Quake & Tech: Cable Damaged, Flash Supply Risk

Data Center Knowledge (Mar 12 2011) Cloud Computing

1. Friday's earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused limited damage to undersea telecom cables, but phone networks struggled to cope. The disaster may also have implications for the semiconductor industry and the supply of flash memory products. Given the gravity of the destruction and loss of life in Japan, it almost seems trivial to focus on how Friday’s earthquake and tsunami affect the technology sector. But communications services are critical to recovery efforts, and invaluable to those outside Japan trying to reach friends and family. In assessing the reports about the tech impact of the disaster, we start with communications: (Read Full Article)

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