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Business Wire
10 hours ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Lumen Technologies Ensures Enterprise Connectivity During Hurricane and Wildfire Season
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the 2025 hurricane and wildfire season intensifies, Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) today detailed its enterprise readiness plan, designed to safeguard mission-critical connectivity and support business continuity for customers operating under extreme conditions. From wildfires in California to hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, Lumen's enterprise network is built for resilience. The company leverages AI-powered automation, geospatial intelligence, and strategic field staging to proactively mitigate risks to service continuity when it matters most. 'Our enterprise customers depend on uninterrupted connectivity to run their operations—even in the face of natural disasters,' said Chris Noble, Lumen SVP service assurance. 'If an uncontrollable event occurs, we are well prepared with the full force of our Lumen resources to respond, restore, and communicate with our customers. Our response framework ensures real-time intelligence and boots-on-the-ground action, keeping our customers connected and operational through any storm.' Lumen's preparedness efforts are strengthened by state and federal partnerships, including coordination with FEMA, enabling faster, more effective disaster response. During past events, Lumen's predictive analytics accurately identified at-risk infrastructure, allowing teams to preemptively clear hazards and stage backup power near critical nodes. Key Elements of Lumen's Disaster Readiness Program: AI & Machine Learning: Real-time storm tracking, path prediction, and infrastructure risk modeling help Lumen anticipate threats and allocate resources. Geospatial Tools: Field teams use advanced layer maps to assess vulnerability, prioritize asset protection, and respond faster. Power Resiliency: Backup generators are staged near projected disaster areas to ensure prompt power restoration. Proactive Maintenance: Real-time analytics-driven inspections account for increased rates of commercial power outages, ensuring network stability. Incident Management: A dedicated national incident management team coordinates around-the-clock support and direct customer communication. Best Practices for Enterprise Customers: Lumen also encourages customers to take proactive steps to maintain operational continuity. Build Redundancy: Ensure your organization has multiple communication channels in place, such as satellite phones, mobile hotspots, and VoIP systems to ensure backup connectivity. Test Backup Power Systems: Regularly inspect and maintain generators and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) to support critical infrastructure during power outages. Don't Cut the Cable: Coordinate closely with restoration crews to avoid cable-cutting incidents during post-storm recovery. Practice Disaster Recovery: Rehearse comprehensive disaster recovery plans, including data backup, network restoration, and employee safety protocols. Added Noble: 'Lumen's enterprise-first network and disaster preparedness strategy reflects its broader mission—keeping businesses connected, protected, and prepared, no matter the forecast.' About Lumen Technologies Lumen is unleashing the world's digital potential. We ignite business growth by connecting people, data, and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. As the trusted network for AI, Lumen uses the scale of our network to help companies realize AI's full potential. From metro connectivity to long-haul data transport to our edge cloud, security, managed service, and digital platform capabilities, we meet our customers' needs today and as they build for tomorrow. For news and insights visit LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, X: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies, and YouTube: /lumentechnologies.
RNZ News
a day ago
- Climate
- RNZ News
Auckland's rain radar 'vulnerable' at end of life
Auckland's rain radar has reached its end of life and is vulnerable to significant outages in the event of a component failure. The coverage of country's largest city and biggest international airport relies on outdated technology, which limits forecasting and warning capabilities in the region. This was the advice given to Associate Minister of Transport James Meager - who has oversight of the Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited (MetService) contract for forecasting. The Auckland rain radar, commissioned in 1989, is the oldest in the network and while periodic upgrades have allowed it to extend its useful life well beyond the typical 20-year horizon, it is now in need of urgent replacement. To discuss are MetService's General Manager of Observing Systems Kevin Alder and MetService's Chief Meteorologist Chris Noble. The remote rain radar is located on Mount Tamahunga near Warkworth and is only accessible via helicopter. Photo: Supplied by MetService
Axios
17-03-2025
- Business
- Axios
States try to limit private equity in health care
At least a half dozen states are racing to limit or put new checks on private equity-fueled mergers in health care, signaling mounting concern about the influence of corporate medicine. Why it matters: While Congress and the Federal Trade Commission have increased scrutiny of the deals, especially involving hospitals, federal policymakers have been reluctant to bestow more government power over business transactions. States, meanwhile, are increasingly concerned about a growing number of providers being controlled by out-of-state for-profit companies. "[W]e definitely see states really carrying a torch now," said Chris Noble, policy director at the Private Equity Stakeholder Project. Driving the news: Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey in January signed a law expanding state oversight of health care transactions involving private equity firms, as well as real estate investment trusts (REITs) and management services organizations. Last week, Maine lawmakers introduced a bill to create a moratorium on PE buying hospitals. In Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's budget request last month, he asked the legislature to move a measure to empower the state's attorney general to review health care transactions. Other states with pending legislation include California, Connecticut, Indiana, Oregon and Texas. At least 13 states have introduced 26 bills dealing with private equity investment in health recently. The private equity sector is expected to vigorously fight back. "Across America, local communities rely on private equity investment to ensure that residents have access to the care they need. Private equity strengthens telehealth services, backs urgent care facilities in rural communities, and drives medical innovation that saves lives," Drew Maloney, CEO of the American Investment Council, told Axios in a statement. The organization previously told Axios that "headline-seeking politicians continue to place misguided blame on our industry." Yes, but: While this has traditionally been a mantle taken up by the Democrats, there is some Republican interest in the issue, mainly around the investigations of how private equity ownership, with its focus on short-term profits, is influencing patient care. The big picture: Fast-expanding private equity ownership in health care around the U.S. has been associated with higher prices, increased medical debt, lower quality and financial harm that has led to the closure of safety-net hospitals. Legislative scrutiny has been increasing in recent years but reached a new level of awareness and urgency with the bankruptcies of Steward Health and Prospect Medical Holdings. State efforts to regulate private equity in healthcare have largely stalled due to industry opposition, political hurdles and legal concerns. What to watch: In a move that could signal continued federal regulatory scrutiny under the Trump administration, the FTC earlier this month sued to block a $627 million PE acquisition of a medical device coatings maker. In January, a bipartisan Congressional report launched by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) found financial interests were prioritized over patient interests. After introducing legislation aimed at regulating private equity in health care in the last Congress, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) recently signaled intentions to resume her push against the industry.
BBC News
14-02-2025
- BBC News
Police officer sacked for improper use of computer systems
A police officer has been sacked for searching a force's IT systems for personal Dzierzkowski, a response officer in north Staffordshire, accessed the computers a number of times whilst on and off duty in 2023 and 2024.A misconduct hearing, chaired by Staffordshire Chief Constable Chris Noble, found he had breached the standards of confidentiality and discreditable conduct, amounting to gross has been placed on the national College of Policing's Barred List, preventing him from working within policing and other law enforcement bodies. "Dzierzkowski had a personal interest in the searches he conducted and abused his position as a police officer for his personal benefit," Deputy Chief Constable Jon Roy said."As a police officer he was expected to do the right thing."Data protection is an area of significant focus and how we handle the public's private and confidential information."We will continue to take robust action against any officer or member of staff that doesn't act with the highest standards of integrity." Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
