September 2006
Features
By David Heinen
OVER the past several years, changes in EPA regulations have made it more difficult for manufacturing companies to stock large amounts of raw material for production, leading to the use of chemical storage facilities.
By Sharon Steinhoff-Smith
SECURITY is something the airlines take very seriously, even more so after 9/11. Sun Country Airlines is no exception. And like other carriers, Sun Country is facing cost challenges greater than ever before.
By Marc Holden
ADVANCED software solutions and wireless technology are dramatically lowering the cost of operating mobile DVRs in the mass transit market.
By Dan McGinley
AS the technology drums continue to beat in support of Internet Protocol video security solutions, many may wonder about its impact on the business community -- most notably, on those organizations that have invested heavily in their legacy analog components.
By Bob McCarthy
OVER the years, corporate departments have learned how to increase efficiency and value by leveraging the assets of the corporate IT infrastructure.
By Christa Poss
OREGON State University has made fire and life safety a real priority.
By Brad Wiggins
MAJOR media outlets focused on Reno, Nev., on June 12, when family court judge Chuck Weller, 53, was critically wounded by a single, sniper bullet from the third story of a parking garage more than 300 feet away from his courthouse office.
By Dan Ostrower
THE desire to see in complete darkness or through smoke or fog has driven the development and adoption of thermal imaging technology.
By Chris Andrew
WITH the ever-closing window between security vulnerability discovery and exploits in the wild, most organizations are poorly prepared for rapid response times needed to secure enterprise networks.
By Guy Morgan
THE legal environment for small businesses has dramatically changed over the past few years, starting with the fraudulent activities of companies, such as Enron, along with the rash of high profile information thefts at Choicepoint and Lexis-Nexis.
By Gary Bradt
THE shelves in the Wi-Fi network candy store are filling up with the newest products fresh from the factory.
By Mike Studer
CAN you think of a building, structure or facility that would not benefit from heightened security?
E-MAIL has quietly become the primary business tool used today by information workers worldwide.
By Leslie Thomas
WITH ports commonly perceived as a vulnerable area when it comes to national security, a discussion about emerging technologies that can help secure cargo -- and ports themselves -- cannot be more timely.
By Del V. Salvi
NOW approaching the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the need for constant vigilance at the nation's airports is as important today as in those first harrowing days of the aftermath.
By Rob Schorr
BILLIONS of goods flow through worldwide ports, but can the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) protect international maritime trade?
Departments
By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
IN the five years since 19 Islamic terrorists commandeered four commercial passenger airliners and murdered more than 3,000 innocent men, women and children, much progress has been made to protect our national infrastructure.
By Ralph C Jensen
WHEN disaster strikes, it seems all eyes are focused on the government and, in turn, citizens expect the government to bail them out of the mess.
By Skip Samson
A salesman counts on the unit mounted on his car's dashboard to help him get from one sales call to the next. Out in the wilderness, a lost camper pulls a handheld unit from his backpack to help guide him back to the hiking trail.
By Brent Dirks
IT'S the worst nightmare for a family -- a seriously ill or injured child needing short- or long-term medical attention at a hospital.