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RAIN 9/21: Disaster recovery, Bach Archives, Iron Mountain



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New York Times 9/20/01
An Unimaginable emergency put communications to the test
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/technology/circuits/20INFR.html

by Lisa Guernsey
ON any given day, Dave Johnson knows far more than most people about the
many phone calls that are crisscrossing the United States. Mr. Johnson, a
spokesman for AT&T (news/quote), works in the company's global network
operations center in Bedminster, N.J., where he and his colleagues monitor
141 vast projection screens that provide minute-by-minute details on the
state of the country's largest long-distance system. By watching
computerized maps of the United States, they can tell in an instant whether
there are any jams in long- distance traffic.


BBC News 9/20/01
Director stole Sarah documents
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1554000/1554579.stm

A company director has pleaded guilty to stealing documents relating to the
Sarah Payne murder inquiry and selling them to feed his drug habit.
Christopher Branscombe, 20, took the documents from solicitors Alistair
Harper & Co in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.


New York Times 9/20/01
Billions will be spent on replacing technology
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/nyregion/20COMP.html

by Jason Blair
Just six hours after two jets slammed into the World Trade Center on Sept.
11, one securities firm crippled by the attack ordered 200 new PC's from
Dell Computer.
A surge of orders soon turned into a flood, and Dell immediately stepped up
production at its plant in Austin, Tex. It has been running its factories
day and night since then to satisfy the demand touched off by the collapse
of the twin skyscrapers, Dell executives said.



CNET News 9/18/01
Researchers build Web archive of attacks
http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-7215828-0.html?t
ag=ats

by Stefanie Olsen
Web archivists are working to preserve Web sites, pages and links related to
last week's catastrophic terrorist assaults that destroyed the twin towers
of New York's World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon in Washington,
D.C.
"The Web is ephemeral; it disappears before our eyes," said Steven
Schneider, associate professor of political science at the SUNY Institute of
Technology at Utica/Rome, N.Y., and director of WebArchivist.org. "But it's
important for historical record. It's increasingly a part of the fabric of
society, and if we don't capture it, we lose it."



Dallas Observer 9/20/01
Purloined letters
http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2001-09-20/news.html/printable_page

by Jonathan Fox
It seems an eternity ago: On July 5, 2000, the Dallas school board's abrupt
firing of short-lived Superintendent Bill Rojas again plunged the Dallas
Independent School District into uncertainty and disorder that has only
recently abated.
More than a year after his departure, however, records obtained by the
Dallas Observer indicate an investigation Rojas initiated to examine alleged
improper use of district resources by veteran school trustee Kathleen Leos
was likely not continued by his successors.


Denver Post 9/20/01
Auditor sues for records of Winter Park land deal
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,33%257E152865,00.html

by Jason Blevins
Denver City Auditor Don Mares is suing the Winter Park Recreation
Association, the group contracted by the city of Denver to run Winter Park
ski area, in an effort to get detailed records of a real estate transaction.



San Jose Mercury News 9/20/01
FBI pursuing clues to terrorists on Internet and in e-mail
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/local/center/internet0920.htm

by Jim Puzzanghera
WASHINGTON -- Attempts by terrorists to cover their tracks in cyberspace as
they planned last week's attacks may have backfired because they accessed
the Internet from computers in public libraries, computer forensic experts
said Tuesday.


The Lynchburg News and Advance 9/20/01
Flight schools hit hard by restrictions
http://www.newsadvance.com/MGBOZO30URC.html

by Chris Flores
While the major commercial airlines are hurting, flight schools and flight
instructors are grounded because of FAA restrictions imposed since last
week's attack and several have been visited by federal agents.
In Central Virginia, Falwell Aviation, Virginia Aviation, the Freedom
Flights balloon ride operator and flight instructors at New London airport
have been affected. Because some of the terrorists are believed to have
trained in the United States, the FBI has been checking records of flight
schools across the state.


Fort Madison Daily Democrat 9/20/01
Colbert tells of mystery at Old Fort Madison
http://www.dailydem.com/display/inn_news/news2.txt

by Julie Nickell
BURLINGTON -- The mystery of the military garrison Fort Madison, is, "Why
have (archaeologists) not found human remains. They had not found one bone
the entire dig," Nick Colbert said of the 1965 excavation of the 1808 - 1813
fort's remains where a Sheaffer Pen, Inc. parking lot sits.


Sky News 9/16/01
Beatles Unearthed
http://www.sky.com/skynews/storytemplate/storytoppic/0,,30500-1029551,00.htm
l

A long lost recording of The Beatles on classic music show Juke Box Jury has
been discovered. The half-hour show was captured on reel-to-reel tape by a
viewer and was handed over to BBC Archives.



