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Utility Aims To Reduce Outages With Costly Transmission Project
January 3, 2013 10:43 am | CommentsConnecticut Light & Power is proposing a 115,000-volt underground transmission line about 1.5 miles that will connect two substations in the city. Critics who said CL&P, a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, restored power too slowly after powerful storms in 2011 urged the utility to bury lines to avoid power outages.
Unitrends Reports Explosive Growth, High Customer Satisfaction In 2012
January 3, 2013 10:35 am | CommentsUnitrends, the leading provider of all-in-one backup, archiving, instant recovery and disaster recovery solutions, today announced that the company experienced double digit revenue growth in 2012 -- the best year in the company's 24-year history.
Gun Debate Revives Enduring American Fight
January 3, 2013 10:03 am | by LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press | CommentsThe debate now under way underscores how different guns are from other social issues -- how this topic is not just about you, but about us. In a world of weaponry unimaginable to the people who came up with the Second Amendment, how do you strike the right balance between the individual's right to bear arms and the government's role in protecting the public?
CMS Announces First-Ever USB 3.0 500 Gigabyte Laptop Self-Encrypting Drive
January 3, 2013 9:41 am | CommentsAs enterprises make mission-critical data available to employees, they also must consider legal and compliance regulations in their respective industries. Many organizations are required by law to be in compliance with data protection standards. CMS’s new CE Secure DiskVault USB 3.0 helps ensure that companies meet regulations such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and more.
Palestinians Say 9 Dead From Swine Flu Outbreak
January 3, 2013 9:17 am | CommentsDeputy Health Minister Asad Ramlawi also said Monday more than 225 people have been infected by the H1N1 influenza strain, known as swine flu. He said more than 25,000 vaccinations have been administered this year to prevent it. The West Bank has 2.5 million residents.
Telepresence Robots Let Employees 'Beam' Into Work
January 2, 2013 5:35 pm | by TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press | CommentsTelepresence-robot makers are trying to bridge that gap with wheeled machines — controlled over wireless Internet connections — that give remote workers a physical presence in the workplace. The robots could let managers inspect overseas factories, salespeople greet store customers, family members check on elderly relatives or art lovers tour foreign museums.
xMatters Takes Silver Honors For The 2012 Davey Awards
December 27, 2012 10:34 am | CommentsxMatters won Silver honors for their integrated marketing campaign that focuses on a new approach to connect with current and future clients. With innovative and creative mailers, emails and webinars, xMatters is investing in their markets, educating participants on a new view into enterprise communications.
Storm Spawns Tornadoes, Brings Snow To Northeast
December 27, 2012 9:40 am | by DAN SEWELL & HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press | CommentsA powerful winter storm brought snow to inland parts of the Northeast and driving rain and wind to areas along the coast Thursday, after it swept through the nation's middle, dumping a record snowfall in Arkansas and spawning Gulf Coast region tornadoes.
2 NY Firefighters Thankful For Surviving Ambush
December 27, 2012 9:30 am | by GEORGE M. WALSH, Associated Press | CommentsAuthorities said Spengler set a car on fire and touched off an "inferno" in his Webster home on a strip of land along the Lake Ontario shore, took up a sniper's position and opened fire on the first firefighters to arrive at about 5:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve.
How Prepared Can We Be For Active Shooter Events?
December 26, 2012 3:52 pm | by PAULINE ARRILLAGA, AP National Writer | CommentsEven as we struggle to figure out what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School — who did what and why — the sad frequency of attacks by men with guns is creating a growing school of thought based on a simple premise: Be ready for the bullets.
Top 10 Transformational Impacts Of The Cloud In 2013
December 26, 2012 1:26 pm | CommentsIn 2013 the cloud will continue to forge a massive convergence of technologies -- similar to the evolution of the cell phone to the smart phone. "The lines between platform as a service (PaaS) and cloud services brokerages will blur into a conceptual operating system for the 'Web as a platform'."
Iran Media Report New Cyberattack By Stuxnet Worm
December 26, 2012 1:13 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsTuesday's report by ISNA quotes provincial civil defense chief Ali Akbar Akhavan as saying the virus targeted a power plant and some other industries in Hormozgan province in recent months. Akhavan says Iranian computer experts were able to "successfully stop" the worm.
Netflix Suffers Outage, Blames Amazon
December 26, 2012 12:56 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsNetflix service has been fully restored after a Christmas Eve outage denied many the opportunity to stream video on TVs, tablets and PCs. The company, which is based in Los Gatos, California, blames problems with Amazon Web Services, and says it is investigating further.
JetBlue Names New Business Continuity Leader
December 26, 2012 12:09 pm | CommentsMr. Battaglia will assume responsibility for the airline's JetForward Program, the largest single multi-year strategic initiative in Operations to improve core technology used in planning, running and recovering JetBlue's operation within System Operations.
92K Missourians Affected By Insurance Data Breach
December 18, 2012 1:04 pm | CommentsState officials say the personal information of more than 92,000 Missourians was accessed by potential identity thieves who hacked the computer systems of Nationwide Insurance, which also does business as Allied Insurance. Missouri's insurance director says the breach affected the records of people who got quotes for auto insurance after August 2011.
