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Disaster Recovery and the Darker Side of the ‘Undo’ Function

Disaster RecoveryBy opscentre January 13, 2015

There are times when you wish you could undo what you just did. Sometimes, you can’t. Financial investments, office reorganisations and even that too-hasty email you sent often cannot simply be reversed. With IT on the other hand, it’s a different story. From individual PCs to corporate data centres, the ‘Undo’ function has become a…

When the Resilience of the Web Comes Back to Haunt You

Business ResilienceBy opscentre January 8, 2015

The Internet is truly a work of genius. From the original DARPA brainwave about a network that would reroute around failure to the social media that have brought billions of people together, the Internet is a wonder of the world as much as the Egyptian pyramids and the Taj Mahal. It is a fascinating thought…

What’s Stopping People from Defining Their Own Recovery Objectives?

Disaster RecoveryBy opscentre January 6, 2015

People who manage a functional department or a business process may find it tough to set recovery objectives for what they manage so devotedly, day in and day out. That does not necessarily mean that they are not objective. Instead, they may not know how critical their part of the business is to the rest…

Androids, Apples, the Long Distance Wipe and Mobile Computing Security

Information SecurityBy opscentre December 25, 2014

Statistics from reputable sources are clear: Symantec of anti-virus software fame found that 73% of organisations it contacted saw higher levels of efficiency as a key advantage. Deloitte, the audit firm, has said that 71% of enterprises are already deploying mobile apps. That means opportunity for faster sales reactions, improved productivity and even lower operating…

Smart Power, Cheap Power… Safe Power? Smart Grids and Resilience

Business ResilienceBy opscentre December 23, 2014

They say that information drives business. Actually, it’s electricity. Your data will most likely be useless if you have no power. On the other hand, if you can turn the lights on, you can start working, one way or another. But now in a kind of millennial Mobius loop, information is also increasingly driving power…

How to Start Tackling a Big Web Threat – Cross Site Scripting

Disaster RecoveryBy opscentre December 16, 2014

If you haven’t yet met cross site scripting or XSS for short, it’s probably only a matter of time. And if your enterprise is running a web site that allows users to enter data, for example as search terms, consider XSS as a threat to be tackled now, not later. The short version of what…

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