Target.com's second site crash could become e-comm nightmare
For the second time in six weeks, Target's Web site crashed Tuesday, and that is scary news for any major retailer heading into the holiday shopping season.
View ArticleDuqu, Stuxnet link unclear
A report by Dell SecureWorks on Wednesday debunked the idea that the newly discovered Duqu Trojan is related to last year's Stuxnet worm or was created by the same authors.
View ArticleAt Houston Bank, Disaster Recovery Goes Virtual
The Project: Implement a hypervisor-based replication system to provide more streamlined business continuity and disaster recovery for Woodforest National Bank's virtualized data center.
View ArticleVirtual Machine cloud replication and restoration to boom
By 2014, almost one in three midsize businesses will be using a recovery-as-a-service (RaaS) with the ability to backup and restore virtual machines (VMs), according to Gartner.
View ArticleNetApp, Iron Mountain team up on medical archive service
Iron Mountain today announced a secure cloud-based archive service for medical data based on NetApp's grid-architecture, object-based, storage software.
View ArticleIn pictures: CIO roundtable - data management and business continuity
CIOs gathered in Brisbane recently to discuss data management, business continuity and backups.
View ArticleHow to Mitigate Business Risk Using SAM and SLM Tools
Most companies understand the risks associated with disaster recovery and business continuity and plan accordingly. Few can say the same thing about the software they own -- or don't own, as the case...
View ArticleChristchurch law firm adopts VDI after earthquake
After catastrophic earthquakes in Christchurch toppled its New Zealand law office, Duncan Cotterill implemented desktop virtualization to provide stronger disaster resilience, according to the law...
View ArticleJohn Holley: Leadership lessons from the frontline
Back from his stint as planning officer for the UN Mission in South Sudan, John Holley shares how the Army’s approach to strategic planning and operations can apply to the business environment.
View ArticleSix ways to prevent a breach like the one at AT&T
A data breach like the one recently reported by AT&T demonstrates that security policies alone are only a paper tiger without the technological teeth to make sure they are enforced, experts say.
View Article5 tech trends that will impact data centres in the future
At Gartner’s Infrastructure, Operations & Data Centre Summit in Sydney, research analyst, David Cappuccio, detailed new trends that are likely to impact IT operations and data centres of the future.
View ArticleMore tech trends to disrupt data centres
This week CIO is exploring the top tech trends expected to disrupt data centres in the future, as well as IT departments, business units and the c-suite, including shifting skillsets and business...
View ArticleWhat it’s like to be CIO for a not-for-profit
Richard Parry of Stand Children’s Services Tu Maia Whanau taps disruptive technology to reduce IT ‘cost centres’
View Article12 tips to help SMBs select and manage vendors
Small business owners and experts share their strategies on how to build a successful, lasting partnership with suppliers/vendors.
View ArticleLessons on leadership from a space aviator
Chris Hadfield transposes lessons from his experiences as an astronaut and commander of the International Space Station, into the need to prepare and react to complex change.
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