Houston Chronicle 9/20/01
Council aide gives election documents to federal officials
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/1055291

by Dale Lezon and Matt Schwartz
Elizabeth Zermeno, chief of staff for Councilman John Castillo, has turned
over to federal officials documents pertaining to get-out-the-vote efforts
associated with 1997's Proposition A after she was subpoenaed to do so.
Zermeno was subpoenaed Sept. 4, she said.


Federal Computer Week 9/17/01
HUD software buys 'chaotic'
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0917/web-hud-09-20-01.asp

by Judi Hasson
The Department of Housing and Urban Development spends $360 million a year
on information technology, but some of its software purchases are "chaotic"
and result in unusable systems, according to a General Accounting Office
report.



Federal Computer Week 9/18/01
Info security speeding up
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0917/web-secure-09-18-01.asp

by Diane Frank
Information security programs and systems at agencies across government are
going forward, in some cases faster than before, in the wake of the Sept. 11
attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.



Internet Week 8/27/01
Online signatures may drive e-business
http://www.internetweek.com/infrastructure01/infra082701-2.htm

by Rutrell Yasin
The ESign Act, which gives electronic signatures the same legal weight as
handwritten ones, is being hailed as the catalyst that will give both
consumers and corporations greater confidence in transacting business
online.
With companies moving to replace costly and time-consuming paper processes
with electronic business records, there's a growing need for people to sign
and process documents online.



New York Times 9/20/01
Investigators raid Compton city hall
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Compton-Raid.html?searchpv=aponl
ine

AP
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) -- Investigators raided about a dozen Compton
locations, including City Hall and a former mayor's home, as part of an
ongoing investigation into political corruption in the blighted Los Angeles
suburb.



Federal Computer Week 9/20/01
JetForm re-launches as Accelio
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0917/web-name-09-20-01.asp

by Dan Caterinicchia
In a move designed to illustrate that it is more than just an electronic
forms company, JetForm Corp. has re-launched itself as Accelio Corp. and
insists that its new name and focus will not negatively affect its
government customers.



Newsbytes 9/19/01
Judges OK new rules on privacy, court records online
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170288.html

by Brian Krebs
The policy-making body for the federal courts today announced that it has
unanimously approved new rules dictating the level of public access to court
documents online and the level of privacy that federal judges and court
employees can expect while using e-mail or the Internet at work.



Federal Computer Week 9/20/01
Keys to a successful pilot
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0917/web-dotgov-09-20-01.asp

by Dan Caterinicchia
Whether it's for information security or document management, implementing a
successful pilot project involves many of the same key factors, and a
central one is a focus on the user.
That's what a panel of experts had to say at the 21st Century Commerce
International Expo in Phoenix last week.



New York Daily News 9/20/01
Hearts of Fire: New York Historical Society pays tribute to our bravest
fallen heroes
http://nydailynews.com/today/New_York_Now/Culture/a-125780.asp

by David Hinckley
The he voice on the tape rises as if out of smoke, except there's no heat
around it and no glow.
Just a dark chill.
"You know, we've had 127 years of a paid Fire Department in New York City,
and in that 127 years, we have lost 752 people. That's an awfully large
number. And I don't think that anybody who understands this business and
understands this department - I mean, we all have the same wish, that that's
the last, that there'll never be another.




Federal Computer Week 9/19/01
NIMA postpones outsourcing
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0917/web-nima-09-19-01.asp

by George I. Seffers
Because of last week's terrorist attacks, the National Imagery and Mapping
Agency is postponing its contract to outsource its high-tech operations.



Orlando Sentinel 9/20/01
Some driving records in Florida sealed
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/orl-asecdriver20092001sep20.
story?coll=orl%2Dnews%2Dprint%2Dasec

AP
TALLAHASSEE -- Federal authorities involved in a global-terrorism
investigation have ordered Florida to close public access to drivers-license
records of people of certain nationalities.
Drivers records, with names and addresses, in addition to driving history,
such as speeding tickets, are public under Florida law.



Reuters 9/20/01
Ukraine to return Bach music archives to Germany
http://dailynews.netscape.com/mynsnews/story.tmpl?table=n&cat=50900&id=20010
9200723000262820

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine said Wednesday it would return to Germany a
priceless archive of music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach's family that
was seized by Soviet troops during World War Two.



New York Times 9/20/01
Roadblocks cited in efforts to trace bin Laden's money
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/business/20MONE.html?searchpv=nytToday

by Tim Weiner and David Cay Johnston
A six-year struggle to uncover Osama bin Laden's financial network failed
because American officials did not skillfully use the legal tools they had,
did not realize they needed stronger weapons, and faced resistance at home
and abroad, officials involved in the effort say.



Star Tribune 9/20/01
Some state university web sites hit by worm
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/news/nat_docs/139136.htm

by Leslie Brooks Suzukamo
Ten percent of the computers that serve up Web pages for the Minnesota State
Colleges and Universities system had to be taken offline Wednesday to clean
out an infection by the latest virus to rampage across the Internet,
officials reported.



