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IT sector to fashion disaster response and recover plan
The U.S. IT sector governing council wants to define and tighten the sector’s disaster recovery and business continuity procedures
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Eagle, WCC in satellite communication collaboration
The conventional communication infrastructure collapsed during Katrina; the only system that worked was satellite communication, and two companies now join to offer that technology to emergency crews
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Slow Q4 sales affect Strategic Diagnostics' 2005 financial results
A company offering sophisticated solutions for water and food quality monitoring suffers as a result of decline in large U.S. water monitoring projects
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The long view
Scientists Find Evolutionary Explanation for “Irrational” Dread Risk Behavior
People often respond to low-probability, high-consequence events like terror attacks or nuclear accidents with a Dread Risk response, leading them to engage in extreme avoidance behavior, which often exposes them to higher risk of dying in more common incidents like traffic accidents.