The telecommunications industry, for example, faced a sudden and massive disruption in arguably the world's most communicative community, New York City. So, what have network service providers and enterprises learned about strengthening the resilience of that essential network lifeline? The property and casualty industry now confronts potentially huge insurance claims due to tremendous losses of life and property. The transportation industry must walk a tightrope to cope with new and increased demands to make travel and the transport of goods safer while still offering an opportunity to achieve profitability. These industries, and others, are still sifting through the changes that are arising out of Sept. 11.

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 Most industry observers expected a revamping of transportation-security processes and technologies after Sept. 11. They're still waiting and will continue to wait until at least the second half of 2003.
28 August 2002 |  Robert Goodwin   		 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


There's been lots of talk, but little action, about network resilience since Sept. 11. Most providers are offering only repackaged versions of prior services. Enterprises must ensure their networks are ready for anything.
4 September 2002 |  Kathleen Adams   David Neil   		 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




The property and casualty insurance industry was in trouble before September 11, 2001, but conditions got significantly worse. Today, there are signs of a comeback.
29 August 2002 |  Vincent Oliva   		 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





September 11, 2002: The P&C Insurance Industry One Year Later The property and casualty insurance industry was in trouble before September 11, 2001, but conditions got significantly worse. Today, there are signs of a comeback.
29 August 2002 |  Vincent Oliva  

IT Services Heavyweights Introduce Air Travel Biometric Security Solutions Leading IT services vendors are announcing advanced biometric security systems for airports and airlines, but the solutions must gain government support prior to achieving broad acceptance.
4 June 2002 |  Robert Goodwin  

Unisys Conference Highlights Air Travel and Transport Challenges, Concerns The Unisys Air Travel and Transportation Users Association (UAUA) held its annual conference in San Francisco in April 2002.
7 May 2002 |  Robert Goodwin  

Transportation Industry IT Spending, 2000-2005 Economic recovery in the transportation industry's IT market will be gradual. Spending is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.2 percent, reaching $98 billion by 2005.
6 May 2002 |  Robert Goodwin  

11 September 2001: Insurance Implications The terrorist attacks caused huge insurance industry losses - their own operations and customer claims payments. Possible relief from the government, and client loyalty resulting from good will, may soften the effect.
19 October 2001 |  Vincent Oliva  

U.S. Airline Security: A New Priority for IT Investment Airlines and airports must adopt new security applications, creating opportunities for IT providers in biometric identification systems and devices, and linked multienterprise and institutional databases.
8 January 2002 |  Robert Goodwin