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CIO State of the
State:
CIOs Focused on Reducing Costs, Managing Risk,
Increasing Efficiency
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After
interviews with more than 60 CIOs at global 1000
organizations, Akibia’s Vice President of Technology Robert
Klotz reports that IT projects this year will be
laser-focused on reducing costs, managing risk and
increasing efficiency.
The
top projects that will help CIOs achieve these goals:
Read more
on the survey findings in Akibia’s
whitepaper |
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Supporting Life Critical Systems – Akibia Data Center
Support in Action
When a global
organization that provides digital imaging and
management solutions to more than 50% of the hospitals
in the United States needed a support provider their
requirements were not merely mission-critical support,
but life-critical support. The company needed a systems
maintenance provider that would meet or exceed its SLAs
without fail and provide comprehensive reporting and
asset tracking, two areas where its previous provider,
Sun, was falling down. Akibia’s customized solution
included a mix of support levels from 24x7x365 to
Akibia’s Service Partner.
Read the full case study.
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On the blog – Death By A Thousand Processes
In Akibia’s blog
Robert
Klotz takes a look at how compliance is becoming the focus
of IT. Are we sacrificing true security for documented
processes to pass an audit? Klotz argues we can pass those
audits with flying colors if we just take a risk management
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Prepare for Mass DataSecurity Law: 201 CMR 17.
Many of our
customers are asking us for insight and perspective
on the new data protection law set to take effect in
Massachusetts on January 1, 2010. The law empowers
the Commonwealth to conduct audits to validate
compliance. This means that a company that has not
suffered a breach could still find itself running
afoul of the law. You can learn Akibia’s
recommendations and perspective on this law:
CSO Executive Seminar Series
– July 23, 2009 – Framingham MA
– Akibia and
RSA are sponsors of this event. Robert Klotz, Vice
President of Technology at Akibia, will take part in
a panel discussion regarding compliance strategy.
Ten Steps for the Mass Data Security Law
– Akibia provides practical advice for understanding
and reacting to the law in our blog.
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