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and migration to the Cloud, more than half of IT
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just as suddenly, and just as dramatical-
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that is of-premise and on the Web. Gone are the
ly. Therefore, a business continuity plan
another – deadlines, schedules and regulations are
days of buying and installing pallets of equipment
typical interruption event costs more than
should cover various types of potential
all met.
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$1.5 million. Moreover, according to the
disruptive events.
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maximizing customer life time value.
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IT managers are no longer being burdened
Hosted Uniied Communications can sup-
function as expected, and weather any
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with where to place the next server or how to
port an overall business continuity plan.
storm. Without it, a business can expect the
of IT resources have caused many in IT to ”think
keep a particular system up and running. CIOs
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plan should ind the added beneit of main-
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that drive business results. It’s all about the OpEx,
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