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How to create an effective business continuity plan

CIO Business Intelligence

A solid business continuity plan is one of those foundational elements. Every business should have the mindset that they will face a disaster, and every business needs a plan to address the different potential scenarios,” says Goh Ser Yoong, head of compliance at Advance.AI What is a business continuity plan?

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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. At the same time, business continuity plans — and responses in an actual event — should keep people’s safety and well-being central. Business Continuity, IT Leadership, Staff Management

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8 reasons your cloud costs are too high

CIO Business Intelligence

Poor resource management and optimization Excessive enterprise cloud costs are typically the result of inefficient resource management and a lack of optimization. Many enterprises also overestimate the resources required, leading to larger, more expensive instances being provisioned than necessary, causing overprovisioning.

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Strong Business Continuity Management Brings Resilience

CIO Business Intelligence

Business disruptions happen every day and can cause companies to lose millions of dollars and suffer reputational damage. When astute executives, including CIOs, cheat disruption by focusing on business continuity management (BCM) programs that build resilience, the enterprise transformation can prosper.

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Are Your Firewalls and VPNs the Weakest Link in Your Security Stack?

Network World

Cybersecurity has become a boardroom priority with far-reaching implications for business continuity and reputation. It requires a new mindset that acknowledges the decentralized nature of our digital world and emphasizes continuous verification and adaptation for security.

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Contact centers reacted to Covid-19 quite well. Its now time to respond with the same rigor.

Forrester IT

In my view, most contact centers dealt with Covid-19 challenges with an amazing tenacity and resourcefulness in solving for people, technology, and business continuity. I have had the opportunity to get up close and personal in managing crises at contact centers.

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AI as a catalyst for ESG: Empowering CIOs to drive sustainable innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

These technologies can drive resource management, transparency and governance improvements while delivering operational efficiencies and innovation. It allows them to create more sustainable products and reduce resource consumption.

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