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Joplin Tornado Survivors Seek Katrina Lessons
March 5, 2012 5:39 pm | by ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press | Commentshe group came to help rebuild a city still struggling to find its way more than six years after Hurricane Katrina, and to learn some disaster recovery lessons they can take back to their own storm-ravaged Missouri community.
AT&T Disaster Recovery Exercise Simulates Network Emergency Near Landfall Of Hurricane Katrina
March 5, 2012 5:18 pm | CommentsThe exercises simulate the loss of a network office due to disaster and are designed to test, refine and strengthen AT&T's business continuity and disaster recovery services in order to minimize network downtime.
Never Log Into Voicemail Again
March 5, 2012 4:15 pm | CommentsLeaving for a business trip or taking a couple days off work often leaves an employee with that odd feeling there is something else they need to do. A common and often overlooked task is changing their personalized voicemail greeting. Now Mutare has an app for that!
2012 Continuity Insights Management Conference
February 28, 2012 11:13 am | CommentsThe Continuity Insights Management Conference is the premiere event for strategic business continuity discussion, offering unmatched opportunities to learn and network.
Second Student Dies In Ohio School Shooting
February 28, 2012 7:20 am | by THOMAS J. SHEERAN, Associated Press | CommentsClasses will fully resume Friday in the school district where a student is accused of opening fire in a cafeteria, killing two students and wounding three others. A juvenile court hearing for suspect T.J. Lane is set for Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Cleveland suburb is trying to heal by offering grief counseling to students, staff and others at area schools, officials said at a news conference.
5 Percent Of Tsunami Debris Could Reach N. America
February 28, 2012 3:32 am | by AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press | CommentsTsunamis generated by the magnitude-9 earthquake in Japan last March dragged 3 million to 4 million tons of debris into the ocean after tearing up Japanese harbors and homes. Scientists believe ocean currents are carrying some of the lumber, refrigerators, fishing boats and other objects across the Pacific toward the United States.
1 Dead, 4 Wounded In Ohio High School Shooting
February 27, 2012 7:53 pm | by THOMAS J. SHEERAN, Associated Press | CommentsA teenager opened fire in the cafeteria at a suburban Cleveland high school Monday, killing one student and wounding four others before he was chased from the building by a teacher and captured a short distance away, authorities said. A student who saw the attack up close said it appeared that the gunman targeted a group of students sitting together and that the one who was killed was gunned down while trying to duck under the cafeteria table.
Conference Organizers Reveal Contingency Plans To Address Striking Workers
February 27, 2012 7:39 pm | CommentsWorkers from TMB, the main public operator for the metro and municipal buses in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, have announced plans to strike during Mobile World Congress, which will be held 27th February through 1st March 2012. Negotiations between the government and the unions continue in an effort to resolve the issues.
Meet Megaupload's Kim Dotcom
February 27, 2012 7:02 pm | by NICK PERRY, Associated Press | CommentsOn his way up, he fooled them all: judges, journalists, investors and companies. Then the man who renamed himself Kim Dotcom finally did it. With an outsized ego and an eye for get-rich schemes, he parlayed his modest computing skills into an empire, becoming the fabulously wealthy computer maverick he had long claimed to be.
Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Now Bat Flu? Human Risk Unclear
February 27, 2012 6:41 pm | by MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer | CommentsFor the first time, scientists have found evidence of flu in bats, reporting a never-before-seen virus whose risk to humans is unclear. The surprising discovery of genetic fragments of a flu virus is the first well-documented report of it in the winged mammals. So far, scientists haven't been able to grow it, and it's not clear if — or how well — it spreads.
Tornado Season Looms, But Forecasting A Challenge
February 27, 2012 5:56 pm | by SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer | CommentsTornado season is starting, but don't ask meteorologists how bad it will be this spring and summer. They don't know. They're having a hard enough time getting a fix on the likely path of storms expected in the next 48 hours. The very nature of tornadoes makes them the wildcard of weather disasters. It's just hard to figure when and where they'll appear.
IceWEB Releases 'IceSTORM 3.0' Operating System For Fast & Easy Management Of Unified Storage Appliances
February 27, 2012 5:22 am | CommentsNow shipping standard on all IceWEB unified storage appliances at no additional cost, IceSTORM provides all of the enterprise-scale capabilities needed to provision, manage, and optimize IceWEB storage arrays as well as any other storage arrays on the same storage area network (SAN). In addition, IceSTORM provides all the data protection needed to ensure the high availability and disaster recovery organizations need, all much more affordable than traditional storage hardware and software vendors.
Siemens Introduces New Flexible, Scalable Intelligent Fire Systems
February 27, 2012 5:06 am | CommentsSiemens Building Technologies Division announced today the introduction of its new CerberusT PRO and DesigoT Fire Safety portfolios-advanced fire system panels and smoke detectors for small to mid-size applications. Whether customers are seeking a fire system or an integrated fire safety solution from their local Siemens branch, or a turnkey fire system installed by a Siemens' Authorized Distributor, Desigo Fire Safety and Cerberus PRO portfolios (respectively) provide facility owners and system specifiers comprehensive fire protection technology that guarantees immunity from false alarms.
4.0 Earthquake In Missouri Shakes 9 States
February 21, 2012 5:08 am | CommentsThe U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 4.0 earthquake was centered near the town of East Prairie, Mo. Geological Survey geophysicist Amy Vaughan says several people in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee reported being awakened by the quake that happened at 3:58 a.m. A few residents of North Carolina, Alabama, Indiana and Georgia also felt it.
Big Questions Still Unanswered In Thai Terror Plot
February 21, 2012 5:06 am | by TODD PITMAN, Associated Press | CommentsIt began when three men blew up their house accidentally on Valentine's Day in Bangkok. It ended with a gory scene that looked more like Baghdad: a bloodied, would-be bomber with severed legs moaning on a glass-strewn sidewalk after another botched blast. Last week's explosions in the Thai capital announced the apparent arrival of international terrorists in this Southeast Asian nation, revealing a plot allegedly aimed against Israeli diplomats. But big questions remain about who was behind the plot, and why.
