IT Availability Now
IT Availability Now: Stories of business resilience from the people who keep the digital world available. Through expert interviews and success stories, host Servaas Verbiest examines how businesses can withstand any disruption or disaster. Tune in for deep dives on headline news, IT resilience strategies, new technology, and more. Get show notes, transcripts and other details at www.sungardas.com/ITAvailabilityNow. IT Availability Now is a production of Sungard Availability Services.
Episodes
53 episodes
How businesses can stay resilient in 2023
Cyberattacks aren’t new, but the cyber threat landscape is constantly evolving.The latest IBM Cost of a Data Breach report revealed the most common initial attack vectors are comprom...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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12:32
What businesses need to know about assessing third-party risk
Businesses today are more and more aware that they need to know the risks they are inheriting from their third-party vendors. And they must determine which of those risks warrant mitigation in some real way.On this episode of IT Availabi...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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18:07
What are cloud containers, and how should businesses use and secure them?
Container adoption has been increasing for years, and the trend is expected to continue. Gartner forecasts that 70% of businesses will run containeri...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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13:05
What is the cyber kill chain and how can it keep your business secure?
The mounting threat of ransomware – a 13% increase in attacks year over year, per Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigation’s Report – has organizations taking a closer look ...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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17:38
What to consider when developing a multi-cloud strategy
Multi-cloud remains the “de facto standard” among enterprises, according to Flexera’s 2022 State of the Cloud Report, with 89% of businesses taking this approach. Yet, while ma...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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15:18
How to build a cloud culture and other frequently asked cloud questions
Sixty-three percent of businesses are now considered heavy cloud users, running over 25% of their workloads in the cloud. Yet, as companies become further immersed in the cloud...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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14:37
The promise and limitations of AI in cybersecurity
Cyberattacks continue to grow in size and scope, and global cybercrime costs are projected to hit $10.5 trillion by 2025.On this episode of IT Availability Now, host Servaas Verbiest and guest Rob Corso, Security Consulting Solutions Pri...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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13:44
How 5G will impact business’ security and data storage
Most people think about 5G as the thing that powers their cell phone. But it's so much more.On this episode of IT Availability Now, host Servaas Verbiest and guest Leon Godwin, Principal Cloud Evangelist at Sungard AS, converse about
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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16:19
How U.S. critical infrastructure can address cybersecurity concerns
The mounting fear of cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure has sparked action from the federal government, including imploring these org...
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14:36
How business continuity planning has evolved
Business continuity (BC) has become a pressing concern for organizations worldwide largely because of events like the Covid-19, the global su...
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15:02
How to take control of growing cloud costs
Many organizations already struggle to control their growing cloud costs. This will only get more difficult as cloud consumption increases. On this episode of IT Availability Now, host Servaas Verbiest and guest Erik Krogstad, Princ...
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12:12
Sungard AS X Alert Logic: How to secure a hybrid cloud infrastructure
On this episode of IT Availability Now, host Servaas Verbiest and guest Shannon Davis, Global Director of Partner Readiness at Alert Logic have a spirited discussion about a rather timely matter: hybrid cloud transformation and the security ski...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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13:58
Blockchains network resilience: How to safeguard platforms hosting cryptocurrency
Servaas Verbiest, Lead Cloud Evangelist at Sungard AS, makes his debut as the new host of IT Availability Now. The topic of his first show: blockchain network resilience.Joined by Matthew Parsons, Director of Network and Security Product...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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12:23
Why more organizations are choosing a multi-cloud strategy
While 92% of organizations have adopted multi-cloud, per Flexera’s 2021 State of the Cloud Report, there’s a strong likelihood many aren...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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16:04
What does the future of business resilience look like?
Organizations with more developed resilience capabilities are growing 2.5 times faster than their competitors, according to a recent
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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17:27
How the increase of freelancers will impact businesses
There were 57 million freelance workers in 2019. According to fresh research from UpWork, there could soon be as many as 70 million. For the many companies that utilize freelance workers, this sudden surge could present a plethora of unanticipa...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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13:10
How to build security into your hybrid cloud strategy
According to Flexera’s 2021 State of the Cloud Report, 80% of businesses have a hybrid cloud strategy. However, whether these environments are sufficiently protected is a different story. Hybrid cloud solutions may allow for more cu...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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16:46
IT Trends in 2022: What Businesses Can Expect in the Coming Year
Organizations faced many challenges in 2021, adapting to everything from a growing hybr...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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12:21
Lessons from the AWS outage: What businesses can do to mitigate similar disruptions
The recent AWS outage put the risk of outages into perspective, showing that no provider is immune to potential disruptions and highlighting the need for organizations to be prepared.In this episode of IT Availability Now, Servaas Verbie...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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10:08
Pen testing adventures: How I sounded the alarm at a major supermarket chain
Asher de Metz has broken into countless high-security offices and hacked their networks while performing penetration tests as a Security Consulting Senior Manager at Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS). Earlier this year, Asher shared on...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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12:52
How the global chip shortage is shifting IT models
The global silicon chip shortage is creating major problems for organizations worldwide. Regrettably, we fear this is only the beginning.In this episode of IT Availability Now, Servaas Verbiest, Lead Cloud Evangelist at Sungard Availabil...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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12:08
Why frequently conducting a business impact analysis makes you more resilient
Despite recognizing the value of performing a business impact analysis (BIA) before developing a full business continuity (BC) plan, most organizations don’t carry out BIAs with any regularity. In this episode of IT Availability Now...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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16:59
When to choose private cloud over public cloud
Cloud solutions aren’t one size fits all. Unfortunately, too many organizations turn to a private or public cloud without fully considering their overall business g...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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14:39
Sungard AS X Alert Logic: Partnering to combat the rising threat of ransomware
There were more ransomware attacks in the first half of 2021 than in all of 2020, and attacks are up 185% year over...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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10:30
How to properly secure your hybrid workforce
While 75% of companies are currently utilizing a hybrid work model, doubts about security remain a legitimate concern.Only one in five businesses are very confident their infrastructure security can support prolonged remote work, and und...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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8:29