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Posted2.25.21by Laurel Burtonblog
DISASTER RECOVERY

Disaster Recovery Lessons from the Recent Crisis in Texas

A wish for rapid recovery and condolences to those who have experienced loss..... with over 3.5 million people without power, 14+ million people ordered to boil water, and the...

Posted2.25.21by Laurel Burtonpost

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Posted2.16.21by Keith Falterblog
DISASTER RECOVERY

Work From Home Applications Drive Requirements For Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery

IDC states there was a global increase of 211% in Work From Home (WFH) employees, pre-pandemic 2020 to now. This raises the current WFH total to 45% of the global workforce....

Posted2.16.21by Keith Falterpost

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Posted2.12.21by Carrie Kennedyblog
COMPLIANCE

eCommerce and PCI DSS In the Compliant Cloud

eCommerce exploded in 2020. In the US, as reported by DigitalCommerce360, Consumers spent “an incredible 44.0% more online”, year over year- 3Q 2019 to 3Q 2020. The rest of th...

Posted2.12.21by Carrie Kennedypost

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Posted1.26.21by Carrie Kennedyblog
PCI-DSS 4.0

PCI DSS 4.0 and Cloud Services

PCI DSS 4.0, the proposed revision to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards V3.2.1, is currently scheduled for completion by mid-2021 and will go into effect somet...

Posted1.26.21by Carrie Kennedypost

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Posted1.13.21by Carrie Kennedyblog
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Simplify Digital Transformation in 2021

There were some interesting business impacts during 2020 obscured by the almost daily headlines created from the pandemic, the massive distribution of workforces and the signi...

Posted1.13.21by Carrie Kennedypost

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Posted12.31.20by Carrie Kennedyblog
CYBERSECURITY

Revisiting 2020’s Three IT New Year’s Resolutions

When the year 2020 was newly born, Otava shared 3 IT New Year's Resolutions that actually proved to be relevant IT and business survival rules as the year wore on. The three r...

Posted12.31.20by Carrie Kennedypost

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Posted12.22.20by Carrie Kennedyblog
CYBERSECURITY

Otava Update on the Recent Hack of Government Agencies

On December 17, 2020 a joint statement from the Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG), a joint response group composed of the FBI, CISA, and ODNI, revealed the UCG has “becom...

Posted12.22.20by Carrie Kennedypost

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Posted12.19.20by Carrie Kennedyblog
CYBERSECURITY

Recommendations for Enterprise Organizations

In a recent Secret Service Information Alert a warning is delivered that “The United States Secret Service is continuing to see an increase in the number of cyber related atta...

Posted12.19.20by Carrie Kennedypost

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Posted12.16.20by Laurel Burtonblog
HOLIDAY GREETINGS

Charitable Giving is a Core Value of the Otava Family

The 2020 holiday season provides the perfect opportunity to consider the needs of others, especially with the backdrop of a particularly challenging year....

Posted12.16.20by Laurel Burtonpost

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Posted12.10.20by Carrie Kennedyblog
CLOUD COMPUTING

Cloud Management and Human Error

The advancement of Information Technology and its requisite infrastructure is filled with a long history of difficult challenges. The knowledge and capabilities of generations...

Posted12.10.20by Carrie Kennedypost