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Hurricane Sandy hits

Lessons from 9/11 helped New York and New Jersey’s financial industry prepare well for the brunt of Hurricane Sandy, as distributed data centers, generators and hardened networks enabled businesses – including major Internet hubs -- to carry on for the most part. Not to say that there also weren’t plenty of flooded data centers and ruined equipment. Cell phone networks stood up better than they did during last year’s storms, and carriers supplemented coverage with charging stations for those without power. Fuel availability proved to be one issue, as Verizon and others were challenged to find the gas needed to power generators and fuel up service vehicles. Scammers naturally jumped into the Hurricane fray, too, looking to plunder those vulnerable to their online tricks.

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