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Is your disaster recovery a house of cards? Why BIA, BCP, and DRP are your foundation

CIO Business Intelligence

Disaster recovery is more than just an IT issue. In fact, successful recovery from cyberattacks and other disasters hinges on an approach that integrates business impact assessments (BIA), business continuity planning (BCP), and disaster recovery planning (DRP) including rigorous testing.

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Trade routes of the digital age: How data gravity shapes cloud strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

However, trade along the Silk Road was not just a matter of distance; it was shaped by numerous constraints much like todays data movement in cloud environments. Merchants had to navigate complex toll systems imposed by regional rulers, much as cloud providers impose egress fees that make it costly to move data between platforms.

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Radically Reduce Downtime and Data Loss with SaaS-based Disaster Recovery

CIO Business Intelligence

Planned downtime, for IT migrations and moving to the cloud, also consumes valuable organizational time. They also know that without a reliable disaster recovery (DR) solution to protect business-critical applications, all their modernization efforts could be rendered moot in a matter of seconds.

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Agility Recovery To Enhance Disaster Recovery Program With Globally Recognized Certification Standard From the MSPAlliance

CTOvision

By Bob Gourley Unified Certification Standard for Cloud & Managed Service Providers Will Serve as Framework for Agility Recovery Partners and Clients. By working with Agility Recovery, UCS audited cloud and managed service providers will be in an optimal position to provide mission-critical IT services to organizations in need.”.

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Improving cloud ROI—and why CIOs are just the ones to do it

CIO Business Intelligence

Yet it’s rare for any business leader not to say they wish they had a better ROI from their cloud spend. Modernize cloud business models New models require IT organizations to approach how they build and operate applications differently to control costs, but some IT organizations fail to take this into consideration.

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2025 Middle East tech trends: How CIOs will drive innovation with AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Data sovereignty and the development of local cloud infrastructure will remain top priorities in the region, driven by national strategies aimed at ensuring data security and compliance. The skills gap, particularly in AI, cloud computing, and cybersecurity, remains a critical issue.

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10 top priorities for CIOs in 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

Become reinvention-ready CIOs must invest in becoming reinvention-ready, allowing their enterprise to adopt and adapt to rapid technological and market changes, says Andy Tay, global lead of Accenture Cloud First. Drafting and implementing a clear threat assessment and disaster recovery plan will be critical.

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