Business continuity briefs:
Wednesday 27th October 2004

'Business continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services press releases and other useful resources published in the last 24 hours.

ADVA and NeoScale provide enterprises with new high-security, high-performance disaster recovery solution
NeoScale Systems and ADVA Optical Networking have announced that the NeoScale CryptoStor SAN VPN appliance has completed interoperability testing with ADVA's Fiber Service Platform (FSP) systems. The joint solution offers enterprise customers secure high performance extension of storage area networks across high-availability Metropolitan area networks. Press release

State of Maryland purchases LDRPS to build and manage continuity plans
Strohl Systems has announced that the Maryland Emergency Management Agency has purchased Strohl’s continuity planning software, LDRPS, to build and manage continuity of operations plans (COOP). MEMA will begin implementing LDRPS at several pilot agencies with plans for an eventual statewide rollout.

APC launches next generation surge suppressors with added battery backup
American Power Conversion (APC) has announced an expansion of its SurgeArrest surge protection product, with the SurgePlus surge protector plus battery backup for high performance computers and electronics. Aimed at users looking for an entry-level, inexpensive surge protection solution, the SurgePlus offers affordable, advanced surge protection, as well as battery back up for brownouts and blackouts. www.apc.com/gb

Verio offers managed remote backup solution
Verio has announced the availability of its Remote Backup managed storage solution for small to medium businesses. The solution creates a backup of a company's critical data by automatically storing it in a Verio Premier Data Center, thus improving data availability while reducing data recovery costs. Press release

15th World Conference on Disaster Management
The next WCDM conference will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre,
Toronto, Canada from July 10-13, 2005. With the theme ‘The Changing Face of Disaster Management - Defining the New Normal’ the event will address issues common to all aspects of disaster and emergency management.
http://www.wcdm.org/

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•Date: 27th October 2004 • Region: Various