IDG News Service - Cellular telecom carriers spent Saturday working to restore wireless service to customers across the U.S. northeast, which is just beginning to pick itself up from the battering it suffered earlier in the week from ...
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Some very techie words have been very popular this year. And just to prove it, the Oxford American Dictionaries announced its Word of the Year, along with a techy-flavored list of runner-ups this week. So, drum roll, please. The Word of ...
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CIO - Hurricane Sandy left devastation in its wake, first pounding the Caribbean and then pummeling the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the U.S. People and businesses are now struggling to get back on their feet. As a CIO or IT ...
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National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay issued the following statement on news that the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance agreed to extend their contract negotiations for an ...
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Zac Christensen, 16, admits he was "a little bummed." "Just at first," he said. "But not once I thought about it." Instead of piling gifts under the Christmas tree this year, his parents, Janice and Jason Christensen, of Downers Grove, ...
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4t Networks would like to encourage businesses in Florida to be prepared for hurricane season with a good disaster recovery and backup plan. Those living in Florida already know just how devastating a hurricane can be to a business ...
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Popular online social networking site Tumblr was ravaged on Monday by an Internet worm that spewed racist and inflammatory messages across thousands of user accounts. The malicious hacking group known as GNAA claimed responsibility. The ...
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Parts of New York City received mandatory evacuation notices from the mayor's office as Hurricane Sandy moved toward shore Monday. Along with other businesses in the city's financial district, the New York Stock Exchange voluntarily shut ...
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Data recovery experts have been busy in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which left a slew of data centers underwater, damaging equipment and posing a significant threat to business-critical data. Apparently disregarding weather forecasters' ...
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NORCROSS, GA, November 01, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- 4t Networks encourages businesses in Louisiana to be prepared for hurricane season with a disaster recovery service. Hurricanes can wreak havoc on your data and server uptime that can ...
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Federal initiatives to make more spectrum available for mobile services are likely to take off running after President Barack Obama's re-election on Tuesday, a member of a presidential technology commission said. The government is trying ...
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4t Networks recommends that business owners in South Carolina prepare for hurricane season by implementing a disaster recovery plan. For organizations unprepared with a backup and disaster recovery plan, a hurricane can destroy your ...
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wo monolithic buildings in lower Manhattan that serve as major network hubs for the U.S. are operating on generator power, thanks to Hurricane Sandy. The buildings, known as carrier hotels, are a 2.9 million square foot structure at 111 ...
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Anheuser-Busch will begin packaging 44,000 cases of emergency drinking water—or 1,056,000 cans—this week for residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy and other natural disasters. More than 4,000 cases of canned water are already en ...
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Companies that specialize in data recovery are still getting many calls for help from businesses and institutions whose equipment was damaged by the effects of Hurricane Sandy. There are multiple efforts underway by services firms to ...
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