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CIO Perspective: Make Sure Your Disaster Recovery Plans Are Complete

have talked extensively on disaster recovery (DR) plans and I was pretty sure that I have covered everything. From the concept of moving DR to the cloud , including the issues to consider , to CIO tips , from choosing the right DR software to the people perspective, I thought my words on the DR was complete. Wrong. Here is an overall check on your DR plans, right from the field, assuming that you already have your business impact analysis. Do you have a written plan? Is that obvious? Don’t be so sure. I have seen medium sized businesses who have “complete DR plans” in “somebody’s mind” that will be implemented when something goes wrong

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CIO Perspective: How To Keep Your Sanity In a Merger/Acquisition

During the past months, I was a consultant in two acquisition issues in one small and one medium sized company. Financial, accounting and inventory issues were draining the employees’ and consultants’ times. IT issues did not seem as complex as the others but once the management tipped their toe, they understood how out-of-world things tend to go. Here are my notes for the CIO to keep his/her sanity during a merger/acquisition, freshly from the field. Mergers and acquisitions are hard for the business side – financials, books, records, inventories, whatever you name them but they are harder for the employees. During these times, as an IT executive be as transparent as you can. Whatever staff decisions are ahead, let your departments know. If you have the chance, try to reach everyone, even with a small online meeting

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CIO Perspective: How To Keep Your Sanity In a Merger/Acquisition