Business continuity briefs:
24th June 2008

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

EU grants aid worth €162 million for UK regions struck by floods in 2007
The European Commission has made available aid totalling €162.4 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund to help recovery from the floods that hit regions in England, Northern Ireland and Wales during the summer of 2007. The UK authorities will use the grant to cover part of the cost of emergency measures such as restoring roads, water infrastructure and schools, securing dams, the cost of temporary accommodation and rescue services, or costs that local authorities incurred as they cleaned up disaster-stricken areas.

New chair for the Emergency Planning Society
The UK Emergency Planning Society elected a new chair at its recent annual general meeting in Torquay. Ian Hoult, who led the Society over the past two years, stepped down as chairman and Marc Beveridge was elected unopposed as his replacement.

More than 50 percent of large companies will use software tools to manage shared-account passwords by end of 2010
The number of organisations using software tools to manage passwords for shared accounts grew 50 percent worldwide in 2007, according to Gartner, making it one of the fastest-growing identity and access management markets. Analysts predict that the shared-account password management (SAPM) market will continue to exhibit strong growth and that more than half of large organisations will use SAPM tools by the end of 2010.

Current environmental stories with business continuity implications:

FEMA daily SITREP

World weather impacts

•Date: 24th June 2008• Region: Various