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Eminent domain hobbles Kansas recovery efforts
Eminent domain legislation was meant to protect property owners from the heavy hand of government, but in Kansas it prevents post-floods recovery efforts
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"Virtualization": IT managers look beyond server consolidation
Virtualization helps enterprises collapse their data center footprint and thus reduce all of the costs that go along with it
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House passes 911 bill
Bill facilitates migration from today’s 911 system to a IP-based 911 system to enable the public to access 911 from anywhere, anytime, and from any device
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AT&T acquires portion of 700 MHz for $2.5 billion
The 700 MHz spectrum is being vacated by TV operators, and telcoms — but also Google — vie for a portion of the valuable band; FCC to allocate portion of band for public safety
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U.K. data decryption law takes effect
As of Monday, a controversial new British law allows authorities to demand that individuals and businesses to decrypt data sought in police investigations
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Verizon Business deploys satellite network for U.S. Postal Service
The $25 million contract calls for Verizon to deploy system to provide communications for about 5,000 Postal Service sites; prepositioned assets will help during disasters
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India-Pakistan nuclear war would cause global mass starvation
An India-Pakistan nuclear war involving 100 Hisroshima-size bombs would lead to a reduction of 1.25°C in the average temperature at the earth’s surface for several years, cutting annual grain growing season in the world by 10-20 days; hundreds of millions would starve
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Climate change burdens insurance industry
Climate changes cause ever-more-severe fires, hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters; these disasters accounted for 88 percent of all property losses paid by insurers from 1980 through 2005; it is only going to get worse, and insurance companies had better prepare
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Largest, most comprehensive counterterrorism exercise to date
DHS will conduct its TOPOFF 4 exercise on 15-19 October; emphasis to be placed on prevention, mass decontamination, long-term recovery and remediation, and partnerships and communications with international allies
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Mexico City commemorates 1985 disaster with earthquake drill
Nearly 25,000 died in Mexico City’s earthquake 22 years ago; city commemorates with a large drill in which 3 million residents participate
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New York City to pilot comprehensive emergency notification system
NYC signs up a Houston, Texas company to deploy an emeregency notification system based on messages being sent via cell broadcast
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Mechanical mole seeks out disaster survivors under collapsed buildings
Robots already roll, walk, slither, and even “swarm” to locate or help survivors, so why not dig and burrow? University of Manchester rsearchers build a digging robot which imitates the common European mole
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IT is too important to leave to IT specialists
How and why the IT function needs to change its relationship with the business
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Verizon extends DOS service to Asia
Denial of Serivce (DOS) is a popular form of cyberattacks directed at companies; Ceirzon already offered U.S. and European companies an enhanced DoS protection service, and it now extends the service to Asia
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The long view
Trump Aims to Shut Down State Climate Policies
President Donald Trump has launched an all-out legal attack on states’ authority to set climate change policy. Climate-focused state leaders say his administration has no legal basis to unravel their efforts.