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E-mail downtimes are not acceptable
SIR - E-mail is now a business critical application so why is it that most companies cannot boast 100% e-mail uptime over the past month, let alone year?! It's fair to say that not only is e-mail now consuming a disproportionate amount of IT resource to keep it going, but ...
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PAS 56 to be a full Standard
The British Standards Institution's (BSI) Business Information Division has announced that PAS 56:2003 - the development document put together to address business continuity management issues - is to become a British Standard (BS 25999-1:2006 Code of Practice for Business Continuity Management) before the end of the year.
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GMB and G4S sign "landmark" Union Recognition Agreement
The GMB Trade Union representing workers in the security sector has signed an agreement with leading solutions provider G4S Security Services (UK) which recognises the GMB as "an appropriate union" to represent the interests of G4S's 15,500 UK-based security officers.
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Archive TitlesBSIA: at the hub of IFSEC 2006
THE BRITISH SECURITY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION will be heavily involved at this year's IFSEC Exhibition, which runs from 8-11 May at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre (NEC). The Association will be providing end users and security companies alike with industry information, as well as hosting the ever-popular International Visitors' Lounge. ...
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SMT backs Conflict Professional Conference and Awards 2006
Maybo has been instrumental in establishing a new company - Conflict Professional - to provide a ‘development hub' for all security, risk and Health and Safety practitioners with an interest in conflict management. Brian Sims previews ConflictPro's inaugural two-day conference to be held in June, for which Security Management Today ...
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Archive TitlesHealing the wounds of 9/11:SMT visits the United States
CCTV solutions provider Pelco has played a huge role in supporting the victims of 9/11, at the same time continuing to develop high quality surveillance systems - including an IP-based offering - for security managers in the corporate sector. Brian Sims reports on Security Management Today's recent fact-finding mission to ...
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Archive TitlesAppointments
Security Management Today keeps you up-to-date with all the latest people moves in the security sector
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Archive TitlesWorkplace
Employment conditions must change if the industry is to attract more graduates, says Richard Lawrance, MD of recruitment consultant Resourcing Solutions
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Windmills or Windscale?
The construction sector is often criticised for being fragmented and not speaking with one voice.
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Archive TitlesTaking a tip from the termites
A new glasshouse at kew has harnessed technology inspired by termites to maintain temperatures in an eco-friendly way.
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If you want quality you have to spend
In response to C T Wareing's letter in the March issue I would like to state that my original letter made no criticism of Chris Blythe's performance of his duties as chief executive of CIOB, neither was any intended.
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Not our problem
When I started looking into this month's cover story about poorly paid Polish workers, someone told me I was being naïve.
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Upcoming one-day seminars
Ground-Coupled, Energy Systems, 10 May. Event Theatre at the Keyworth Centre, London South Bank University, Keyworth Street, SE1 Ground-coupled energy systems are moving into the mainstream as a means of providing desirable, highly comfortable buildings without incurring unnecessary carbon emissions. This seminar will provide detailed information on the variety of ...
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Archive TitlesWho's moved where?
Faber Maunsell has appointed Paul Scot as director of fire and risk consulting.
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Archive TitlesShow me the money
The european union has millions to spend on research. CM looks at A new group charged with improving UK construction's woeful record on winning funding
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Time is money
Leyton FC's ground, in Lea Bridge Road, E10, London, was situated alongside the Morris Minor Car Centre until 2000.
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Archive TitlesOne man's meat...
New research shows that, when it comes to making efficiencies, what works in some parts of the construction process can have disastrous consequences for the final outcome.
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New low-carbon register launched
CIBSE has launched its Register of Low Carbon Consultants at this year's National Conference.
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The knowledge
Lessons from uruguay, leadership masterclasses and the £60,000 house challenge results