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

CIO Business Intelligence

Bahrain EDB As cloud adoption grows, its impact on economies and businesses is starting to show that digital transformation can make good on the utopian promises of innovation and improved public services. Those who demand to see hard facts that prove the power of cloud should examine Bahrain. So why did AWS select Bahrain?

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Report: SMEs Are Prime Targets and Must Plan for Disaster Recovery

SecureWorld News

To protect business continuity, a solid plan that focuses on maintaining IT infrastructure, data, and applications is crucial for protecting against and responding to malware and ransomware attacks. Part of any disaster recovery plans include backing up data in multiple formats, across different systems, and using cloud services.

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World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder

Storage IO Blog

World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder It’s that time of year again, World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder. The annual day is a to remember to make sure you are protecting […] The post World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Avalara nabs nearly $1B in debt securities to fuel growing tax compliance software business

GeekWire

Seattle-based Avalara is getting a large cash infusion as its business continues to benefit from the e-commerce boom and increasing regulatory obligations. The pandemic-driven rise in online shopping and new tax rules, along with the continuing adoption of cloud services, have helped provide tailwinds for Avalara’s business.

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Google parent company Alphabet broke $200 billion in annual revenue for the first time

The Verge

“Q4 saw ongoing strong growth in our advertising business, which helped millions of businesses thrive and find new customers, a quarterly sales record for our Pixel phones despite supply constraints, and our Cloud business continuing to grow strongly,” Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement accompanying the earnings release.

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CFO survey shows that Seattle’s tech companies remain resilient through the COVID-19 pandemic

GeekWire

Shares of Seattle-area giants such as Microsoft and Amazon have spiked during the pandemic as millions of business and consumers rely on their cloud-based services to communicate with each other, buy groceries, play video games, and much more. The number of deals and dollars invested in the first half of 2020 — $2.3

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You’re not alone in the cyber battlefield

Dataconomy

SOC 2 is specifically designed for cloud service providers, data centers, and other technology companies that handle sensitive information. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a comprehensive data privacy regulation in the European Union (EU) that went into effect on May 25, 2018. What is GDPR?