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• Interoperable disaster management platform in works for Australia

  A next-generation, national disaster management platform under development will be interoperable and based on open standards.

• Telstra, Optus and Suncorp eye geospatial data

  Big Australian telcos and insurance companies see business opportunities in analysing the location information transmitted by customers’ mobile devices, said speakers at yesterday's Big Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Summit.

• Protective framework reduces startup collapse risk

  Startup technology companies inevitably face financial risk. Even if the company seems to be going well, has won a number of clients and is producing a steady profit, disaster can strike.

• Mobile computing at its finest

  Faced with the need to build a new air-conditioned server room to offer disaster recovery services for its clients, Christchurch firm Computer Concepts decided the most economical approach with the fewest regulatory hurdles was to put the servers in a 20-foot shipping container that happened to be sitting on its warehouse premises.

Whitepapers about disaster

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  Balancing Cost, Risk and Complexity in Disaster Recovery

  In the face of more frequent disaster situations and a higher reliance on technology, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity have become absolutely vital for maintaining an edge in today’s competitive business environment. In this whitepaper, we look at how to build a sound strategy for recovery reduces complexity.