Category: Business & IT Resilience
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IDC 2019 Study Results Are In: 84% Weren’t IT Resilient Enough
IT forms the basis for your company to keep up with digital demand and stay ahead of the competition. Downtime is not acceptable, and the inability to respond in time can put you out of business. For many organizations, understanding how resilient they are can be a nebulous issue. It’s tricky to measure it consistently…
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A Perfect Pairing: IT Resilience in the Cloud with Zerto and Microsoft Azure
“Oh, we like disruption,” said no business owner – ever. The need to ensure an uninterrupted, always-on enterprise is a common pressure point that just about every business faces. Disruption in the flow of business can cause customers to lose confidence and do irreparable damage your brand. However, you can counter the threat of planned…
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ZertoCON 2019 Day Three: Zerto Closes Strong on A Grand Ole Show in Nashville
Wow! What a tremendous three days it’s been in Nashville! From the delicious eats to the boot-stomping country music, to inspiring keynotes, gracious customers and partners alike, our last day of ZertoCON 2019 ended on a high note. Our final guest speaker, Phil Goodwin, research director at IDC, offered an insightful look into The State…
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Zerto Keeps City of Tyler Blooming with IT Resilience
Nestled in the Piney Woods of East Texas between Dallas and Shreveport, Louisiana, Tyler is home to more than 100,000 citizens and serves as the county seat of Smith County, which covers another 940 miles. The City of Tyler CIO, Benny Yazdanpanahi, leads an IT team that keeps the city running 24/7 with services for public…
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Driving Transformation with IT Resilience
At Zerto we talk to customers every day who are deeply engaged in transformational projects: from datacenter consolidations to the disruptive power of big data, every industry and vertical is feeling the dizzying effects of digital-first strategies. Thom Groot, Digital Director at the AA, puts it like this: “Digital Transformation is another term for what…
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Can You Take Your IT Resilience Strategy to the Bank?
At the end of November, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published analysis on the state of the financial sector’s IT resilience. At the same time Megan Butler, Director of Supervision – Investment, Wholesale and Specialist at the FCA gave a speech at Bloomberg in London in which she stressed that while the FCA does…
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IT Resilience is Key to Success with Digital Transformation – New IDC Infographic
Earlier this year, Zerto partnered with industry-leading research analyst firm, IDC Research, to take the pulse of the state of IT Resilience across the globe. The headline results of that study can now be seen in a new infographic, highlighting the crucial role of IT Resilience as a critical part of the digital transformation journey.…
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How To Be IT Resilient On Your Organisation’s Digital Transformation Journey
As more organisations embark on digital transformation projects, the risks of potential disruptions and outages increases. According to the findings of an IDC global white paper, commissioned by Zerto, State of IT Resilience, 37% of APAC respondents reported that digital transformation was a key IT priority for them for the next 12 months but nearly…
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The State of IT Resilience: Without IT Resilience, Digital Transformation (and Competitors) Will Pass You By
Digital transformation is happening. It is changing how people interact with all aspects of business and technology and changing how businesses operate and deliver value to their customers. This makes the ability for an organization to swiftly adapt to technology/operational disruptions, while also accelerating business operations and safeguarding people, assets and overall brand equity critical…
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Driving Digital Transformation Through Partners
Since our latest ZertoCON event wrapped up a few weeks ago, I’ve been reflecting on all the great conversations I had with our partners on how they’re implementing Zerto’s platform to address customer challenges. IT leaders are being pressured to maximize resources and faced with the complexity of mitigating the risks of downtime and data…
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Infographic: Solving for IT Resilience
As more and more companies begin to expand their digital presence, an increasing number of systems, workloads, and applications are becoming business-critical. It is therefore required to ensure that these systems remain always available to customers and end-users. To keep up with this intense demand, enterprises must evolve beyond disaster recovery and embrace IT resilience,…
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Sydney Airport Outages Leave Customers Frustrated and Airlines Under Scrutiny (Again)
Sydney Airport (Australia’s largest airport) was in chaos again yesterday, causing major disruption by delaying passenger processing in both the international and domestic terminals. ‘Technical issues’ were spruiked as the root cause but unfortunately, this isn’t the first time this has happened, or even the second. Airport outages are becoming more frequent not only in…