SunGard Availability Services has launched Recover Anywhere, a service that can help extend full desktop recovery, including voice capability, to the entire workforce in the event of a business disruption.

James Royds has joined Steelhenge as a director and head of consulting

Companies are being advised to take extra fire safety precautions during the planned industrial action by the UK’s Fire Brigade Union. The strikes, scheduled to take place today and on 5-7 November, represent a potentially serious threat, with an increased chance of them being unable to control a fire on their premises.

Research just published shows that as many as seven out of ten organisations have suffered at least one supply chain failure in the last nine months. The survey,, conducted by the BCI, suggests that while awareness of supply chain risks is increasing, many businesses remain exposed to high levels of risk.

Over two-thirds of large companies in the UK expect the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to have virtually no impact on their ability to operate business as usual, according to new research from Deloitte.

SunGard Availability Services has launched Replication-as-a-Service (RaaS), a cost-efficient, on-demand way to replicate vital data contained within an organisation’s diverse storage devices. SunGard’s RaaS replicates data in a secure private cloud environment, which is linked into its recovery network.

Business continuity service provider, ICM Continuity Services, has completed the rollout of its new state-of-the-art VoIP system to 7,500 end points across its eighteen business continuity sites nationwide.

Following the coldest winter for three decades last year, which caused widespread disruption to businesses, forecasters are predicting another harsh, snow-filled winter in the coming months.

Business continuity service provider, ICM Continuity Services, has launched two enhanced versions of its business continuity planning software, Shadow-Planner.

The authorities have warned of the increased potential of a terrorist attack in the UK and Europe.

Vocal is offering an entry-level Warn and Inform service free of charge until December 2010 to all local authorities in the UK. The iModus Warn and Inform system can be used both for everyday communication as well as crisis messaging.

Managed services and datacentre provider, The Bunker, has been named as one of Britain’s most successful technology businesses in the 2010 Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100. The Tech Track 100 ranks Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies.

Business continuity services provider, ICM Continuity Services, has released data showing the number and nature of invocations of business continuity plans. Data covering the first half of 2010 indicates that hardware issues consistently remain the major cause of business disruption in the UK.

Vodafone UK has attained the globally recognised ISO/IEC 27001:2005 (ISO 27001) certification relating to the provision of IT services such as application hosting, data management, technical support and consultancy for its business customers.

ICM Continuity Services has won a record £3.44m a year contract to provide a London-based global financial services group with dedicated stand-by capabilities. The five and a half year bespoke agreement will see ICM provide one of the largest dedicated UK stand-by dealing capabilities to be located outside of the City of London.