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Broadcom launches VMware Tanzu Data Services

Network World

These problems include the time it takes to provision new data services, such as in high availability and disaster recovery, where, Broadcom said, “it can take an enterprise a year or more to properly set up and tune a deployment architectures that includes high availability, disaster recovery and backups.” I would have to say yes.”

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5 dead-end IT skills — and how to avoid becoming obsolete

CIO Business Intelligence

CIOs and other executives identified familiar IT roles that will need to evolve to stay relevant, including traditional software development, network and database management, and application testing. In software development today, automated testing is already well established and accelerating.

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7 types of tech debt that could cripple your business

CIO Business Intelligence

Lack of automation: Database admins spend too much time on manual operating procedures that should be automated, including creating backups, administering privileges, syncing data across systems, or provisioning infrastructure.

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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO Business Intelligence

Another problem with mobile application security is the speed with which individuals can develop and deploy new apps. Unless security is mandated by policy or regulations, developers will place least privilege and other security principles as their lowest priority.

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One of the Best Things You Can Do as a CIO

CIO Business Intelligence

The fenced forensic environment provides a safe location to provide forensic analysis of backup datasets to identify a copy of the data that is free from malware or ransomware and can be safely restored – this copy is often referred to by storage and backup administrators as “a known good copy.”. Set up a fenced forensic environment.

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Amazon's Latest Data Breach a Ripple Effect of MOVEit

SecureWorld News

MOVEit, a file transfer software developed by Progress Software, was exploited by the Cl0p ransomware group, which used a Zero-Day vulnerability to steal sensitive data from organizations using the software. Shortly after the attacks, the SEC launched an investigation into Progress Software.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, an MSP specializing in managed network services will skew toward professionals with traditional computer engineering, software engineering, and systems engineering backgrounds, in addition to software developers, and networking and security experts.