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Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

CIO

It’s common knowledge among CIOs that disaster recovery investments are always de-prioritized by company boards — until disaster strikes. But disaster recovery is just one example of projects that are of an important and preemptive nature that CIOs want to fund but find de-prioritized when it comes to budget approval.

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What is BCDR? Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Explained

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In fact, in the 2019 State of IT Operations Survey Report , nearly 61 percent of the survey respondents who had a security breach in the past year, had two to four IT outages. What Is Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) and Why Is It Important for Businesses? What Are the Objectives of a BCDR Plan?

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How to create an effective business continuity plan

CIO

According to PwC’s 2023 Global Crisis and Resilience Survey , 96% of 1,812 business leaders said their organizations had experienced disruption in the past two years and 76% said their most serious disruption had a medium to high impact on operations. There’s no better test of your capability to do so than right after an adverse event.

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Overcome These 7 Challenges to Optimize Your Hybrid Multicloud Journey

CIO

In a 2021 survey , 95% of respondents agreed that a hybrid cloud is critical for success, and 86% plan to invest more in hybrid multicloud. When evaluating cloud provider lock-in, tread carefully to ensure it supports your strategy as a business. Hybrid multicloud has emerged as the new design center for organizations of all sizes.

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Elevate your digital transformation with impactful sustainability

CIO

The Equinix Global Tech Trends Survey found that 71% of global IT decision-makers agree that sustainability strategy and practices are critical to the longevity of their business, and 65% said their companies would only work with IT partners who can prove they meet key carbon-reduction targets.

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How Your IT Infrastructure Can Accelerate Transformation Efforts

CIO

Their most pressing issue: the need for technology integration/implementation skills to support digital business initiatives, according to the survey. The talent gap affects these efforts, as do a lack of strategy and little sense of urgency. Yet, there is risk in sidelining these issues and not moving quickly.

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The Race to Data-first Modernization Is On

CIO

And they’re now rapidly evolving their data management strategies to efficiently cope with data at scale and seize the advantage. … According to the results of a recent survey of 750 IT professionals from analyst firm ESG, 93% of IT decision-makers see storage and data management complexity impeding digital transformation. Or are they?

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