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EMC: Big Data EMC rolled out three new high-end storage systems in a refresh of its Symmetrix 8000 Enterprise Storage family. The new systems include the Symmetrix 8830, which holds up to 69.5 terabytes of data in a single cabinet and is the highest-capacity storage device in the industry, the company claims. EMC also introduced […]

Where circuit-switched networks failed, IP pipes saved the day – at least for companies that knew how to use them. The diverse routing features of voice-over IP helped loved ones get through to Manhattan in the hours after the World Trade Center towers collapsed when wireless and circuit-switched calls rang fast busy. But it may […]

HARLINGEN, Texas – In a small adobe complex of apartments and offices minutes north of the Mexican border, Fergus Kear, an Indiana attorney, sits in a vinyl chair in a clean, quiet room as an IV drips an unregulated, untested formula of herbal compounds into his veins. He is in the advanced stages of melanoma, […]

When the whole world heard New York and Washington, D.C., had been attacked, the whole world called New York and Washington to ask, “Are you OK?” And the nations public switched telephone network answered exactly as it was supposed to, blocking incoming calls to make room for critical emergency communications and outgoing calls. When the […]

As the tragic events of last week unfolded, Americans turned to the World Wide Web to reach friends, family and colleagues; search out more in-depth news; share gossip and theories not offered by the major news networks; and launch online efforts to help those affected by the tragedy. The Web gained strength as a communications […]

Last weeks terrorist attacks proved brute force cant destroy information-age companies, because their infrastructure is virtual and backed up using several methods to ensure reliability. In the aftermath of the suicide plane crashes into New Yorks financial district, hundreds of companies remained operational – even the World Trade Centers largest tenant, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter […]

Attempts to give government agents cybersurveillance tools and better access to the keys that decrypt sophisticated private networks are likely to reignite on Capitol Hill as the subject of terrorism captivates lawmakers. Privacy, free speech, even the competitiveness of the domestic software industry could be greatly affected by the outcome of any new policy approaches […]

If there were any lingering doubts about the importance of the Internet in American life and business, none remain. As the World Trade Center towers toppled to the ground and the Pentagon lay burning, the network of networks proved true to its roots: The Internet stayed operational in the face of massive demand, with few […]

Corporate altruism is replacing shock as some tech companies offer free services and bandwidth to businesses affected by last weeks attacks. Telseon, in Englewood, Colo., has offered up to 100 megabits per second of free bandwidth and colocation space to companies in the New York area that lost telecommunications. “Telseon is dedicated to offering assistance […]

As telephone circuits overloaded in the aftermath of last weeks terrorist attacks, David Farber – former chief technologist of the Federal Communications Commission – kept in close contact with his son in New York through instant messages. The Net, he said, “worked beautifully, just the way it was supposed to work.” But the computer technology […]