St. Petersburg Times 9/20/01
Driver records put on hold
http://www.sptimes.com/News/092001/State/Driver_records_put_on.shtml

by Steve Bousquet
TALLAHASSEE -- The state took the unusual step Wednesday of closing public
access to all driving records after investigators demanded secrecy on
records of drivers from certain Mideast countries.


Atlanta Journal Constitution 9/20/01
Conyers cop sorry for autopsy photo display
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/0920autopsy.html

by Chandler Brown
A Conyers police officer who supplied his daughter with autopsy photos for a
science project has apologized to the dead man's family and agreed to pay
them $12,500.
Officer Phil Smith's daughter was a junior in 1999 at Salem High School when
she asked her father for materials for a project on forensic investigating,
said Smith's attorney, Jim Cook.



Associated Press 9/19/01
Lawsuit targets technology to thwart unauthorized copying, sharing of
digital music
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/85344p-1145842c.html

by Ron Harris
SAN FRANCISCO (September 19, 2001 7:04 p.m. EDT) - Karen DeLise has sued for
unfair business practices over a Charley Pride CD that she says will not
play in her home computer because of technology to prevent unauthorized
copying and sharing of digital music.



Associated Press 9/19/01
Dow Jones says court case could affect online publishing
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/85336p-1145746c.html

by Peter O'Connor
CANBERRA, Australia (September 19, 2001 6:41 p.m. EDT) - Dow Jones has
appealed a Australian court ruling letting an Australian mining magnate sue
for defamation over an article published in the United States and posted on
the Internet.
The landmark ruling could have wide-ranging implications for publishers and
Internet sites that post articles in the 190 nations that allow defamation
cases, media analysts said.



Wall Street Journal 9/20/01
>From Guns to Narcotics, evidence lost in New York threatens case
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB1000937739896267760.htm

by Gary Fields
WASHINGTON -- The impact of the attack last week on the World Trade Center
could be felt in federal courtrooms in New York in coming months, because of
lost or damaged evidence that was being held at the three federal
law-enforcement offices located in the complex.



TechWeb 9/20/01
Small WTC businesses make do with disaster recovery
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cmp/20010920/tc/inw20010920s0005_1.html

by Mitch Wagner
Small offices located in the World Trade Center generally lacked the
sophisticated disaster-recovery plans of their bigger neighbors. But often
what they had was good enough.
Small offices located in the World Trade Center generally lacked the
sophisticated disaster-recovery plans of their bigger neighbors.




Reuters 9/18/01
Disaster recovery shines as businesses get back online
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010918/n17140408_1.html

by Caroline Humer
NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) - In the hours after the World Trade Center
towers collapsed from the attack last week, Hartford Financial Services
Group was in a race against time.
The company's employees were safe, but the commercial insurance firm's
building at 7 World Trade Center was nearing collapse, and the firm feared
disruptions for its clients and the loss of valuable records.



Wall Street Journal 9/18/01
Iron Mountain is at the peak of records-storage industry
http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve.cgi?id=SB1000778212678095520.djm
&template=pasted-2001-09-18.tmpl

by Jeff Bailey
Last week's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington prompted the
largest-ever mobilization of computer backup tapes to help companies
reassemble their business information.
Iron Mountain Inc., which has about 40% of the outsourced records management
business in the U.S., says it shipped nearly one million magnetic computer
tapes to 94 customers affected by the attack. John Ford, an analyst at Bear
Stearns & Co., estimates the total number of tapes shipped by the industry
could have topped two million.


Wall Street Journal 9/20/01
Stentor technology eases viewing of medical images
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB1000955335121714000.htm

by James Bandler
Fed up with the hassle of retrieving old-fashioned X-rays stored in a
warehouse 30 miles outside Houston, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center decided to jump aboard the digital bandwagon.



Wall Street Journal 9/18/01
Data storage spending may rise in wake of WTC attacks
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by Donna Fuscaldo
Dow Jones Newswires
NEW YORK -- On the first day that trading resumed after last week's
tragedies, most technology stocks took a beating. The Nasdaq Composite
Index, heavily laden with technology issues, fell 116 points, with companies
from most technology sector seeing their stocks fall double digits.
But one area that showed a bit of strength was storage.


Wall Street Journal 9/7/01
U.S. bankruptcy court Oks grants Iron Mountain's motion
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Dow Jones Newswires
BOSTON -- A federal judge overseeing the KPC Medical Management/Chaudhuri
Medical Corp. bankruptcy cases approved an agreement with Iron Mountain Inc.
(IRM) to take possession of all remaining medical records for the patients
of KPC and its related entities.




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management Group
Woodside Summit Group Inc
Midlothian, Virginia
Office: 804-744-1247 x23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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