ICM acquires Office Shadow
£700,000 acquisition adds business continuity software to the ICM portfolio. Read article •Date: 24th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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2010: will a new decade bring new data centre paradigms?
Craig Nunes highlights the developments he expects to see in the coming year. Read article •Date: 18th Dec 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Cloud Industry Forum kick-starts Code of Conduct
Looks into operational efficiency, disaster preparedness, business continuity and the use of virtualization in small-and-medium sized businesses. Read article •Date: 18th Dec 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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The role of satellite broadband in disaster management
Simon Watts provides an overview and highlights new developments which will make satellite broadband a more viable option for business continuity use. Read article •Date: 16th Dec 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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PwC gets BS25999 certified
Certification covers all 41 of the firm’s locations in the UK. Read article •Date: 16th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Exercise Midwinter The Milton Keynes Business Resilience Forum will be holding ‘Exercise Midwinter’ on Monday, 25th January 2010 at the Council Chamber at Milton Keynes Council, Civic Offices, to help promote business continuity awareness amongst the local business community. Delegates will be invited to ‘walk through’ a fictional scenario to help identify the impact that an incident may have on their usual business operations, in particular their supply chain, and discover how they can develop a business continuity plan to mitigate and minimise the consequences. It will also be an opportunity to meet local business continuity experts as well as representatives from the emergency services who will be on hand to provide advice. To register for this free event, please contact natasha.alsop@digitalk.com or go to www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/business-resilience for more information. •Date: 16th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Events
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O2 achieves BS25999 certification
BSI has announced that Telefónica O2 UK Limited has become the first mobile phone operator to achieve certification to BS25999 for all of its UK business undertakings. Read article •Date: 15th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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EU Gas Coordination Group meets
Discusses the gas supply outlook and the emergency preparedness in the EU. Read article •Date: 15th Dec 2009• Region: UK/Europe •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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New Civil Contingencies Act Enhancement Programme document released
Consultation will run until Friday 19th February 2010. Read article •Date: 15th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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New initiative from UK government aims to ‘prevent next global pandemic’
Scientific gathering will identify hotspots where the next global pandemic is most likely to come from and discuss how best to prevent it emerging or spreading. Read article •Date: 11th Dec 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Record rise in the cost of fire damage in the UK
The trend for open plan buildings, which allow more rapid spread of fire, contributes to the increase. Read article •Date: 11th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Scottish Government looks to take the lead in risk management
A project to implement a unified approach to identification, recording, management and reporting of risk is underway. Read article •Date: 11th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Rod Ratsma to lead Marsh Business Continuity Management team Marsh has appointed Rod Ratsma as Leader of its UK Business Continuity Management team. Mr Ratsma will report to Jeff Colburn, Leader of Marsh’s UK Risk Consulting Practice and succeeds Martin Caddick in the role. Mr Ratsma joined Marsh as managing consultant of the BCM team in 2008 from Siemens Enterprise Communications (Insight Consulting), where he was principal and head of continuity consulting for two years. He has also held director-level positions with SunGard Availability Services, Guardian iT plc and Safetynet Group. www.marsh.com •Date: 11th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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‘Rising Levels? Public awareness and understanding of risks from flooding’ A new report examines UK public understanding and communication considerations relating to flooding and other community risks, in connection with a request from Sir Michael Pitt in his 2008 Review of Flooding. http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file53922.pdf •Date: 11th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Briefing
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What makes a good business continuity manager?
BCI London Forum survey provides some answers. Read article •Date: 10th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Downtime in focus
A third of UK businesses have suffered IT failures in last six months, a new survey indicates. Read article •Date: 10th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Making the board listen This paper explores how we may be able to position business continuity management issues so they reach key decision makers quickly and with a better chance of success. Read article •Date: 4th Dec 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Selling to the board
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Changes ahead for Office-Shadow Office-Shadow expects to make an acquisition announcement in the next few days. Read article •Date: 4th Dec 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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The solution to successful risk communication... A new research report reveals that a simple equation could be the solution to effective risk communication. Read article •Date: 4th Dec 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis communications
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IFB creates Scotland’s highest specification data centre A £7 million investment by IFB in the creation of a new, high specification data centre in Scotland has been announced. The IFB centre will be unique in Scotland and will be one of only four sites in the UK to carry Uptime Institute Tier III certification. The centre is being developed in partnership with Dell, which will provide the technology best practice and infrastructure design for the centre which will be based in Aberdeen. The 14000 sq ft IFB centre will open during the second quarter of 2010. IFB will relocate its headquarters to the new building which will also house new business continuity suites specifically for IFB clients. Read press release. •Date: 2nd Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets and companies
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UK government consults on Civil Contingencies Act Arrangements for London Review taking place as part of the Civil Contingencies Act Enhancement Programme. Read article •Date: 1st Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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BCI awards inaugural ‘Gifted Grades’ Awards honour achievements in the business continuity profession. Read article •Date: 1st Dec 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Cloud computing: resiliency is the key to success This white paper will briefly explain what cloud computing is; will look at the facts which underlie the hyperbole; and will consider both the benefits and challenges that it brings to organizations. Read article •Date: 30th Nov 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Benefits of enterprise modelling for business continuity management Gary Clarke, MBCI, presents a paper which describes the many ways in which enterprise modelling can support business continuity management. Read article •Date: 27th Nov 2009• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Developing Europe's resilience to disasters Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for the Environment, sets out his vision for a resilient Europe. Read article •Date: 26th Nov 2009• Region: Europe •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Data backup and restore challenges surveyed One-third of UK storage managers admit disaster recovery plans do not cover databases... Read article •Date: 26th Nov 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Federation of Small Businesses opens emergency fund for flooded UK businesses The FSB is offering interest-free loans to help small firms cover costs associated with keeping their business trading and with repair of their premises. Read article •Date: 25th Nov 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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