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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. says Guthrie. “Do

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Business Impact Analysis: An Integral Part of Business Continuity Planning

Kaseya

IT teams in most organizations are familiar with disaster recovery and business continuity processes. However, some may not be aware of the importance of conducting a business impact analysis (BIA). A BIA is one of the most important elements of a business continuity plan. Business Impact.

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Routed: Being Committed to Sustainability Will Ultimately be a Non-Negotiable Attribute in Business

CIO

“The foundation of our business is rooted in sustainability. From the products we offer to the services we provide, our aim is to provide the highest levels of business continuity responsibly. The foundation of our business is rooted in sustainability.

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The digital transformation of an island nation: how Bahrain rose to lead cloud adoption in the GCC Region

CIO

AWS launched its first Region in the Middle East with three availability zones in 2019, enabling Middle East organizations to meet business continuity and disaster recovery requirements and build available, fault-tolerant, and scalable applications from Bahrain. So far, so good.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO

Similar to disaster recovery, business continuity, and information security, data strategy needs to be well thought out and defined to inform the rest, while providing a foundation from which to build a strong business.”

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A Customer’s Journey to OCI – Avail Infrastructure Solutions Adopts Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for Enterprise Workloads

Apps Associates

Ultrafast, simple, non-disruptive replication of the on-premise servers to the OCI cloud platform using Rackware’s cloud migration tool This blog was a collaboration between Sudhakar Marampally, DBA Architect, Apps Associates, and Vijay Singh, Senior Technical Architect, Apps Associates.

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8 big IT failures of 2023

CIO

Cascading phone failures down under Australia was the site of another high-profile IT failure in November, when Optus, the country’s second-largest telecom provider, went down for 12 hours, leaving half of Australians without phone or Internet connectivity. Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Generative AI, IT Strategy

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