Do You Need an Early Warning System?

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Forty years ago, a group of construction crews ventured out into the empty, frozen tracts of the Arctic. Using the "high technology" of their day, they built a network of radar stations that could spot approaching aircraft from hundreds of miles away. This DEW Line (for Distant Early Warning) provided the U.S. and Canada with 3-4 hours' advance warning of a Soviet air attack. Today, newer technologies of attack and detection have long since overtaken the bombers and radars of the 1950s. But for millions of people, the DEW Line remains a symbol of the safety and added sense of control offered by early detection of approaching events.

The DEW Line idea translates well to business …