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Featured, News - Wednesday, January 12, 2011 10:22 - 0 Comments
Technology giants evac Brisvegas as floods rise
A number of major Australian technology companies were yesterday forced to evacuate Brisbane staff from their premises as rising flood waters threatened the city’s central business district.
Around 2,000 Telstra staff left the company’s Brisbane facilities, with the location of its headquarters in the city particuarly being an issue. “Because of the proximity of our George St building in Brisbane to the Brisbane River we have advised staff to go home,” spokesperson Craig Middleton said yesterday. “We’ve also ensured that any business critical functions have been transferred to other Telstra locations.”
Telstra spokesperson Elouise Campion told AAP the situation had been “scary” — staff could see the river beginning to burst its banks and onto a garden area. Optus, too, evacuated its staff, although the telco wasn’t sure of the exact number who went home, and Microsoft also told its employees to start working from home.
“Thinking of our Brisbane office — just been evacuated,” Microsoft Australia’s new general manager Pip Marlow wrote on Twitter yesterday. And then good news: “All our team in Brisbane safe and sound. So good to know,” the executive added.








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