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Sun aims to bolster disaster warning systems

December 14, 2005 Server company teams with Pacific Disaster Center to provide research, analysis and early emergency alerts. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., disaster, server company, Sun Solaris, nation, project, analysis, server

Innovations battle natural calamities

December 9, 2005 Scientists hope integrating cutting-edge technology projects will help predict and mitigate natural disasters. TAGS: Google Earth, National LambdaRail, optical network, scientist, disaster, Google Inc., satellite, project, researcher

Citywide Wi-Fi network put to test in Minneapolis

August 8, 2007 Aftermath of Minnesota bridge collapse tests effectiveness of citywide Wi-Fi in an emergency for the first time. TAGS: Minneapolis, collapse, Wi-Fi network, disaster, Wi-Fi, city, consultant, cell phone, blog

Earthquake fears prompt business continuity

April 18, 2006 Planning for the worst case means keeping communications lines open and planning for a vast amount of IT redundancy. TAGS: business continuity, business continuity planning, Bay Area, San Francisco, disaster, disaster recovery, data center, bank, information technology

Hurricane drives interest in online backups

September 2, 2005 Online backup firms report a post-Katrina increase in sales--and data being moved to new servers away from the flood zone. TAGS: online backup, hurricane, uptick, disaster, backup, California, New Orleans, increase, location, CEO, server

Salesforce CEO calls site outages unavoidable

January 18, 2006 Disruptions are expected to become less frequent with new data-redundancy technology, CEO Marc Benioff says. TAGS: Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com Inc., mirroring, outage, database software, disaster, CEO, database, San Francisco

Police probe nixes teen's tsunami effort

January 4, 2005 Misguided request for donations was made in "good faith," police say. Still, security firms are watching for phishing schemes. TAGS: teen, disaster, police, phishing, victim, Sophos Plc., virus, e-mail

Tech firms asked for earthquake relief

October 11, 2005 Pakistani business groups in United States call on high-tech industry for donations in aftermath of catastrophic earthquake. TAGS: Pakistan, firm, relief, disaster, worker, U.S., India, founder, California, software company

eBay sales of military rations scrutinized

February 17, 2006 "Meals, Ready to Eat" meant for military, disasters. So why are cases turning up on eBay? TAGS: eBay Inc., seller, military, Hurricane Katrina, food, disaster, organization, activity, spokesman, law

FCC examines Katrina disaster response

September 15, 2005 Agency pledges to study communications failures during the disaster and proposes a targeted $211 million relief fund. TAGS: disaster management, crisis, agency, disaster, Hurricane Katrina, BellSouth Corp., communication

Year in review: Stellar adventures, earthly worries

December 31, 2005 In 2005, the Space Shuttle returned to orbit, but bird flu and big storms sounded an uneasy note. TAGS: robotics, disaster, Artificial Intelligence, Hurricane Katrina, scientist

Indian call centers struggle amid flood

August 1, 2005 Flooding continues in Mumbai, India's financial capital, and the home of many Western companies' call and support centers. TAGS: Mumbai, ATM, call-center, outsourcing, New Delhi, Citigroup Inc., disaster, city

Tools for the ultimate high-tech survival kit

September 30, 2005 For the planner with money to burn, plenty of high-tech devices can be added to a good disaster-survival kit. High-tech tools for coping with disaster TAGS: membrane, blanket, fabric, nanotechnology, disaster, water, kit, food, virus

Tech vs. Mother Nature

October 21, 2005 When disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes strike, high tech often proves just how fragile it can be. TAGS: phone network, BellSouth Corp., hurricane, cellular provider, disaster, Hurricane Katrina, cable company, power, office, mobile phone, AT&T Corp., IP, U.S., battery

Recovery firms spring to action during storm

August 29, 2005 As Hurricane Katrina pummeled the Gulf Coast, large organizations look to a backup means for sending messages and storing e-mail. TAGS: MessageOne, business continuity, storm, outage, Hurricane Katrina, disaster, organization, New Orleans, backup, PDA, message, e-mail, server, HP

Warnings out on Hurricane Rita scams

September 23, 2005 As the hurricane barrels down on the Gulf Coast, security experts are bracing to combat the online donation fraud expected to follow. TAGS: scam, Gulf Coast, disaster, security, e-mail
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