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How to create an effective business continuity plan

CIO Business Intelligence

And with the number of extreme weather events, cyberattacks, and geopolitical conflicts continuing to rise, business leaders are bracing for the possibility of increasingly more frequent impactful incidents their organizations will need to respond to. A solid business continuity plan is one of those foundational elements.

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Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

CIO Business Intelligence

Despite these challenges, having an up-to-date disaster recovery plan that works and guaranteeing a robust network, security, and systems support framework for new business directions are foundational elements of IT that can’t be ignored — and should be funded. The average cost of a data breach is $4.64

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Is voice being superseded?

Spearline Testing

* This article is an excerpt taken from Spearline's Whitepaper ' 2020 Global Telecom's Report ' Businesses continue expanding their contact channels, and inbound voice is sometimes seen as outdated in this omnichannel world. It should therefore be supported by ensuring strong network quality at all times.

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2018 state of resilience: The pressure is on

Network World

The results of several surveys underscore the concerns of nearly 6,000 IT professionals around the globe. As we swerve onto the runway in 2018, IT leaders are finding themselves under increased pressure to ensure security, high availability and disaster recovery for the applications and systems under their care.

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How effective data backup strategies can combat cyber threats?

Dataconomy

Primarily, data backup sustains business continuity by ensuring access to vital information as required, enabling seamless operations post any potential attacks. For example, ExpressVPN’s global survey on people’s backup habits revealed that 38% of the respondents had suffered data loss due to neglecting backups.

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An Intelligent Future for Manufacturing

CIO Business Intelligence

In the automotive sector for example, the advent of autonomous vehicles has resulted in burgeoning demand for computing power, cloud storage and network bandwidth. To support such rapid growth, the company needed the right capabilities for its R&D network and production systems.

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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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