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 The recently released 'Pitt Review', a 550 page report on 'Learning lessons from the 2007 floods", is an exhaustive report covering all aspects of the floods including facts and figures on the floods, advice for helping people protect their families and homes and improved flood planning and risk reduction.Even with 180 million people worldwide affected by some 200 major floods, |
Whether a phenomenon of global warming or a freak occurrence, the 2007 summer floods provided food for thought for any BCP professional in any enterprise with operations or staff in or near flood areas.  Pitt Review PDF (complete) Cabinet Office: Pitt Review Site Insurance Times Article Flood Fighters |
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 The Cabinet Office puts the possible UK death toll somewhere between 50,000 and 750,000 deaths and, in the recently published 'National Risk Register,' puts the threat of Pandemic Flu higher than terrorism or climate change.This year is the 90th anniversary of the 1918 Pandemic Flu and the CDC (US Center for Disease Control and Prevention) has released the "1918 Pandemic Flu Storybook". |
Further insight into this historical pandemic flu outbreak have been gained with research on the bodies of victims killed in 1918. Researchers have found that antibodies preserved in frozen bodies buried in Alaska have shown strong immunity 90 years on and have provided useful insights in the search for protection from the current virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu. National Risk Register 1918 Pandemic Flu Storybook USA Gov Pandemic Flu Website 1918 Flu Antibodies Daily Mail Article: Lords Committee |
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The same applications are still open, even a word processing document they had open is unaltered. Would a solution that makes this possible make you rethink your DR procedures? |
Once you log in via any web browser, anywhere in the world, you see your own secure and up to date desktop; your own virtual computer (VC). With the recent boom in 'cloud' computer solutions, BPC professionals are finding an increasing number of applications and solutions that can be directly applied to BCP. G.ho.st's VC system is free and is currently available as a public 'alpha' version but systems such as this may well become the norm as mobile internet gets faster, more reliable and cheaper. |
 This type of virtual computing is obviously in it's infancy but as the market grows, this may well be the future for the resilient enterprise. Other solutions that you may wish to tie into your new virtual computing world are: Google Docs, Buzzword, ConnectNow, Photoshop Express, ADrive and Salesforce. G.ho.st Inc |
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Here is a summary of the results from last time. For a full graphical breakdown of the results from our last survey, click here. Although the vast majority said that no BCM regulatory legislation applied to |
Our quesiton on BCM awareness training resulted in a an dead heat between those who had and those who hadn't.  Although most survey respondants said their DR plans had been tested over the past 12 months, it was surprising how many plans had not been tested. |
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 It’s a sign of the coming of age of business continuity to see an insurance policy which rewards organisations with good risk and business continuity management whilst giving practical and sound advice on areas for improvement.” Quote by Belfor BCIP
 The 232 page book is free and better still, it's an eBook so you can download it right now from VMware. VMbooks eBook VMware |
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 With the biggest improvements revolving around the addition of 3G and enterprise capabilities, the new model sold a whopping 1 million iPhones in the first three days of it's launch. Despite the phone's new capabilities, it has been the recipient of some criticism including the lack of a physical keyboard, the camera and some concerns over security. We'll leave it to you to decide! Apple iPhone 8 iPhone Killers Google's gPhone ?
IBM has announced a massive infrastructure expansion in it's business continuity and resilience services.
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 The London Resilience Partnership has recently developed the 'London Mass Evacuation Plan'.London Mass Evacuation Plan London Resilience
“Best practice leaders in the industry, like KPMG and Commerzbank, are increasingly recognising the need to go beyond stand-alone notification systems and are going for GEMS instead”, says Ian Hammond, Criticall’s CEO.  These are Global Enterprise Messaging Services, where a single, integrated messaging platform holds the relevant recipient data and manages the global messaging for all kinds of time-critical information. “BCM professionals that recognise the value of embedding their own BC messaging solution into the daily operations of the wider enterprise are those who are most likely to see their own value appreciated by other business divisions”, suggests Ian. For an interactive, animated tour of Criticall’s own GEMS, click here. |
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Click here to watch our new emergencyCall movie: "Darla Delivers". Are you more like DR-Darla or BC-Bob? Let us know. |
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SCG 'Road to Recovery' Event Continuity Forum: Special Risks Summit Intellect Security and Resilience Conference and Dinner BSI Free Regional Business Forums October 14 , 2008 Towcester: November 20th, 2008 |
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Storage Expo Flood Fighters November 3rd & 4th, 2008 The Emergency Services Show November 19th & 20th , 2008 Links Bapco The Emergency Planning Society Intellect UK SEISO The Business Continuity Institute UK Resilience Data Storage Expo Continuity Forum Continuity Shop Mi5 Scottish Continuity Group BCIP |
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At a cost of US$300 million, IBM is planning to construct 13 Business Resilience service delivery centres in 10 countries covering every region of the globe tackling the likes of Sungard head on.