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Q&A: E-voting activist more optimistic about voting systems
E-voting activist Avi Rubin says voting systems around the U.S. have improved since the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, noting that more states are using paper records as a backup to electronic voting systems. Read more...

HP unveils de-dupe tools for disk-based backup systems

Flooded Firms Reassess Disaster Recovery Plans

Olympic technical rehearsal called a success

Planning for every terrible thing, and advice to go with it

Intel: Disasters can be 'business as usual' with enough planning

Iowa floods forcing firms to race to keep IT afloat

Stellar introduces photo-recovery software

HP puts high-end NonStop system on blades

Researchers urge ransomware victims to try file-recovery app

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Would the bird flu kill the Internet, too?
One scenario of a potential bird flu pandemic finds that overuse by employees working at home to avoid infection could bring down the Internet. But others say such a case is unlikely, since steps could be taken to reroute traffic, among other things.

Supply chain execs share disaster-planning techniques
Sturdy IT systems, strong lines of communication with trading partners, and training exercises can help businesses prepare for management during a disaster, according to a panel of supply chain experts at the Retail Systems show held in Chicago this spring.

Disaster recovery high on SAN user's list
Fidelity National Financial replaced an aging EMC SAN with one from Hitachi Data Systems, which provides virtualization capabilities as well as replication and mirroring.

Affordable disaster recovery
Disaster recovery is for everyone, but we all tend to make it much more complicated -- and expensive -- than necessary, says columnist Steve Duplessie.

Oracle Bringing Fusion Plan to Users, Exec Says
Q&A: John Wookey, senior vice president of applications development at Oracle, said the firm plans to ship pieces of its next-generation Fusion applications to users this year.

Elgan: Independence Day (from the grid, that is)
Make your own "declaration of independence," says columnist Mike Elgan, and set yourself up with the right phone, data plan, laptop and other devices so you're ready at any time to do whatever you want do to, and go wherever you want to go.

Opinion: What the gas crisis means for your IT costs
Storage groups must begin to consider the power and cooling impact of devices on the data center floor. Power is about 5% of total IT budget for large organizations, but predictions are that this will double or triple over the next 10 years.

Saved by SaaS: Data backup via software as a service
In case of disaster, log on and grab your files? Some SMBs are having great luck with data backup via software as a service. Esther Shein looks at a few firms that make it work.

Opinion: Grid computing, data protection merging
Vendors are taking the complexity out of grid computing while still delivering on its low cost and high performance benefits all without requiring companies to add more people to their IT staff.

Review: HP SimpleSave photo backup software
The most difficult part of using HP's product was opening the package; once I managed to break open the sticker warning me to read the end-user license agreement, I was in business.

All it takes is a couple hours and about $125 to breathe new life into an old laptop. Here's how.
Is Microsoft's Golden Age over? What are Gates' most memorable quotes? Find out in Computerworld's complete coverage of the end of the Bill Gates era at Microsoft.
There are some things your CIO definitely doesn't want to hear. Also don't miss the flipside, Five things you should always tell your boss.
With its latest version, Mozilla's browser continues to raise the bar for what Web browsers should be.
Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.
Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?
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(Source: CA) Apart from its merits, virtualization can introduce new levels of complexity into the datacenter. The complexity can impede the freeing up of valuable human resources to work on more strategic projects. What are needed are tools and solutions to help IT optimize resources while ensuring performance, availability, and business continuity.
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