If the question about tornadoes comes up at his Oklahoma City data center, as it sometimes does, Todd Currie, vice president of operations and general manager at Perimeter Technology, has answers. He even has a cutout sample of his roof to ...
Tags: Tornadoes, Data Centers, Oklahoma
When a utility responds quickly in the wake of a natural disaster, it can make a world of difference for affected residents who need to feel secure and see progress on the path back to normalcy. As Superstorm Sandy struck the East Coast ...
Tags: LED Lighting, GE LED Lighting
Xylem Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a $2.9 million contract from the Beijing Drainage Group (BDG) to install Xylem?s Flygt pumps in 19 pumping stations in downtown Beijing. The new Flygt submersible centrifugal sewage pumps ...
Tags: Pump, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
Brazil-based mining giant Vale has reduced its coal export forecast from Mozambique by 30 percent, due to heavy rainfall affecting mining activities in Tete Province in February, according to African Press Agency. Accordingly, the company ...
Tags: Vale, Coal, Mozambique Mine
There are some very specific problems that need to be overcome when dealing with produced waters from offshore oil and gas production. In the first of a series of three articles, oil industry expert David Robinson discusses the treatment ...
Time is running out to enter this year’s UK Packaging Awards, the UK’s most prestigious packaging awards ceremony, with the entry deadline of 31 May fast approaching Entries are already flooding in for the Awards, which ...
Tags: Packaging&Printing, UK, Packaging Awards
“In a disturbing report, the Federal Reserve announced that U.S. industrial production (manufacturing, mining, and utilities) contracted by 0.6 percent after strong gains in February and March,” said Cliff Waldman, senior ...
Colleges and universities are being encouraged to scrutinize their systems to keep them from being hijacked in DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks. The Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center ...
The combination of highly virtualised environments inside enterprise networks, along with an explosion of mobile traffic, are exposing the limitations of existing networks, and driving the need for a new era of dynamic and scalable networks ...
Tags: Cloud, Computer Products, software
The Gorman-Rupp Company reports that its Patterson Pump Company subsidiary has been reaffirmed as the supplier of pumps for the Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps (PCCP) project with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District. ...
LED lighting has been flooding the market as the alternative to the outdated incandescent and a pleasant upgrade from the mercury based CFL light bulb. Some consumers have strayed from incorporating the LED light bulb into their home simply ...
Tags: LEDs, Lighting, LED lighting
Many U.S. tech companies are pushing hard this year for an increase in the number of high-skill immigrants allowed into the country, but many veteran IT workers question their motives for wanting to increase the number of visas under the ...
Tags: Tech Firms, iT Veterans
With states in the Midwest bracing for flooding and a rare May snowstorm predicted in the Plains states, other parts of the country have been unusually dry this spring. It's been a tough start to the growing season for some lawns. During ...
Tags: Agriculture
Sandy slammed into the mid-Atlantic region. A new Consumer Reports survey documents the deep disruption and devastation Sandy wrought, along with highlighting the steps that helped victims cope in its aftermath. The Consumer Reports ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomed publication of the 2013 Special 301 Report by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). The Special 301 Report is an annual assessment of global intellectual property ...