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What is a managed service provider? Strategic outsourcing for IT services

CIO Business Intelligence

As long as the managed service provider meets those metrics, it doesn’t matter whether it uses dedicated staff, automation, or some other system to handle calls for that customer; the MSP decides. MSPs also hire IT pros for roles tailored to specific vendor solutions, such as VMware and Oracle.

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3 Questions That Every CIO Should Be Asking About Clouds (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)

The Accidental Successful CIO

Cloud computing has almost become a part of the definition of information technology. Buying more servers would require more IT staff to act as systems administrators – no servers means no hiring of additional administrators. I love clouds, you love clouds, we all love clouds. Are Cloud Services Reliable Enough?

Cloud 100
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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Ethical Hacking

ForAllSecure

Is it the hospital, which should have had a power backup? I don't, it was definitely illegal. But I can argue it was ethical, but it was definitely illegal. Let's say someone hacks into the local power grid and, as a result, a hospital loses power to its critical patient care units. Who is responsible? I don't know.