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29/05/2024

If you store data on computers, you should have a plan to reduce the impact of data loss on your operations.

The cost of losing company data can be profound. This could be customer data, financial records, intellectual property, source code or more.

If you are a small business, your IT staff may be able to easily backup your data to an external device or computer.

For big corporations and companies with heavy reliance on their data, your data redundancy plans need to be robust and near perfect.

Reports put the cost of losing data at thousands of dollars to millions.

Managing information security with the cost of data loss in mind is an important task every business must perform. Find out what it may cost to lose your data.

20/05/2024

UniSuper, an Australian company that manages over $125 billion worth of retirement funds for 674,000 people suffered a devastating loss of its data on Google Cloud.

This caused downtime between 2 May to 15 May, as Google Cloud had accidentally deleted UniSuper’s public cloud account. Although the retirement fund company had duplication in two Google Cloud geographical locations as protection against outages and loss, these were also deleted!

Nevertheless, to their credit UniSuper also had backup with another service provider.

What are the lessons learnt?

1) Hire A Cloud Architect
If your company relies on technology so much that failure / downtime will affect your company’s ability to run or provide products or services to clients, then you should hire a cloud architect. Many companies use cloud engineers, devops engineer, network engineer or some other IT professional and skip the planning stage that should be handled by a cloud architect for such a project.

2) Backup
A good rule for business continuity is this – if you cannot afford to lose it, back it up. You can also create local backup and store it securely.

3) Use Multi Cloud Solution
Create redundancies with different vendors. As Mike Gibbs would say, one vendor is a single point of failure.

UniSuper’s implementation of a multi cloud strategy proved to be a life saver that might have spared them from lawsuits and possible bankruptcy.

Conclusion

My team includes experienced enterprise & cloud architects with up to 25years individual experience who meet with clients to understand their business requirements and aims. Traditionally, tech people are trained to solve technology problems and not understand business needs.

Over 50%-70% of technology projects fail. Organisations are spending huge parts of their budget on technology that do not meet business goals, and literally do nothing.

Your existing or planned technology should optimise your teams, processes, and help you earn more.

14/05/2024

Is your company wasting wasting money on unused software licenses? Are your employees underutilising paid software?

Companies (yes even in Nigeria) waste hundreds of dollars monthly on software they do not use. Learn four steps to eliminate software licensing waste without compromising performance or efficiency.

Your company may be losing hundreds or thousands of dollars monthly on unused software licenses. Here are four ways to stop wasting money and remain efficient.

15/03/2024

Web development is constantly evolving, adapting to new technologies and trends. Web developers not only create websites, but also build digital ecosystems that facilitate connections between businesses and their target audiences.

14/03/2024

There are several reasons your website can go offline. These include reasons that are easily avoidable and affordable.

If your website is important to your business in any way that might affect your income or company reputation, paying attention or simply dedicating a team member to manage things like domain name auto-renewal could be a life-saver.

Here are 6 reasons your website might be down or offline. Click the link to read the article in full, including how to fix them. https://rebrand.ly/reasonswhy371b2c
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You lose business and potential customers when your website does not work. Here are 6 reasons why your site fails and how to fix them.

01/09/2023

19/06/2023

Web security refers to safeguarding sensitive information to prevent consumer or business loss of data.

13/06/2023

We build websites that represent your brand and helps you stand-out. Over 60% of internet users access the web through mobile devices. Our websites are built to display and load fast on computers, tablets and mobile phones.

24/01/2023

More marketing less pain.

14/12/2022

We deliver high quality of performance, services and analytics to help our clients to connect with millions of people.

10/08/2022

Just like cars, websites require maintenance to operate at its optimal. Your website is the face of your online business that must showcase/ portray your organization’s core values and potential value-added benefits that can motivate sales. A well maintain website can increase traffic of new and returning users.

03/08/2022

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