11 IT essays

Post 9/11 IT essays When reflecting upon the horrendous attacks suffered by our nation on September 11, 2001 it would be extremely difficult to choose one aspect of American culture that has been exceedingly and notably affected to greater an extent than another. So many things have changed, diminished or been developed in the interim since this tragic event. Lives have been inexplicably altered out of both fear and protection. This holds true in the Information Technology realm as much as it does in airport security. Great measures are being taken in the IT field in order to ensure privacy while not detracting from our liberties, On the morning of September 11 the twin towers stood silent, then ablaze and by the end of the day smoldering on the floor of lower Manhattan. Two hundred and thirty miles south, in Washington D.C., the Pentagon also had succumbed to the attack of the formidable terrorists. It did not lay in ruin but had been heavily damaged. Amongst the rubble of these three buildings lay the innocent victims of terrorism. Also amongst the rubble lay technological products containing irreplaceable information. These attacks displaced 1,000,000 users, destroyed 3.5 million data lines and greater than 3 million switch circuits. Important data files were lost as well as paper documents that had not yet made their way into the digital realm. Pertaining to the technological aspect, much of the information could have been prevented from being lost. With a countless number of business being housed in the World Trade Center certainly also housed in this former capital strong hold were important business documents. Companies did not effectively backup their materials in order to prevent the loss of such a large amount of information. The utilization of data warehouses could have helped ease the tumultuous task of reorganizing and replacing data following September 11th. Data warehouses allow companies to store information in v...