Monthly Archives: September 2001
FBI Warns Of Cyberattacks
Owners of communications infrastructure including commercial and enterprise networks and data centers should be in a state of heightened alert against potential cyberattacks, say...
Update: Tech Victims – The Growing List
Prominent technology workers who lost their lives in this weeks terrorist attacks:Anna Wilson Allison, 48, president of A2 Software SolutionsMyra Aronson, 52, analyst relations...
After Disaster, Trucks, Tokens Power Financial Transactions
Large financial firms that lost employees and office space in Tuesdays disaster in New York were able to carry on business from "mirrored" sites...
Oracle Quietly Announces Q1 Profit – 2
Oracle Corp. late Thursday quietly issued a marginally successful earnings report for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2002.In a press release posted...
False Alarms, Real Damage Affect Networking
A heightened sense of security, physical damage to the telecommunications infrastructure and conflicting information flowing out of New York together are making the task...
At Least Four Tech Execs Dead In Attacks
At least four executives of high-technology companies were on airplanes that crashed into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon on Tuesday, Sept....
N+I Show Floor Shut Down Following Attacks
ATLANTA -- Telecom networking vendors faced an even more subdued atmosphere than anticipated at the NetWorld+Interop convention here following Tuesdays terrorist attacks in New...
Quirks of Fate: One Mans Escape from WTC
The moment Roy Bell hit the elevator button on the 78th floor of One World Trade Center to go to the 102nd floor, the...
Taleban Site Hacked
A Web site allegedly hosting Taleban-related information was hacked overnight, crippling the organizations communications and re-opening debate about whether national security concerns outweigh the...
Web Becomes Key Interface For Airlines
When the nations two largest airlines learned that four of their aircraft had become weapons of terrorists, their online resources faced their most severe...