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Egenera receives disaster recovery patent
Massachusetts company designs a disaster recovery solution which simplifies moving entire groups of servers, including their storage and network connections, to remote sites
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E-mail disaster recovery niche market growing
E-mail disaster recovery market will reach $635 million by end of 2007, and $887 million by 2011
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Congressional panel to recommend extending TRIA with modifications
Few programs arouse as much debate — and split the insurance industry — as the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA); House panel recommends extension of TRIA, but with modofications
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Decision on on 700 MHz nears
The need for emergency communication interoperability has prompted calls for using part of the 700 MHz band for public safety; industry heavyweights object, and the FCC is divided
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Pennsylvania offers itself as safe alternative to Wall Street
Governor Ed Rendell spearheads a campaign to persuade Wall Street companies to locate their back offices in the Poconos, arguing that it is far enough from New York to be outside a nuclear blast zone
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Online security experts in legal gray area
Laws hampers the ability of online security experts do their job dilligently and effectively — not a good thing when the use of Web-based applications grows by leaps and bounds
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Search and rescure robot competition
DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate sponsors fourth search and rescue robot competition next week
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Maker of innovative disaster recovery tool launches U.S. operations
Continuity Software opens Boston and New York offices with a bang: If the company’s application does not help disaster recovery work better, customers will not be charged a dime
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Shortage of RFID-skilled lessens, but still a problem
There is a boom in the use of RFID technology, but the very radpidity of the technology’s proliferation has brought about shortage in skilled RFID-skilled technicians
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U.S. recommends commercial technologies for communication interoperability
While the debate on emergency communication interoperability continues, the U.S. Commerce Department recommends that the federal, state, and local public safety community consider using commercial technologies
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IBM acquires Watchfire
Worries about corporate security and compliance are rising, and IBM plans to incorporate Watchfire’s solutions into Rational software and Tivoli
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Chrysler hacker convicted
Digruntled Chrysler contractor hacks company’s wirless parts distribution network
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Congress moves to protect phone records
Congress considers a bill, and the FCC tightens regulatory requirements on telecoms better to safeguard personal data, but industry says the cost is too high
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Dartmouth launches WMD respone simulation software
Sixteen hour course teaches first responders basic and advanced technqiues in handling WMD and explosive-related emergencies
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HHS launched flu pandemic blog
Sixteen experts in business, health care, and community organizers convene for a lively on-line discussion
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The long view
Strengthening School Violence Prevention
Violence by K-12 students is disturbingly common. Ensuring that schools have effective ways to identify and prevent such incidents is becoming increasingly important. Expanding intervention options and supporting K-12 school efforts in Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM) would help.
Huge Areas May Face Possibly Fatal Heat Waves if Warming Continues
A new assessment warns that if Earth’s average temperature reaches 2 degrees C over the preindustrial average, widespread areas may become too hot during extreme heat events for many people to survive without artificial cooling.
Trump’s Cuts to Federal Wildfire Crews Could Have “Scary” Consequences
President Donald Trump’s moves to slash the federal workforce have gutted the ranks of wildland firefighters and support personnel, fire professionals warn, leaving communities to face deadly consequences when big blazes arrive this summer. States, tribes and fire chiefs are preparing for a fire season with minimal federal support.