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Expanding the Cloud: Enabling Globally Distributed Applications and Disaster Recovery

All Things Distributed

About 5 years ago, I introduced you to AWS Availability Zones, which are distinct locations within a Region that are engineered to be insulated from failures in other Availability Zones and provide inexpensive, low latency network connectivity to other Availability Zones in the same region.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO Business Intelligence

To tackle that, businesses are turning their budgets toward the cloud, with two out of every three IT decision-makers planning to increase cloud budgets in 2024, and nearly a third (31%) reporting that 31% of their IT budget is earmarked for cloud computing, according to the 2023 Cloud Computing Study from CIO.com parent company Foundry.

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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. For Sapper Labs, “the Rogers outage reinforced our confidence in our own architecture and mode of operation,” McMahon says.

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Business continuity planning: A proactive approach to threat management

CIO Business Intelligence

Events like this highlight the importance of developing contingency plans based on events in the world that can impact businesses. Business continuity is an essential part of the planning process for CIOs and CTOs. Black swan events can impact businesses in significant ways. Emphasize written over verbal communication.

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Fountainhead: Who's using Infrastructure Orchestration in Finance?

Fountainhead

The beauty of infrastructure orchestration is that it abstracts-away all of the "plumbing" of the Server such as I/O, networking and storage connectivity -- which makes it an absolutely *ideal* complement to virtualization. as estimated for its legacy architecture. Pointers for IT Business Continuity & Pandemics.

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Cybersecurity Culture: How Princeton University's Security Team Created It

SecureWorld News

Sherry's team developed four staffing verticals to focus on—Architecture, Engineering, Risk & Analysis, and Awareness & Training—and was able to fill all the roles with internal Princeton staff. That was important to establish credibility, but also to take advantage of institutional knowledge…. "If gather once a week to share ideas.

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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

Data Center Knowledge

One cloud computing solution is to deploy the platform as a means for disaster recovery, business continuity, and extending the data center. With flexible “pay-as-you-grow” models, cloud computing can evolve with the needs of your business. Leveraging Cloud and Virtualization for Disaster Recovery.

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