Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Storage revolution shuffling IT jobs
- US Military Stretched Thin by Wars; Foreclosure Crisis Affecting the…
- Mozilla security chief on protecting Firefox users
- RLI Transportation Expands Small Fleet Trucking Program
- Rising fuel prices just keep on trucking

Storage revolution shuffling IT jobs
Computerworld – Apr 2, 2008
“Any time there’s any kind of change, there’s concern about it,” Walton says. But IT developers can now spend their time solving problems instead of handling storage, and they’re happy with the change, she says. At a large transportation company in the Midwest, what had been a niche storage project under a small team has gone mainstream. IT administrators set up SANs about five years ago for data warehouses while keeping host-based storage in the rest of the IT universe, says an IT executive who asked not be named. At that point, the data warehouse team was responsible for the SANs. But recently the company expanded SANs and adopted virtualization, and ownership of SANs has shifted to the production services department that manages IT as a whole, he says. Tucson Electric Power Co.

US Military Stretched Thin by Wars; Foreclosure Crisis Affecting the…
CNN International – Apr 2, 2008
The Federal Reserve acted within 24 hours, but policymakers have moved as a snail’s pace to save middle-class families from losing their homes — Lou. DOBBS: And there is some movement here in the nation’s capital to help those homeowners but it’s moving, as you say, at a snail’s pace. The Senate barely moving procedurally ahead. I do not, for the life of me, understand what in the world is taking so long here to deal with this. SYLVESTER: They’ve been doing a lot of horse trading, so you’ve got corporate groups, you’ve got home builders, everybody wants a piece of this so they see potential for tax breaks and such and that is what is slowing down the help that these homeowners really need. DOBBS: And this is what is passing for leadership at a time when we are definitely in crisis in this economy. Thank you very much, Lisa Sylvester…
BILL TUCKER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lou, the mayor, Ruben Gil, will be arraigned here in federal court tomorrow. He will be charged with one count and that is conspiracy to distribute cocaine and intent to possess to distribute cocaine. The mayor came to the attention of authorities a few years back in 2004 when a truck that was being driven by his brother that had the name “Gil Moving and Storage” (ph) written on it was pulled over and found to contain 330 pounds of cocaine. attorney here says they believe that Mr. Gil has been involved in other drug deals including some recent ones back in 2006, of a 48-pound shipment of cocaine and then just as recently as November of last year, a 24-pound shipment of cocaine.

Mozilla security chief on protecting Firefox users
CIO – Apr 2, 2008
appears to be the largest ever among technology firms. It is certainly Microsoft’s largest. The company mostly buys smaller firms for less than a billion dollars to fill in gaps in its product lineup. But that may be changing. Last year, for instance, Microsoft bought Seattle…
seems to be moving closer to a goal of using mobile handsets to accomplish financial transactions and make purchases as several competing market players align on both technology and objectives, according to research company In-Stat. Although 2008 will not be “the year of mobile payments” in the U. , some progress is likely, the high-tech market research firm predicted.

RLI Transportation Expands Small Fleet Trucking Program
Layover.com – Apr 2, 2008
They want to bypass the wholesale channel. By cutting out the middleman, our (retail) agents experience a streamlined quote process and ultimately a faster quote turnaround. " Additionally, the program is now available to truckload and less-than-truckload carriers with up to 19 units conducting the following operations: dry van, refrigerated, auto-haulers, dry tank (non-hazardous), expedited delivery, and moving and storage (excluding warehousing). Lines offered under the small fleet trucking program include: auto liability (AL), physical damage, general liability (GL), non-trucking AL, trailer interchange and following form excess. The small fleet trucking program excludes Alaska, Hawaii, Mass. RLI is a specialty insurance company serving "niche" or underserved markets…
The small fleet trucking program excludes Alaska, Hawaii, Mass. RLI is a specialty insurance company serving "niche" or underserved markets. Its proven, superior underwriting model creates the flexibility to write unique coverages in a wide array of diverse industries. RLI’s subsidiaries – RLI Insurance Company, Mt. Hawley Insurance Company and RLI Indemnity Company – are rated A+ "Superior" by A.

Rising fuel prices just keep on trucking
MLive.com – Apr 2, 2008
But, he said, his diesel gets pretty good gas mileage; better than his minivan that runs on regular unleaded. Dave Hunt of Two Men & A Truck, 4755 Airline Road, said he is evaluating increasing prices to customers. But with the unstable housing market, fewer people are moving — a double whammy for his company, Hunt said. “I’m picking and choosing what bills I pay right now,” he said. All ten of his trucks use diesel fuel. “We used to have our guys top their tanks everyday,” he said. “Now, I have them monitor their fuel gauges and fill up only when they absolutely need it.