Symantec offers services in Japan

Symantec announced the availability of Symantec Business Continuity Management (BCM) Services in the Asia Pacific and Japan regions, according to HardwareZone.

These services are the latest offerings from Symantec Global Services to help customers improve their overall IT risk posture. Symantec BCM offerings include Business Continuity Assessment Services and Business Impact Analysis Services, and provide localised and tailored continuity and disaster recovery services to multinational and local companies.

According to Symantec's white paper titled Business Continuity Essentials, 93% of businesses that suffer significant data loss are no longer in business after five years.

Business continuity management and planning were central themes of a presentation delivered at the third annual Gartner Financial Services Technology Summit last week, says InvestmentNews.

Richard Hunter's presentation, "IT Risk: Turning Business Threats Into Competitive Advantage", suggested that financial advisers ask their firm's broker-dealer and custodial representatives whether they have a continuity plan in place, and find out how well it works.

Advisers should also find out how recently a test of the plan drill was conducted and what the results were, said Hunter, who is a Gartner fellow and a VP at Gartner.

RADA Electronic Industries announced it has received a purchase order exceeding $800 000 to develop and produce major components of a new and revolutionary information disaster recovery solution, says CNNMoney.

The selection of RADA for this programme is attributed to RADA's experience in data storage and management developed for military applications.

Commenting on the order, Zvi Alon, RADA's CEO, said: "RADA is excited to exploit this unique opportunity where we can use our mature technology, developed for military applications, as a potential solution for the growing demand for enterprise information disaster recovery."