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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO

On July 8, 2022, a botched maintenance update on the Rogers ISP network in Canada crashed internet access across the country for at least 12 hours, with some customers experiencing problems for days afterward. The nationwide outage affected phone and internet service for about 12.2 Check your suppliers’ backup plans.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO

The outage was traced to a damaged database file; a contractor was working to correct a problem with the synchronization between live and backup databases and ended up corrupting both. And arise it did on January 24, when a Chicago employee failed to turn the backup server off at the appropriate time.

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Beyond.pl: Addressing sovereign cloud needs in Poland and beyond

CIO

Actual control over data, its collection, storage, use and management is becoming one of the key topics in discussions about the global internet. Each data center is also connected to the high-bandwidth transmission corridor connecting Frankfurt, Poznan, and Warsaw, as well as Europe’s largest internet exchange in Frankfurt (DE-CIX).

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Dialog Enterprise: keeping the data of Sri Lanka’s enterprises safe and sovereign

CIO

Offering an extensive portfolio of ICT solutions and services in conjunction with its high-available data centers, fastest broadband internet and telecommunications networks for consumers and businesses, Dialog Enterprise is one of the most trusted information and communication technology brands in Asia.

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History of IBM DB2

The Crazy Programmer

It has the most up-to-date encryption, data federation, and backup/recovery features. The Internet of Things (IoT), industrial, telecommunications, financial services, online retail, and other industries that require real-time analytics on streamed large volume, high-velocity data can benefit from Db2 Event Store.

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Colocation: The Benefits of Cost-Effective Data Centers

Kaseya

You also get power, backup power, cooling, cabling and more, just as you would at your own data center. Bandwidth: High-speed internet access is provided by all colocation centers so that you have the necessary access to your server processing power. Disaster Recovery Preparedness. Uptime SLAs.

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Cloud storage startup Wasabi raises $250M to reach unicorn status

TechCrunch

” Friend and Flowers joined forces in 2015 to start Wasabi, when Friend was still the CEO of cloud backup company Carbonite. Flowers, also previously at Carbonite, had been working with several founding engineers to create Wasabi and eventually convinced Friend to join the effort. .”

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