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CenturyLink will own about 51 percent of the new company CenturyLink plans to acquire internet backbone company Level 3 Communications in a US$34 billion cash and stock deal that aims to consolidate the netwo <a href=https://www.hydro-jugs.us>HydroJug</a> rks and customers of the two companies.The combined company, operating in more than 60 countries, will be able to offer CenturyLinkrsquo larger enterprise customers the benefits of a larger global presence, and will also be positioned to further invest in the <a href=https://www.cup-stanley-cup.us>stanley usa</a> reach and speed of its broadband infrastructure for small businesses and consumers, the companies said.CenturyLink is currently focused on global communications, hosting, cloud, and IT services, offering both network and data systems management with more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe, and Asia. It provides broadband, voice, video, data, and managed services over a 250,000-mile U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-mile international transport network. The digital economy relies on broadband connectivity, and together with Level 3 we will have one of the most robust fiber network and high-speed data services companies in the world, Glen Post, CenturyLinkrsquo CEO and president, said in a statement Monday.The deal will boost CenturyLinkrsquo network by 200,000 route miles of fiber, which includes 64,000 miles in 350 metropolitan areas and 33,000 subsea miles connecting multiple <a href=https://www.stanleycup.ro>stanley termos</a> continents, according to the companies.The entire transaction includes the assumption of debt. After the tra Agvc Macworld 2008 predictions
Report warns that agencies need better defenses, incident reporting guidelines A majority of federal agencies appear to be unprepared to deal with relatively new IT security threats such as spyware, phishing and spam, according to a report issued last week by the Government Accountability Office.Adding to the problem, the GAO said, is a lack o <a href=https://www.polenefr.fr>polene france</a> f guidance on what, exactly, agen <a href=https://www.polene-italy.it>polene bag</a> cies need to report about security incidents involving those threats, as well as how and to whom they should report the information. As a result, the government is limited in its ability to identify and respond to emerging cybersecurity threats, including sophisticated and coordinated attacks that target multiple federal entities, the report warned.But som <a href=https://www.stanley-canada.ca>stanley cup</a> e analysts said that the lack of readiness identified by the GAO isnrsquo;t very different from the situation in the private sector. If there was a GAO that looked at private companies, you would find the same thing, said John Pescatore, an analyst at Gartner Inc.The issue thatrsquo more specific to government agencies is the apparent absence of guidelines for reporting security incidents, Pescatore added. The GAO has found that the mandates are there but the processes to make them work are not, he said.Common Challenges Fundamentally, we face the same security challenges that a lot of corporations face, Lt. Col. Kenneth Blakely, chief of the Army Knowledge Online AKO portal for U.S. Army per
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