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Convergence: The Catalyst to Transform Scientific Research
by Melvin Greer Greer Institute for Leadership and Innovation A new transformative research approach is gaining global attention and adoption. The scientific opportunities enabled by convergence—the coming together of insights…
Cloud Computing Promises: Fact or Fiction
Cloud computing is currently making information technology headlines, and vendors are aggressively promoting the many benefits it can provide organizations. This White Paper addresses the claims and questions that are…
Super Smart Person’s Guide to Cloud Computing – San Diego
We are offering a fun and educational event just about the cloud. This session will help CEOs, Directors, Managers, and Dilberts learn what the heck the cloud is all about.…
A Managed Services Business Owners Lament: A talk with Joe D.
by Kevin L. Jackson A few days ago I received a call from a small business owner asking if I would meet him for coffee. He wanted to run some…
Technology and the Evolving Workforce
by Melvin Greer Managing Director Greer Institute for Leadership and Innovation According to a Greer Institute Workforce and Talent study, the 2020 workforce is both “the most educated and culturally…
Security attacks and countermeasures
by Sandra K. Johnson Cyber security is rapidly becoming a significant issue in the C-suite as well as the population at large. The results of Dell’s Global Technology Adoption…
ITIL in 7 Minutes!
What is ITIL & how can it benefit your organization? Learn the answers to these questions plus gain an understanding of the ITIL Service Lifecycle in this video. Download a…
How Resilient are FedRAMP Clouds Anyway?
By Jodi Kohut For the uninitiated, FedRAMP is the Federal Risk Authorizationand Management Program, a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for…
Federal Tech Talk: Cloud Transition Challenges in Government and Industry
Cloud Computing is revolutionizing today’s business marketplace. While “learning the art of the possible”, corporate executives today are struggling with the business and security challenges associate with this important transition. Just…
Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)
2015 PREDICTION TIME!! The worlds of cloud, mobile, social and cyber will continue expanding, permuting and recombining. Their individual effect on society and commerce will become moot as these technological…
One of the questions I’ve been asked from the beginning of the Federal Cloud First initiative, is, “If my data is in The answer is not as clear-cut as the question. In theory, most cloud services offer extremely resilient platforms and a modicum of disaster recovery is built in. In fact, those cloud service provider (CSP) systems that have received an ATO through the FedRAMP program do have fairly sophisticated contingency plans in place, with Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) clearly articulated- and plenty of alternate processing sites, policies, and procedures in place in the event of a contingency. So, it’s in there right?
Not so fast- it depends on what services you are acquiring and how you are deploying and managing them. The baseline of this discussion is however rooted in availability and uptime.
the cloud, isn’t my disaster recovery built in? Isn’t that the benefit of being in the cloud?”
- Amazon – 28.23 hours
- Rackspace – 97.98 hours
- Verizon – 136 hours
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