In a world where natural disasters seem to be escalating, data security and disaster recovery are not just buzzwords; they are lifelines for organizations. Logicalis Australia, a prominent global technology services provider, has made significant strides in fortifying the Shoalhaven City...
In an ambitious move aimed at enhancing disaster recovery and data security, the Shoalhaven City Council in New South Wales, Australia, has migrated key services to Microsoft Azure. This strategic shift has not only fortified their operational frameworks but also exemplifies a growing trend...
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Councils have been given 48 hours to find emergency accommodation for all rough sleepers in England following an unprecedented, but unfunded, request from the government that all homeless people should be housed by Sunday.
Council officials welcomed the urgency of the request but expressed...
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A local authority has given the go ahead for a swimming pool to use energy created by the next-door crematorium to heat its water.
The plan, the first of its kind in Britain, will see waste heat from the incinerator chimney used to warm up the neighbouring...
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Most of its residents left, the school closed, the city government was disbanded and starting this week nearly every commercial building in Picher, Oklahoma, will be demolished.
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Lucky Dog: A dog plays in the snow on the Great St. Bernard Pass between Switzerland and Italy
GENEVA - A Swiss village has found a drastic way to compel dog holders to pay their pet's annual tax: cough up, or the dog gets it.
Reconvilier - population 2,245 humans, 280...
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Hampshire workmen paint white lines around dead badger
Workmen painting white lines on a road left a gap for a dead badger because they said it was not their responsibility to move it.
The animal had been killed about a week before on the A338 near Downton, on the Hampshire-Wiltshire border...