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'Business
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Covad Wireless, a subsidiary of Covad Communications Group, Inc., a leading US provider of integrated voice and data communications, announced at the Spring 2008 Channel Partners Conference & Expo that it has expanded its portfolio of business continuity solutions by combining fixed broadband wireless Super-T with Backup DSL service. This service provides business customers in California with a powerful alternative to standalone cable, DSL or T1 services, by including a backup connection to help ensure continuation of service in the event of a manmade or natural disaster. www.covadwireless.com
The New York Bankers Service Corporation, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the New York Bankers Association, has announced that Strohl Systems’s PLANet software has been selected as an NYBSCO endorsed vendor. PLANet is the only online business continuity and disaster recovery planning tool designed specifically for community banks. “We are very pleased with the endorsement from NYBSCO,” said Eric Strohl, president of Strohl Systems. “PLANet is used by over 1,200 financial institutions and has been the solution of choice for many community banks in New York already. This agreement frees the way for New York community banks to have easier access to the product.” www.strohlsystems.com/Software/PLANet4Banks
At least 24 people have died in two bomb attacks in Pakistan's city of Lahore. According to police sources, 20 persons were killed and 150 injured in a powerful blast at the FIA Office at Temple Road here, while four were killed in a blast in Model Town, where three persons were reported injured. It is suspected that the blast at the FIA Office was caused by a suicide bomber using a car loaded with explosive material. The explosion was so powerful that the FIA building was badly damaged while window panes of buildings in the surrounding area including the Mall were shattered. More details
FEMA has announced that federal disaster aid has been made available for the state of Illinois to help people and communities recover from the effects of severe storms and flooding during the period of January 7, 2008 and continuing. FEMA Director David Paulison said the assistance was authorized under a major disaster declaration issued for the state of Illinois by President Bush. The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Iroquois and Livingston counties.
http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=9486
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World weather impacts
Cyclone Jokwe lashes Mozambique
•Date: 11th March 2008• Region: Various
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