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Most critical network hubs in lower Manhattan switched over to diesel generators when a power outage began Tuesday night. Internet access and some telephone communications may further deteriorate in the metropolitan New York area unless restrictions on the delivery of diesel fuel are lifted. Electricity and gas were disconnected to prevent fire and explosions in […]

Technology companies with offices in the World Trade Center are nervously trying to account for hundreds of employees who have been missing since the landmark towers collapsed yesterday morning. According to published lists and telephone directories, there were about 15 computer or telecom-related companies with offices in the World Trade Center. The list includes prominent […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –The unprecedented attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon this morning are severely taxing both voice and data networks on the East Coast. Verizon spokesman Harry Mitchell confirmed that his companys network is operational but badly overloaded. “Theres an awful lot of calling going on. We appear to have no disruption […]

An apparent terrorist attack on the World Trade center has crippled communications in New York City this morning. Two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center towers 18 minutes apart. The second airplane crashed while news crews were filming disastrous consequences of the first attack. Wire reports suggest over 1,000 people are injured, two dead. […]

Many companies affected by todays terrorist attacks are now relying on back-up services provided by disaster recovery companies who offer services designed precisely for this eventuality. Out of 5,500 customers service by SunGard, 68 were affected and eight requested their status to be classified as “disasters.” That means all of their operations have been moved […]

New survivor sites are springing up to help those caught in todays terrorist attacks to signal family members that they are alive. A site at safe.millennium.edu gives users the opportunity to input their names and a short message and offers a search engine to those looking for loved ones. Another site at www.shunn.net/okay has already […]

Even wired workers who spend most of their day tuned into the Web say the first place they turned to get news about the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., was television — at least at first. With the major news organization showing dramatic footage of the destruction of the World Trade Center […]

There have been no reports of any coordinated cyberattack on the Internet or other networks — but there could be hacker activity in the wake of the apparent terrorist attacks against the U.S., an Internet security expert said. Michael Cheek, director of intelligence for iDefense, a network security monitoring service based in Fairfax, Va., said […]

A partnership to be announced today, Sept. 11, between leaders in the e-commerce and access management markets means Java developers will have a much simpler time incorporating access and identity control into their applications. BEA Systems and Oblix have created the NetPoint BEA Ready Realm, access control software that lets BEA WebLogic Java 2 Enterprise […]

SAN DIEGO – At the opening day of the annual Wireless I.T. show, its tough to get down to business. The show began on a somber note when Tom Wheeler, the president and CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, which sponsors the event, asked attendees to stand and bow their heads to remember […]

If you have any doubts about why some of the big IT consulting firms and integrators are flourishing despite the poor economy, the answer in a nutshell is outsourcing. This shouldnt come as a surprise to anyone who has been involved in the technology business for any length of time. Typically, whenever the economy tanks, […]