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IPI launches ElasticCX Service Recovery for contact centres

Fri, 26th Jul 2024
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IPI unveils ElasticCX Service Recovery, a cloud-based solution aimed at enhancing Contact Centre resilience against IT outages, security breaches, and planned upgrades.
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Microsoft Azure outage causes global disruption across industries

Mon, 22nd Jul 2024
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The Microsoft Azure outage, triggered by a faulty CrowdStrike update, disrupted banking, aviation, and healthcare globally, highlighting cybersecurity flaws.
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Internet outages cost companies up to USD $10 million monthly

Fri, 5th Jul 2024
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Catchpoint's inaugural Internet Resilience Report reveals outages costing businesses up to USD $10 million monthly, underscoring internet reliability's critical role.
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New Relic report underscores rising observability in IT, telecoms

Wed, 29th May 2024
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New Relic's latest report reveals that 43% of IT and telecom professionals attribute observability's growing importance to AI adoption, with 56% favouring a single observability platform.
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Cirata unveils MultiSite tool to boost global code collaboration

Thu, 23rd May 2024
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Cirata has launched an enhanced version of its Gerrit MultiSite solution, improving global development team collaboration by streamlining data replication.
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Roq underscores importance of tech maintenance to prevent B2C outages

Fri, 3rd May 2024
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Engineering firm Roq highlights urgent need for increased investment in technology maintenance, amid rising tech failures and outages affecting B2C platforms.
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Businesses caught underprepared for Active Directory outages, Cayosoft reveals

Mon, 19th Feb 2024
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A recent report by Cayosoft shows a lack of preparedness for Active Directory outages, potentially costing companies millions per day and risking severe operational disruption.
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How eCommerce and fintech firms are leveraging the power of AI-enabled data centres

Fri, 5th Jan 2024
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Ecommerce and fintech firms tap into the potential of AI-enabled data centres, harnessing GPU-powered servers to enhance data processing, bolster fraud detection, and streamline payment systems.
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Blue Wireless joins Connectbase for easier global wireless connectivity

Mon, 11th Dec 2023
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Blue Wireless has joined Connectbase to provide instant pricing and global service availability, enhancing wireless connectivity solutions.
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'The future of data centres: On-prem AI & sustainability on the horizon'

Tue, 5th Dec 2023
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On-prem AI and sustainable practices to redefine data centre functionality by 2024, predicts Juniper's Perry Sui.
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Venafi forecasts rise of '1000x developer' & hacker threats

Thu, 30th Nov 2023
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open source
Venafi warns of the rise of '1000x developer' and '1000x hacker' threats in 2024, fuelled by burgeoning AI innovations and cloud native vulnerabilities.
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Kyndryl teams up with Dynatrace to enhance business insights offering

Thu, 2nd Nov 2023
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Kyndryl forges global alliance with Dynatrace to amplify its business insights offering, enhancing customers' outcomes.
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Veeam names Dustin Driggs as new CFO

Wed, 22nd Feb 2023
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data protection
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Veeam, the global leader in modern data protection, appoints Dustin Driggs as new CFO, bringing in over 30 years of experience in multinational businesses.
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Technologists need better visibility into IT performance to avoid more high profile outages

Tue, 7th Dec 2021
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'If it can happen to Facebook, it could happen to us.' This will be the concern in IT departments all over the world.
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Report: Organisations must be proactive, not reactive when it comes to security

Mon, 1st Nov 2021
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83% of companies suffer business damage during the first day of an IT outage, according to new research from Netenrich.
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UPDATED: IT systems down at Waikato Hospital & DHB, 'cybersecurity incident' confirmed

Wed, 19th May 2021
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Waikato Hospital has this morning begun turning outpatients away from scheduled bookings after a major outage affecting its IT and phone systems.
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Top internet outages of 2019 - ThousandEyes

Wed, 15th Jan 2020
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network infrastructure
The most significant of these outages took place over the northern hemisphere summer and disrupted nearly every top tech company in some fashion.
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Two key ways to prevent data centre outages

Fri, 5th Jul 2019
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Power loss is still causing significant problems within the industry, according to more than 1600 operators and IT practitioners surveyed.
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Azure outage postmortem: Microsoft reveals what happened and why

Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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public cloud
Headlines around the world have been shouting about Azure's outage - here's MIcrosoft's postmortem on the matter.
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Anatomy of an outage: Understanding the lifecycle of downtime

Thu, 19th Apr 2018
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Businesses face high costs and risks with outages, impacting operations and reputation; understanding all stages is key.