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Ensuring Business Continuity for Marketing and Sales

BryghtPath

Navigate disruptions with confidence. Our in-depth guide on business continuity for marketing & sales provides strategies to maintain customer engagement and revenue, no matter the challenge. Learn practical tips, best practices, and real-world examples to keep your brand strong during times of crisis! The post Ensuring Business Continuity for Marketing and Sales appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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How a Data Platform Can Unlock Silos to Accelerate AI Pipelines

Pure Storage

How a Data Platform Can Unlock Silos to Accelerate AI Pipelines by Pure Storage Blog Summary To unlock the full potential of AI, you’ll need to unify data silos and establish efficient data operations. A modern storage solution like FlashBlade eliminates the need for multiple fragmented systems, simplifies data management, and ensures seamless scalability.

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What Is an Operational Level Agreement (OLA)?

BMC

In today’s technology-driven marketplace, delivering superior IT service management is a requirement. As such, organizations must monitor key infrastructure performance indicators and business services, which are defined in: Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) Underpinning Contracts (UCs) However, they must do this in a way that maximizes IT productivity while keeping costs low.

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Against Hyping Civil War and Mass Violence

The Rand Blog

Taking steps to prevent and prepare for violence always makes sense, but it should not be viewed as a suggestion that the United States is on the brink of civil war.

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The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity

The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity is a step-by-step resource for developing an effective Business Continuity Management (BCM) program and navigating challenges. Whether building from scratch or enhancing a plan, this guide offers practical tools, expert advice, and strategies to ensure resilience. What You’ll Learn: Key elements of BCM and resiliency Steps to build and test your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Conducting risk assessments and BIAs Integrating cybersecurity into p

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Some Good News re Devastation of H. Milton

Recovery Diva

From HSNews: Amid Hurricane Milton’s Devastation, a Sliver of Good News Earlier this month Hurricane Milton caused an estimated $50 billion in damage and claimed the lives of at least 14 people, yet didn’t deliver the scale of destruction some had feared. Cellphone data suggest evacuation mandates, warning systems worked.

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Cities, Cultural Heritage and the Culture of Responding to Floods

Emergency Planning

Print 0 46 false false false EN-GB X-NONE AR-SA In the autumn of 1972 I visited a town called Puerto Lumbreras, located in the Province of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It had just been affected by a major flash flood, the effect of a gota fria meteorological phenomenon of the kind that so devastated Valencia in October 2024. The Rambla de Nogalte stream, which runs through the centre of town, was a mass of churned-up mud.

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The Value of Caregivers to Veterans' Health, Wellness, and Recovery

The Rand Blog

More than 14 million Americans are caring for a service member or veteran. They provide services worth billions of dollars every year, often at tremendous financial and emotional costs to themselves. They need better access to mental health care, compensation, and other support.

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New CRS Report on Simplifying FEMA’s Assistance Programs

Recovery Diva

From the Congressional Research Service: Simplifying FEMA’s Assistance Programs: Selected Actions Taken and Potential Future Considerations.

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Gen Z’s digital-first life poses a threat to MSP clients

Acronis

Gen Z is falling for scams. The cultural disconnect between IT leaders, cybersecurity strategies and young workers puts businesses at risk — but MSPs can help.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Introducing Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution, an Azure Native ISV Service

Pure Storage

Introducing Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution, an Azure Native ISV Service by Pure Storage Blog Summary Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is a fully managed block-storage-as-a-service offering. Pure Storage Cloud for AVS supports seamless, cost-effective migration of VMware environments to the cloud. Today, Pure Storage is excited to introduce Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution (AVS), a fully managed block-storage-as-a-service offering for AVS.

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Kim Jong-un's Risky Business in Russia

The Rand Blog

North Korea is sending 12,000 troops to Russia to aid in its fight against Ukraine. This deployment reveals Kim Jong-un’s desperation for cash but presents significant risks for his regime.

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Huge Fire Risk in CA

Recovery Diva

From CNN: 27 million people in California face ‘life-threatening’ fire warning

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How does security awareness training keep MSPs out of trouble?

