerly 3n Global) closes out $9 million Series A financing Everbridge, the incident notification systems company, has completed the second tranche of a $9 million Series A financing with ABS Ventures. These funds will be used to pursue new market opportunities, further enhance service offerings, and continue business growth. The company more than doubled revenue in 2008 and saw continued acceleration in the first quarter of 2009, delivering its 17th consecutive quarter of revenue growth. www.everbridge.com •Date: 14th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Quest and C7 sign colocation and disaster recovery agreement Quest, a US business technology management firm offering a full spectrum of data center products and services and C7 Data Centers (C7), the provider of data center solutions in the Intermountain West, have announced the signing of a multi-year agreement to pool their mutual facilities and services to provide enhanced colocation and business continuity solutions. With C7's four data centers and Quest's two data centers, as well as facilities in AZ, NV, ID & HI, customers have the ability to secure and access their data at geographical disparate locations. www.questsys.com •Date: 14th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Capital One Bank provides disaster planning checklist As hurricane season approaches, Capital One Bank has released an updated disaster planning checklist for businesses. Read article •Date: 12th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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NonVerba signs deal with Richard Fleischman & Associates NonVerba Limited, which has offices in Berkeley Square, London, Chennai, India and New Jersey, USA, and which is a provider of business continuity solutions, has signed a three year deal with US-based Richard Fleischman & Associates (RFA) to provide business continuity software and consultancy services to RFA, and by way of sub-licence to RFA’s clients. www.rfa.com •Date: 12th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Recovery Point rolls out across the US Providing data protection, disaster recovery, and business continuity delivered from integrated and interconnected recovery sites. Read article •Date: 8th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Florida companies taking business continuity seriously 90 percent of businesses in Miami, Orlando and Tampa have business continuity plans: AT&T Study. Read article •Date: 8th May 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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SunGard announces first quarter 2009 results SunGard has reported that revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was $1.34 billion, an increase of 2.5 percent compared to the same period in 2008. On a constant currency basis, organic revenue growth was 2 percent in the quarter. Cristobal Conde, president and chief executive officer, commented, "We are very pleased that we achieved positive organic revenue growth in the quarter in the face of very challenging industry conditions. Our overall performance was better than we expected. While the IT spending mood remains cautious, some of our customers feel that the worst is behind them, and we are starting to see spending pick up in areas such as compliance and regulation. Our competitiveness is very strong and we are very well positioned to help our customers gain efficiencies and reduce risk and that is why they regard SunGard as a trusted partner." Read the full results. •Date:8th May 2009• Region: US/World •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Business continuity providers’ statements on pandemic response SunGard and ICM have both issued statements covering their policies for continued service during a pandemic. Read article •Date: 6th May 2009• Region: UK/US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Grigg joins eBRP eBRP Solutions has announced that Paul Grigg has joined it’s team as Business Development Director. Grigg previously spent 8 years as a senior account executive at SunGard before most recently serving as vice president of sales at Office-Shadow, Inc. Grigg says: "I’m delighted to be joining eBRP, a rock solid organization with an exceptionally advanced BCM solution!”. A native of Southampton in the UK, and a New Jersey resident, Paul will spearhead the rapid growth of eBRP’s Global Business Development program. www.eBRP.net •Date:6th May 2009• Region: US/World •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Pandemic business continuity planning – the time to act is now A comprehensive checklist by Dr. Jim Kennedy. Read article •Date: 1st May 2009• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Lieberman introduces legislation to help secure the US electric grid ‘The Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act’. Read article •Date:1st May 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Swine influenza update page The current situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern: WHO Emergency Committee. This page will be updated with news and resources as the incident develops. Read article •Date:26th-30th April 2009• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Telecoms is a weak link in US business continuity planning US survey finds that only 1.5 percent of Fortune 500 companies have a plan for voice continuity. Read article •Date:30th April 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Nine-steps for pandemic planning Advice from the TABB Group. Read article •Date: 30th April 2009• Region:US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Pandemic plans trigger difficult legal questions Managing sick and concerned workers, navigating quarantine barriers and liabilities are just a few of the impact areas facing managers, says a Pillsbury attorney. Read article •Date:30th April 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Senate committee holds hearing on improving US cyber security “We know our cyber infrastructure is insecure and our security capabilities are inadequate,” states Chairman Joe Lieberman. Read article •Date:30th April 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Major disasters declared for Alabama and Arkansas - FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the State of Alabama. The assistance will supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, tornadoes, and straight-line winds during the period of March 25 to April 3, 2009. Albert Lewis has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=11409
- Federal disaster aid has also been made available for the State of Arkansas to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and tornadoes on April 9, 2009. W. Michael Moore has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=11408 •Date:28th April 2009• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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2009 Phoenix Award for Small Business Disaster Recovery SBA award highlights Massachusetts business owners Juan and Luis Yépez for outstanding disaster recovery efforts. Read article •Date:28th April 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Major disaster declared for Georgia FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the State of Georgia to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, tornadoes, and straight-line winds beginning on March 26, 2009, and continuing. Terry L. Quarles has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=11388 •Date:28th April 2009• Region: US •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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