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The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

Plan B Consulting

I have been scouring the internet for any information on why the outage happened, but the only information released so far is that it was due to a power surge. The East Coast Amazon data centre outage a couple of months ago should have taught us that however many backup systems an organisation has, their IT can still fail.

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The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

Plan B Consulting

I have been scouring the internet for any information on why the outage happened, but the only information released so far is that it was due to a power surge. The East Coast Amazon data centre outage a couple of months ago should have taught us that however many backup systems an organisation has, their IT can still fail.

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Modern Enterprise Data Protection: A How-To Guide

Pure Storage

According to the FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report , the Internet Crime Complaint Center received 791,790 cybercrime complaints in 2020, with reported losses exceeding $4.2 Data center outages come in many forms and often occur at the most unfortunate of times. The advantages of flash in backup and recovery.

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Can You Afford Business Continuity Planning?

KingsBridge BCP

This is the Internet age – it isn’t hard for your customers to find your competitors and quickly and seamlessly give them your business. We recently worked with a small development company that experiences frequent power outages. We calculated how much direct salary money they were losing with the power outages. Not convinced?

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CrowdStrike: Lessons on the Importance of Contracts, Insurance and Business Continuity

IT Governance BC

Mitigating supply chain risk After widespread coverage, the CrowdStrike outage from 19 July 2024 hardly needs an introduction. The outage was caused by a bad security update rolled out by CrowdStrike. Without question, this is one of the most expensive IT outages to date, with significant global impact. million Windows devices.

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Overcoming the Challenges of Contact Center Data

Pure Storage

Simplified integrations with other as-a-service tools and technologies, including AI and even the internet of things (IoT). Support is AI-driven, so issues can be resolved before they become outages. Newfound access to disruptive solutions to improve customer service. The Competitive Advantage of Real-time Insights and Analytics.

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On-premises vs. Cloud: Differences, Benefits, and Risks

Pure Storage

Connectivity might be through a private network locally, as well as through the public internet for dispersed users. Cloud hosting means placing compute resourcessuch as storage, applications, processing, and virtualizationin multi-tenancy third-party data centers that are accessed through the public internet. What Is Cloud Storage?

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