Crash of Va. computer network has implications for tech world, state politics

The data storage unit that failed in a warehouse outside of Richmond last week, wreaking havoc in the computer networks of a number of Virginia agencies for more than a week, is a ubiquitous bit of technology used by virtually every major company and government in the country.

By Rosalind S. Helderman and Anita Kumar

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090106480.html

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State Govt. – The Costs and Liabilities of Using Old Computers http://matr.net/article-40808.html