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As back-to-school approaches, business recovery importance increases

Offer for Nortel's carrier VoIP business seen as near; Netgear offers 8-port Gigabit Firewall for small business
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As back-to-school approaches, business recovery importance increases

So what's the connection between business continuity and back-to-school? It's pretty simple. Networking groups are already understaffed, and, indeed, most companies are understaffed in most areas. It's also now clear that "Pandemic Preparedness" is a key, under-addressed component of companies' business continuity plans. Read full story

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