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This stands for Handheld Devices Markup Language, now called Wireless Markup Language.
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HDML - Good Day for Concerns That Help Save DataBy JOHN SCHWARTZOn a day filled with darkness and frustration for many businesses,disaster recovery companies are some of the only ones having a goodday. "We're busy," Jim Simmons, the chief executive of SungardAvailability Services, said with evident relish.The company, which is based in Wayne, Pa., serves more than 10,000customers in 50 countries, including many of the largest financialservices companies. Mr. Simmons said his company was "in the businessof keeping people in business."Companies that provide such services have to be their own bestcustomers. Don DeMarco, the vice president for business continuity andrecovery services at I.B.M. , said that his company was ready to jumpwhen he saw the light flicker at his office in Southbury, Conn. A fewminutes later, his cellphone rang. "My people let me know that it wasa widespread issue," he said. He climbed into his car and begandriving to an I.B.M. complex in Sterling Forest, N.Y., in OrangeCounty.The I.B.M. center was ready for business; its diesel-poweredgenerators started up as soon as the regular power died. "We didn'tskip a beat," Mr. DeMarco said. The Sterling Forest offices havespare desks for visitors, and the company provides hotel rooms oreven air mattresses for anyone who might have to work around theclock. "We've had people up for 30 hours plus," he said.http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/16/technology/16BACK.html
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