Tag: Hurricane Katrina
NEED CAPITAL? FORGET TALF AND TRY NEW MARKETS TAX CREDITS

NEED CAPITAL? FORGET TALF AND TRY NEW MARKETS TAX CREDITS

Posted 08.17.2009 | Categories: Featured | No Comments

By Deborah La Franchi, President and CEO of Strategic Development Solutions

The New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC) is part of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 and has provided $15 billion in investments to targeted communities. The NMTC is administered by the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund under the U.S. Department of [...]

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Data Centers: Data centers go underground

Data Centers: Data centers go underground

Posted 08.03.2009 | Categories: Data Centers | 1 Comment

A bunker mentality can be helpful for security, backup and business continuity
Computerworld – As Hurricane Ike bore down on Houston one Friday last September, the Continental Airlines’ flight operations center, located on the 14th floor of a glass-sided downtown high rise, suddenly went dark. For the airline’s pilots and flight crews, however, business proceeded [...]

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