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RSS hurricane katrinaHurricane Katrina comms breakdown probed by FCC
News The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has pledged to examine communications infrastructure breakdowns that hampered emergency response and rescue efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, saying it would aid victims of the crisis. [16 Sep 2005]
Real World Disaster Recovery: A disaster like Hurricane Katrina raises important IT questions
White Paper I've been involved in D/R exercises for a variety of customers, and I was also peripherally involved on a D/R event that happened after Hurricane Katrina. From the article in IBM Systems Magazine: "Disaster recovery (D/R) planning and testing has... [08 Apr 2008]
RFID tags used to track Hurricane Katrina dead
News Disaster relief crews are adopting RFID tags to help them identify victims of Hurricane Katrina. The US Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team and health officials in Mississippi's Harrison County are implanting human cadavers with RFID chips... [19 Sep 2005]
A Contact Center Solution From Avaya Keeps Power Customers in Touch, in Spite of Hurricane Katrina
White Paper Responsible for generating and delivering electric power to 2.7 million customers in Southeast Texas and most of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, including New Orleans. The challenge was to enable six geographically-separate call centers to... [18 Apr 2007]
First Katrina web scammer up in court
News A Florida man who collected nearly $40,000 over the web for Hurricane Katrina humanitarian relief was indicted on fraud charges on Monday. Kraser is the first person the US has charged with internet fraud linked to Hurricane Katrina, the US... [04 Oct 2005]
Supercomputers still too slow to forecast storm surges
News Meteorologists have excelled in forecasting the track of Hurricane Katrina and others but they still need technological advances in storm surge prediction, experts told a congressional committee on Tuesday. [21 Sep 2005]
Google launches tools for hurricane relief
News Google has created search tools designed to locate information and people, following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Keywords typed in Katrina Search will return results only from hurricane-related web pages, while Katrina People Search can... [13 Sep 2005]
IBM and Pragmatix Put Technology Infrastructure Out of Harm's Way for Financial Services Company
White Paper Pragmatix, Inc.an IBM Business Partner based in Elmsford, New York, immediately understood what worried the managers of Commonwealth Advisors, Inc.after Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc in Commonwealth's home state of Louisiana in 2005. [26 Apr 2008]
Photos: Google Earth showcases natural disasters
Photo Above is the daunting sight of Hurricane Katrina, as seen by ESA's Envisat satellite, off southern Florida, when it was category one on the Saffir-Simpson scale measuring hurricane intensity on 25 August 2005. [17 Nov 2006]
Microsoft Online Services Customer Story: British Petroleum
White Paper When Hurricane Katrina struck, BP needed quick access to accurate storm information and a complete understanding of its people and facilities. After Hurricane Katrina, BP decided to implement the Hurricane Management System that combines the 3-D... [16 Apr 2008]
US toys with emergency warning system update
News The idea of expanding the warnings to other media appears to have escalated in popularity since Hurricane Katrina and the communications bungles that occurred during the storm. And local and state governments failed to activate it for Hurricane... [21 Jul 2006]
Panel Discussion: Back From the Brink - Lessons Learned on the Front Lines of Disaster
White Paper Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. Less than a month later, Hurricane Rita hit, then Hurricane Wilma. Flood waters ravaged data centers, employees went missing, entire communities were evacuated. [18 Aug 2006]
21st Century School Program Renews Hope: Cisco Helps Rebuild Education in Gulf Region
White Paper Cisco establishes 21st Century School Program to help re-establish the educational infrastructure system after Hurricane Katrina devastates the Gulf Coast Region. [07 Jan 2008]
Don't Get Stuck When the Lights Go Out: Plan for Disaster Recovery Now
White Paper When hurricane Katrina swept through the southeast, e-mail, data storage, networks, data centers, wireless and BlackBerry communications capabilities were all wiped out. Hurricanes, fires, floods and other natural disasters pose unique challenges... [10 Apr 2008]
Devastating Natural Disaster Triggers the Need for Real Asset Management International (RAMI)
White Paper Wink Companies, LLC invested in Real Asset Management International's (RAMI) inventory and tracking management software during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. They wanted to implement an asset tracking and inventory management system, no matter... [28 Mar 2008]
