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IT security – the challenges and opportunities of cultural diversity and dispersed teams
Security policies must address changing modes of communications and business practises.
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•Date: 31st May 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Data virtualisation: the basis of file area networking
File area networking offers opportunities for managing data availability. Paul Phillips overviews the technology…
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•Date: 31st May 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Vast majority of UK businesses are unprepared for an influenza pandemic
According to YouGov research.
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•Date: 31st May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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ICM acquisition progressing
Phoenix IT Group offer accepted by over 80 percent of ICM shareholders.
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•Date: 29th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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CBRN research taking place in central London
Tracer trial to discover how air-borne CBRN materials will flow round the Westminster area.
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•Date: 29th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Slow decision-making causing problems in UK business continuity planning processes
According to Marathon Technologies and Tickbox.net survey.
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•Date: 24th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Market-wide Exercise follow-up seminar
Lessons from last autumn’s UK-wide financial sector pandemic planning exercise will be shared with non-participant firms at a seminar on 19th July.
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•Date: 24th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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West Yorkshire gets a new workplace recovery centre
SunGard Availability Services officially opened its latest recovery centre in Elland on 23rd May.
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•Date: 24th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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All3Media Group invests in innovative BCM and crisis management tool
Wide-ranging BCM software implementation includes the ability to allow the business continuity team to view online news feeds from around the world during a crisis situation.
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•Date: 24th May 2007 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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Leeds NHS virtualises its server and storage infrastructure
Leeds Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust has appointed CSA Waverley to virtualise its server and storage infrastructure after identifying business continuity and disaster recovery as critical elements of its ICT strategy. Read the story
•Date: 24th May 2007 • Region: UK/World •Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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Business continuity deadline looms for UK law firms
On 1st July 2007, business continuity planning becomes mandatory for lawyers and solicitors in England and Wales.
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•Date: 22nd May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Service based sectors
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Strong growth at Phoenix IT Group
A year of continued progress with a 'particularly pleasing' performance from NDR.
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•Date: 22nd May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Continuous data protection – hype versus reality
Are true CDP products a solution to a problem that businesses cannot afford to solve?
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•Date: 18th May 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Lloyd’s panellists discuss businesses' role in mitigating terrorism risks
This issue of home grown terrorism was cited by an overwhelming 98 percent of audience members as “a significant emerging threat to British businesses”.
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•Date: 18th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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GemaTech adds outbound secure voice recording to combined BCMLITE and SVRLITE product
Latest module is the ‘missing piece of the jigsaw’ as far as telecoms business continuity is concerned.
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•Date: 18th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Signs that business continuity is becoming mainstream in the UK
New survey continues encouraging trend.
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•Date: 17th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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'Improving the flood performance of new buildings: Flood resilient construction'
A guide advising industry how to reduce damage to new buildings in flood risk areas has been published by Communities and Local Government, Defra and the Environment Agency.
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•Date: 17th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC facilities and buildings
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IT security improving within UK organisations
But deterioration seen in publishing and finance sectors.
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•Date: 17th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Thumbs up for BCM at Hertfordshire County Council
A comprehensive study of Hertfordshire County Council's business continuity arrangements has found that the authority’s plans are ‘very good’. However, it called for further work with voluntary organisations to ensure they are better prepared should the worst occur. Read the story.
•Date: 17th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Public sector BC
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Business Continuity Awards winners
The annual BC Awards have been presented in London. The winners were…
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•Date: 11th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Emerging risks impeding business development: Lloyd’s
There is a significant gap between risk awareness and an actual understanding of the key threats.
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•Date: 11th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Green light for Phoenix ICM bid
Phoenix acquisition bid now recommended by ICM directors.
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•Date: 11th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Long term business risks of climate change need to be faced, not ignored
US and UK Companies need to face up to the realities of climate change and the risks that it poses says UK government minister, Ian Pearson.
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•Date: 11th May 2007 • Region: UK/US •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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MBO team’s offer for ICM lapses
Opens the door for Phoenix acquisition.
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•Date: 9th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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EMC acquires Indigo Stone
Channel Web Network has reported that EMC has acquired Indigo Stone International, a UK-based developer of software for business continuity, server migration and bare metal recovery. The acquisition closed in March, but EMC has not publicly announced it. Indigo Stone was formed in 1996 as RISC Contingency Services. Read the story
•Date: 9th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Evacuation and shelter planning
A system approach to evacuation and shelter planning is needed to ensure that staff safety and corporate reputation are protected in the face of today’s threats. By Paul Moor.
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•Date: 4th May 2007• Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Facilities BC
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Business continuity in the UK food and drink industry
Growing acceptance of BCM but still a long way to go, says Chris Woodcock.
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•Date: 4th May 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Retail BC
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Taking data risk management a step further…
‘An information definition language is needed that is richer than the data modelling languages currently in use’.
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•Date: 4th May 2007 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Concern expressed over security risks in MiFID compliance
MiFID will expose existing security flaws as well as introducing new threats that will need to be managed.
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•Date: 4th May 2007 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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SunGard launches BS25999 self assessment tool
Gives users a perspective on how their existing BCM processes and plans adhere to BS25999.
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•Date: 3rd May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC standards
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EC considers new data protection regulations
Formal communication explains future expectations in the area of privacy enhancing technologies (PETs).
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•Date: 3rd May 2007 • Region: W.Europe/UK •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Power disruption is fastest growing downtime threat to UK organisations
SunGard Availability Services has revealed the major causes of business disruption in 2006, according to its invocation statistics.
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•Date: 2nd May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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