Vol 2, Issue 3

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CIO State of the State:

 

CIOs Focused on Reducing Costs, Managing Risk, Increasing Efficiency


ProductAfter 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:

  • Vendor Rationalization

  • Virtualization

  • Managed Compliance

  • Customized Education

  • Infrastructure Assessments

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 approach.

 

Bandwidth

 

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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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