news headlines: 23rd May 2008

NOAA publishes hurricane season forecasts
Above normal season likely in the Atlantic Basin; below normal Eastern Pacific season expected.
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•Date: 23rd May 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: 2008 hurricane season
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Heatwave Plan for England updated
While the document is aimed at the public sector, it contains useful information for those private sector business continuity managers who see human resource continuity as an important aspect of BCM.
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•Date: 23rd May 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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ICM to officially open London SouthWest Business Continuity Centre
Farnborough recovery centre will be opened by the local mayor on Monday 2nd June.
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•Date: 23rd May 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Singapore taskforce to promote corporate resilience
Amongst other things, the taskforce will develop and implement strategies to encourage more companies to adopt the existing national business continuity standard.
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•Date: 23rd May 2008• Region: SE Asia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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RELDATA offers disaster recovery solution for Fibre Channel SAN
Solution replicates FC SAN data to a remote IP SAN without disrupting existing production environment.
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•Date: 23rd May 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Energy and resources companies make progress on security but no room for complacency: Deloitte
Sixty-seven percent of companies cite ‘human error’ as a root cause of security failures—ahead of technology and operations.
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•Date: 23rd May 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Kidnap checklist
In various parts of the world, top executives are increasingly at risk from kidnap, ransom and extortion: what can companies do to reduce the threat?
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•Date: 23rd May 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Major disaster declared for South Dakota
• IAEM supports reauthorization of the pre-disaster mitigation program
• Brazilian bank obtains BS 25999 certification
• Double-Take Virtual Recovery Assistant ends downtime associated with migration to virtual machines
• Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:
   - FEMA daily SITREP
   - World weather impacts
   - Chile floods
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