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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO Business Intelligence

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.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

March 2022. February 2022. January 2022. In his 20 years’ experience in IT, Verma has led work on security, risk compliance, IoT, RPA, cloud, and business continuity planning. The increased demand for experienced IT leaders has made the space extremely dynamic. Write to us if you have news to share.

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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

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. The roots of efforts like these spread deep and wide. So far, so good.

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Over 9,000 Exposed VNCs Threaten Critical Infrastructure

SecureWorld News

The company shared this graphic, depicting attacks on port 5900 from July 9 through August 9, 2022: It also shared the top five countries with exposed VNCs over the internet. Any organization that leaves VNCs exposed to the internet dramatically increases the likelihood of a cyber incident. The United States is third with 835.

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Dubai-based GMG invests in next-gen tech to improve customer needs

CIO Business Intelligence

“The pandemic affected our ability to conduct business in-person, so companies had no choice but to quickly roll out digital tools and amend plans to ensure business continuity. However, many companies have been at the forefront of digital transformation for years, and digitalization has long been part of our business strategy.

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Dimension Data: Delivering the Hybrid IT That Africa’s Distributed, Fast-Paced Organizations Need to Succeed

CIO Business Intelligence

Part of the NTT Group, Dimension Data provides enterprises throughout Africa and the Middle East with everything from a full array of cloud solutions to customized development services that build on cutting-edge advances in analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things.

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IT leaders rethink the people part of business continuity

CIO Business Intelligence

Like others, Orlandini does not consider the topic as entirely new; it fits with business continuity planning. Insight executives were called on to demonstrate the company’s values as workers in one overseas locale faced strict lockdowns even though they had little to no internet access at their homes. “In Putting people first.