Acronis

Security awareness training is effective when it's designed and implemented correctly. For MSPs, it represents not only an opportunity to boost client protection and drive revenue but also to stay out of trouble by reducing liability in case of a data breach and helping clients meet cyber insurance prerequisites. Learn why security awareness training can be a major asset in an MSPs list of services.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Mastering Greenhouse Gas Accounting and CDP Reporting: A Comprehensive Guide

Security Industry Association

Renee Thompson, director of global sustainability and environmental compliance at Wesco International, serves as chair of SIA’s Environmental, Social and Governance Advisory Board. Greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and reporting have become crucial practices for organizations worldwide as they strive to address climate change and meet stakeholder expectations.

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Can Track 2 Discussions Help Stem the Decline in U.S.-China Relations?

The Rand Blog

The status of U.S.-China relations calls for additional efforts beyond the usual high diplomacy to cut through the atmosphere of distrust. Unofficial or quasi-official dialogues are underway with scholars, policy analysts, and experts covering topics such as human rights, climate change, and AI.

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Possible Effects of the Election

Recovery Diva

From NBCNews: Already in political crosshairs, fates of NOAA and FEMA hang in the election balance. Government weather and disaster agencies have become increasingly politicized, so the election may be pivotal to their futures. Project 2025 recommends major changes and cuts to NOAA and FEMA.

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Overcoming tool sprawl in Microsoft 365 managed services

Acronis

Microsoft itself does not — and, in fact, does not claim to secure Microsoft 365 data. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud offers MSPs the consolidated, comprehensive and natively integrated solution they need to protect clients and redistribute resources.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Adopting Responsible AI Practices and Governance: Navigating Emerging Regulations

Solutions Review

Schellman’s Avani Desai offers insight on adopting responsible AI practices and governance by navigating regulations. appeared on Solutions Review’s Insight Jam , an enterprise IT community enabling the human conversation on AI. The necessity to establish responsible artificial intelligence (AI) practices has become increasingly important due to the rapid implementation of AI across organizations.

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The Invisible Summit: Why the Mountain is Too High for Women in the Quest for Leadership

The Rand Blog

Women face invisible barriers to leadership, with biases affecting their advancement. Black women encounter dual biases of race and gender, leading to higher turnover and fewer promotions. Overcoming these requires recognizing and addressing these systemic challenges for genuine inclusivity.

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CRS Report on FEMA’s Individual and Households Program

Recovery Diva

From the Congressional Research Service: FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program (IHP)—Implementation and Considerations for Congress (74 pp) This is one of several reports on the program published by CRS.

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Is Your IT-Related Risk Beyond Acceptable Limits?

NexusTek

Is your business facing IT risks like cybersecurity threats, compliance gaps, or operational disruptions? See where your business stands.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Essential Disaster Recovery Terms Explained

BryghtPath

Enhance your disaster preparedness by mastering these crucial disaster recovery terms. From RTO to BCP, explore essential definitions, practical applications, and expert insights for ensuring business resilience. The post Essential Disaster Recovery Terms Explained appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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How and Why Integrators Should Work With SaaS Companies

Security Industry Association

Sarah Teskova is head of sales and client operations at Sharry. The collaboration between security integrators and security as a service (SaaS) companies has shifted significantly from traditional on-premises hardware installations to modern, cloud-based, data-driven security solutions. In the early days, security integrators focused primarily on physical security systems.; however, the advent of cloud computing in the 2000s opened new avenues for SaaS companies, enabling them to offer scalable

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Building Disaster Resilience: A Systems Approach to Leadership Communication

The Rand Blog

Disaster resilience strategies must integrate AI and green infrastructure with a focus on rebuilding trust through transparent, unified narratives that guide communities in understanding risks and empowering them to act.

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What Does BCI World Hybrid 2024 Tell Us About the State of Business Continuity?

Plan B Consulting

In this week’s bulletin, Charlie gives an insight into how the event went and discusses the main business continuity themes throughout the conference. This week, I have been at the BCI World Hybrid Event in London, and I thought I would share what I thought of the event and also what it says about the state of business continuity. As a general view, I thought the event was as well-attended as last year.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha