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'Business
continuity briefs' provides a summary of new product and services
press releases and other useful resources published in the last
24 hours.
Organised gangs have attacked on police, government facilities and businesses in Sao Paulo , ‘causing havoc in South America 's biggest city for the second straight night’. Commuters also experienced difficulties after several public transport companies refused to run buses due to the incidents. Almost 100 attacks have been carried out on buses, police stations, courthouses, banks, supermarkets, car dealerships and other establishments since Tuesday night, allegedly in response to reports that gang leaders might be moved to a remote federal penitentiary. Read story
October 12 - 13, 2006, Collegeville , PA
This industry specific event will explore business continuity as it relates to life science companies. Some of the issues discussed will include: crisis communications; business impact analysis; corporate risk tolerance levels; operational risk assessment; pandemic planning and corporate sustainability. http://www.cbinet.com/show_conference.cfm?confCode=HB676
The Neverfail Group has announced that Neverfail v5 is now certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition. Neverfail's SCOPE (Server Check Optimization Performance Evaluation) achieved Microsoft certification last year. Testing was performed by VeriTest, the testing service of Lionbridge Technologies, and the authorized testing provider for Microsoft's ‘Certified for Windows’ program. Certification for Windows Server 2003 is based on a rigid technical standard which verifies that business-critical applications are secure, manageable, and reliable when running on the operating system. www.neverfailgroup.com
Various protest groups are expected to take part in two days of action linked to the upcoming G8 Summit in St Petersburg. On the 14th of July protests are planned for Washington, Manchester, Berlin, Hamburg, and Manila. Environmental groups have called for an ‘International Day of Direct Action’ on July 15th which may impact other cities around the world. Businesses should be aware that should protests attract large numbers of activists there is the potential for disruption.
President Bush has declared that a major disaster exists in the Commonwealth of Virginia and has ordered Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding during the period of June 23 to July 6, 2006 . FEMA has named Michael E. Bolch as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected area. http://www.fema.gov
12 dead in Chile landslides
Hundreds told to flee US wildfires
Insurers to gain from better hurricane risk models
Mediterranean farming risks water shortages
Ports close as storm takes aim at Taiwan
•Date: 14th July 2006• Region: Various
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