Transforming IT for Resilient Business
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What could Barbra Streisand, John Wayne, Star Wars and The Sting possibly have in common? More than forty years ago, they were the most popular entities in popular culture as measured by the inaugural edition of The People’s Choice Awards. The People’s Choice Awards were created in 1974 to recognize the people and works of […]
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Every year in the June issue of CRN, The Channel Company publishes its Women of the Channel list citing the professional accomplishments, demonstrated expertise and ongoing dedication to the channel of hundreds of women. The Power 100 is a more focused list of women drawn from this larger list: women leaders whose vision and influence […]
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Memorial Day Weekend 2018 was a deluge for many parts of the country. Flash floods ripped through Ellicott City, Maryland. Subtropical storm Alberto triggered states of emergency in Florida, Mississippi and Alabama. Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes tore through the West and Midwest. Amid all this, the National Weather Service (NWS) experienced an outage from Sunday […]
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Keep energy flowing. Keep real estate protected. Keep medicines available. From energy suppliers to global real estate brokers to national pharmacies, companies around the world are becoming increasingly digital. Organizations are adopting cloud, embracing IT transformation and adding modern, agile and efficient methods to harness the power of their business backbone: data. And with that unprecedented [...]
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Starting a career in technology is one way to ensure you’ll have to continually evolve. The technology transforming industries today might be obsolete tomorrow. But while the technology changes, there are timeless ways to manage your career to ensure you rise to the top and stay at the forefront of what’s new. We gathered insights […]
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2017 was a highlight reel of worst-case scenarios. WannaCry forced some organizations to play tug o’ war with their own data, while hurricanes halted business operations across the South. It felt like one terrible catastrophe after another, and while many organizations had effective safeguards in place, some did not. For those businesses who were unprepared, […]
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Some disasters are more likely to strike than others. If your business is based in Minnesota, you probably don’t have to worry about hurricanes. If you’re based in Florida, preparing for blizzards probably isn’t high on your list of priorities. But no matter where you’re based, you should be prepared for flooding. In recent years, […]
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Data breaches can trigger fines, deflate stock prices, irreparably damage reputations, lose customers and attract more cyberattacks. But they don’t have to. By responding quickly and decisively at the first sign of a data breach, you can limit its impact, preserve trust in your business and keep customers safe. The consequences of a botched data […]
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For companies who provide cloud management and recovery solutions, there’s never been a more critical time to fortify their offerings. And while there’s no single recovery technology capable of spanning today’s vast and varied IT landscape, two things are for certain: business resilience is vital, and one size does not fit all. That’s why Sungard […]
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When a fleet of monster trucks, canoes, jon boats, motor boats, kayaks, and the Cajun Navy make their way into town, you know it’s too late to make a readiness plan in advance of hurricane season. By that point, you’re probably standing in floodwaters up to your waist (or higher), and you’re realizing that your […]
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When CentaurWipe infected hundreds of companies in December 2016, IT departments were left flat-footed. Named for its dual attack of locking down devices while systematically erasing files, CentaurWipe was finally contained after an emergency patch was deployed. Sound familiar? It shouldn’t. It never happened. But in a recent survey of 510 IT decision-makers, more than […]
Nora Hahn
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Have you ever switched brands – shampoo, blue jeans, cell phones come to mind – thinking you could get the same (or a similar) product at a better cost, only to find out that the value of the original product was totally worth it in the long run? That’s a little how it went for […]
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When Sungard Availability Services introduced its hosted private cloud solution for Dell EMC environments last month, companies began taking a second look at their cloud installations. From real estate management firms to healthcare providers to educational technology (edtech) vendors, businesses of all types began assessing their need for greater security and resilience. What do these […]
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The IRS spent Tax Day trying to resolve IT issues rather than processing last-minute returns. When the news broke that the IRS’s Modernized e-File (MeF) system was down, along with the Direct Pay and Payment Plan pages on the IRS site, three possible scenarios that can take businesses down came to mind: a hack, overloaded […]
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We hear a lot about “digital transformation” these days. It’s constantly on the minds of every CIO, CISO and CTO. Marketing and sales organizations are keenly aware of the importance of the ‘digital experience’ they offer their customers. CEOs and boards of directors discuss how their companies should respond to the growing demands of a […]
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Migrating to the cloud can be one of the best IT moves you can make for your enterprise, offering security, customization, agility and cost-savings. And Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the most reliable and tested cloud service providers available. Whether you’re already running applications in the public cloud or thinking about getting started, […]
Meg Ramsey