“CBaaS” just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? However you abbreviate it, your organization almost certainly has a pressing need for cloud backup as a service — whether you know it or not. And that need is almost certain to increase as the world grows more interconnected and the global digital threat landscape darkens. If […]
Will New Net Neutrality Rules Save The Internet?
The phrase “Save the Internet,” often preceded by a hashtag, has been circulating for quite some time now as a wide variety of concerned parties raising their voices in support of net neutrality. Now, following on FCC rules positioning the internet as a regulated public good, the Commission has recently opened its doors to hear […]
Reliance Industries to re-open all of its Fuel Outlets
After the support from diesel price decontrol, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited will soon reopen all of its 1,400 petrol pumps in this financial year. State of Reliance Industries in the past Apart from Reliance Industries, Essar Oil Limited is the only private refiner in the country. By 2006, the two companies together had taken […]
Market Traders Confront Financial Ruin After Fire
Uninsured stallholders say they lost everything in devastating blaze. By Stanislav Kraskov – Central Asia RCA Issue 711, 25 Sep 13 Some 300 market traders say they face financial ruin following the September 13 fire that swept Almaty’s largest market complex. Stallholders called for government compensation, as well as the speedy reopening of the market, […]
Historical Stupidity by NRA Supporters
It should surprise no one that reads my articles when I say I get hateful attack messages, emails, and comments from rightwing nutcases on a regular basses. After all, I often write despairingly about political extremists, especially Teabaggers. However, the Teabaggers and radical rightwing deserve national scorn. They have been shown at times to be […]
Major Public Hospital in Afghan Eastern Region Struggles to Cope
By Hijratullah Ekhtyar – Afghanistan Nangarhar doctors overstretched by swelling patient numbers and dearth of equipment. Mobin Khan’s 12-year-old son Samiullah clearly needs specialist medical help. Both his legs were broken in a car crash in 2010, and two years later he remains confined to a wheelchair. After a recent visit to […]