Turning widespread disruption into opportunity for failsafe IT

Five lessons from the global IT outage

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Turning widespread disruption into opportunity for failsafe IT
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Turning widespread disruption into opportunity for failsafe IT

Waking up to global chaos was a surreal feeling. Flights grounded, critical services postponed, trains halted and even a news channel taken off the air.

This unprecedented event brought to the fore a number of key lessons for businesses and IT professionals, to ensure the sheer disruption of this kind doesn't happen again. Here are the five crucial...

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