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• Data centers prepare for Sandy with cots, fuel and comfort food

  As it stood late this afternoon, Hosting.com's data center in Newark, Del., was within walking distance of the projected path Hurricane Sandy's center once it makes landfall.

• Duqu, Stuxnet link unclear

  A report by Dell SecureWorks on Wednesday debunked the idea that the newly discovered Duqu Trojan is related to last year's Stuxnet worm or was created by the same authors.

• Wash your hands: ATMs are germ havens

  Swab tests recently conducted of public surfaces in six major cities revealed that ATMs are among the worst carriers of illness-causing germs.

• Quakes trigger boost in DR initiatives

  Cloud benefits reinforced

• RIM says BlackBerry email delays continue worldwide

  BlackBerry email service delays continued globally Wednesday afternoon, while BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging and Web browsing were still down for many regions of the world after three days.

• RIM global outage caused by core switch failure; fix under way

  BlackBerry service delays experienced by users around the world on Tuesday were caused by a core switch failure within the infrastructure of Research in Motion (RIM), the company said late Tuesday.

• BlackBerry outages hit Europe, Middle East and Asia

  Some BlackBerry users throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia experienced outages or delays for about 12 hours Monday, and appeared to be experiencing a second outage today, according to Twitter feeds from carriers in the U.K. and Egypt and other reports.

• Cisco unveils dual role-data center

  Cisco this week opened up a new data center in Research Triangle Park, N.C., with a dual role: application development and disaster recovery (DR) for its production data centers in Texas.

• 2010's IT Companies to Watch: Where are they now?

  Last year, Network World identified <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102210-25-tech-startups.html?hpg1=bn">25 IT startups</a> poised to develop innovative technology for a new age of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2009/ndc3/051809-cloud-faq.html">cloud computing</a>, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102510-burning-questions-virtualization-storage.html">virtualization</a> and mobility.

• San Diego blackout highlights infrastructure vulnerabilities

  Thursday's massive power outage across parts of Arizona and southern California serves as another reminder of the vulnerabilities in the nation's power infrastructure.

• 9/11 continues to influence IT strategy

  In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Dave Rudzinsky's first thoughts and concerns were for the people affected by the tragedies. As someone who plays a critical role in his own employer's disaster readiness, he also found himself trying to comprehend the corporate devastation.

• Red Cross comm team ready for disasters

  While most businesses back up data and records as potential disasters approach, the American Red Cross has a communications and information systems infrastructure built to bring key data into areas ravaged by storms like <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219556/Irene_takes_out_cell_towers_disrupts_communications">Hurricane Irene</a> .

• Aging East Coast infrastructure a concern after quake

  The earthquake that shook the East Coast on Tuesday had disaster recovery experts more concerned about how an aging infrastructure could be affected than they were about how large corporations have prepared their business continuity plans.

• Disaster hits Japan's semiconductor demand

  The March earthquake and disaster in Japan are still affecting the global semiconductor market and may continue to do so for months to come.

• Verizon makes its satellite dishes available as standard service

  Verizon announced it is turning its 19 years of responding to hurricanes and disasters with ground-based mobile satellite technology into a standard service for a variety of businesses and governments.