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Could I Be In The Cloud and Not Know It?
When I think about credit unions and the debate on whether or not they should embrace the cloud as part of their I.T. Strategic Plan, I am perplexed. Why? For the shear fact that the majority of credit...
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What does a facilities assessment checklist include?
Damage to your building can happen at anytime. Fires, storms and as we’ve seen in Colorado – devastating floods can cause the integrity of your facility to be compromised. Because emotions run high...
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Top 4 Questions You Are Asking About The Cloud
Sometimes you have to go straight to the front lines to hear what clients or potential clients are asking about the cloud. I recently had a conversation with one of our solutions engineers, Ryan...
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Top 3 Ways to Protect Your Email During A Crisis
Being able to access to your email during a crisis is no longer an option. Email is a critical component of the crisis management’s team toolkit. Being able to communicate is imperative to sound...
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What does rightsourcing have to do with credit union cloud strategies?
Are you responsible for determining your credit union cloud strategies? Unless you’ve been hiding in the computer room (you know who you are!) , somewhere along the line you’re going to be asked about...
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Credit Union Disaster Recovery mistakes to avoid – Direct Deposit
If you’re like most credit union leaders, you’ve spent the last decade aggressively encouraging your members to participate in Direct Deposit. The benefits were obvious – faster access to funds, more...
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Head In The Sand is NOT A Viable DDoS Mitigation Strategy
We’ve been talking DDoS for quite some time now on our blog. Our DDoS eBOOK was a huge success (at least in download terms). But even with the abundance of educational material, we are still seeing a...
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Take Your First Step Into the Cloud – Free Hosted Exchange eBOOK
Sometimes you just need to know how to get started. I’m that way (especially when I’m blogging/writing – that first paragraph can be a killer) and credit unions across the nation have approached...
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How Will ITaaS Impact My Credit Union Technology Strategies?
Have you noticed that everywhere you turn there is yet another “aaS” term (I had to quote that because my spell check keeps making it an inappropriate term for this blog post!) being thrown around as...
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Credit Union DR/BCP Risk Assessment and BIA eBOOK – Best practices just for you!
Sometimes you just need to know how to get started. I’m that way (especially when I’m blogging/writing – that first paragraph can be a killer) and credit unions across the nation have approached...
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Making Sense Of The FFIEC IT Handbook!
Whether you are new to the credit union industry or an old pro – there is one thing for sure, the regulations and guidelines just don’t seem to ever...The post Making Sense Of The FFIEC IT Handbook!...
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How Do I Plan For The Recovery of Major 3rd Parties like ATMs or Online Banking?
One of Ongoing Operations' most commonly used traditional disaster recovery products is our Connector DR product. We have established connections with most major third party service providers in the...
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Getting your budget together – Credit Union Technology Budget Planning
Each week our clients reach out to understand the technologies behind creating a robust and sustainable infrastructure that will help them stay operational 24/7/365. You see, it’s no longer about...
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How Would Data Vaulting Impact My Credit Union RTOs?
As a certified BCP planner, I can vividly recall the CEO’s reaction during a tabletop exercise while we worked through the process of activating their hot site. I could tell great care had been given...
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Windows/XP Sunset – Have You Looked Outside Your Computer Room?
Think your credit union is safe from the Win/XP sunset? Better check again! You may have inventoried all of your servers and desktops but what about all those other places that Win/XP might be lurking?...
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3 Ways To Get Your Credit Union Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Data In Shape
Is your credit union Business Impact Analysis (BIA ) full of junk? All too many times I’ve seen “answer phones” or “read email” show up on a critical process list. Now don’t get me wrong – it’s not...
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Credit Union Crisis Communication – Saving the Data Center!
Wondering how your credit union crisis communication plan factors into your data center recovery? In today’s post we will continue the dissection of a data center event look at how effective credit...
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Hosted Exchange Migration – How Not to Lose Mail During A Migration
The most common question we are asked weekly when discussing MS Exchange migrations is “what about our existing mailboxes?”. We know these are critical information stores and all efforts must be taken...
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Credit Union Workspace – Born Out of Disaster
It’s not unusual for there to be positive changes after a crisis. Sometimes new laws are put into place to protect us and other times people and organizations find a way to grasp that silver lining...
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What Would Happen If The Internet Went Down?
I know, I know … today’s spiritual gurus tell us to “live in the present” and harness the “power of now” but unless you’re freakishly gutsy and rely on good luck to ensure the safety of your data,...
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