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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 The impact was profound. Build redundancy.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets.

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Shells Review – Best Personal Cloud Computer

The Crazy Programmer

In layman’s terms, a virtual desktop is a desktop embedded on a remote cloud server that users can use on any device, including smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, over the internet. Shells provide developers and coders a platform to write code on any device, anytime, and in any language. Introduction to Shells. Developers.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO

Both United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines saw service outages in 2023 resulting from wonky software upgrades, and Southwest ended the previous year with a Christmas travel meltdown blamed on outdated systems. 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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Fixed wireless access (FWA) is a secure networking option

CIO

Hackers take advantage of out-of-date systems, software, and known security issues. This shows that many modern cyber security challenges are network-agnostic, which means the most popular cyber attack methods typically don’t focus on the network technology the company uses to access the internet.

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Worst Nightmares for Software Developers

InfoBest

There are all kinds of monsters lurking in the shadows and even software developers have encountered at least one of them. Software developers are battling bigger and scarier monsters than those fictional characters. What haunts a software developer’s dreams? The classic horror story – Internet Explorer.

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Backups | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

How many of you have ever needed to recover something from backups? Then, imagine if the backups of that application had been failing for months. The importance of local and cloud backups. We must plan for the worst, which includes a full system compromise and restoration from backups. Identifying backup requirements.

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