Influenza
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Chipping away at avian flu
News STMicroelectronics and Veredus Laboratories unveil a "world-first" chip to identify within two hours influenza strains including the deadly H5N1.
Tags: Components, Business applications
Google joins Xerox as a verb
News Yahoo may need a Band-Aid or a Kleenex. Its rival has been officially ensconced in Merriam-Webster's--and the OED.
Distributed computing loses luster
News Popular Power, one of a host of start-ups hoping to capitalize on the collective number-crunching abilities of the Internet, throws in the towel.
No blood test for influenza
Blogs There is no such thing as a blood test for influenza. If you've been searching for one, you can stop. Influenza is a...
Sample influenza business continuity plan
Blogs My colleague and fellow IAEM Asia member Chew Lip Heng and I started writing a sample corporate incident action plan (IA...
Is Tamiflu 'better' than Relenza?
Blogs I can find no clinical evidence that Roche's Tamiflu is more effective than GlaxoSmithKline's less-prescribed Relenza ag...
Medical supplies for a pandemic
Blogs What supplies should you acquire to prepare your office for an epidemic of mutated avian influenza? The same supplies...
Tags: Business security, Business Strategies & Functions, Business planning
Favorite flu fighters: Tamiflu or Relenza?
Blogs update A new version of this article, updated in May 2009, is available at Is Tamiflu "better" than Relenza? I can fi...
Tags: Business security, Business Strategies & Functions, Business planning
Phishing with swine flu as bait
News Experts say beware e-mail from strangers that reference swine flu and could contain links to malicious sites or harbor data stealing code in attachments.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, PC security, Data security, Phishing, Ironport Systems Inc., antivirus, phone, e-mail, Symantec Corp.
Companies plan for possible swine flu pandemic
News There's no telling how bad the swine flu outbreak will be, but experts say companies should be preparing for the worst.
Tags: Crisis communications, Database management, Employee, Mobile, Plan, Sprint Communications, Gartner Inc., Crisis communications, network, health care
India influenza outbreak portends pandemic
Blogs An epidemic of avian influenza in West Bengal, India has the Indian "government in panic mode", according to the Times o...
Unmasking the truth about influenza masks
Blogs Updated 5 October 2009 See footnotes. Wearing an N95 mask will not prevent you from getting influenza, and buying mul...
Singapore Exchange proposes BCM rules
Blogs Singapore Exchange (SGX) has issued proposed business rules on business continuity for public comment. The rules are lik...
Singapore pandemic will spread Aug. 28 to Sep. 11
Blogs Singapore's financial sector industry-wide exercise (IWE) will run from Thursday, Aug 28 to Friday, Sep 11, 2008. There ...
Listen, I'm begging you...
Blogs Every company has employees it considers "critical" or "key". What if some of yours refused to come to the office during...
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions
