Risks and Challenges
The many rewards for using Information Technology have driven it’s adoption to the point where it has become the lifeblood of almost every organization.
Simultaneously the pace of technological change has increased. The result is greater threat, and increased regulations.
OTC’s products and services are specifically designed to help you manage these risks enabling you to spend more time on your customers – the one thing you can’t outsource.
To learn more about how OTC can help you manage these risks and challenges
call 734-213-2020, or email sales@onlinetech.net
- Information Technology and Internet Risks
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The Power of Information Technology does not come without risk or challenge. Traditional risks include :
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Power Loss - The 2 day blackout of 2003 the Midwest (OTC experienced no outage) reminded everyone of the combined with the 7x24 requirements for Internet websites drove home the need for reliable power infrastructure between the power company and servers.
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Weather - Predictions are that the rate of natural disasters will increase, not decrease
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Network Attacks - Cyber attacks such as Denial of Service (DOS), hacks and other devious activities are on the increase
- Information Technology and Internet Challenges
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Scalability - The ability of the Internet to rapidly scale your business is a double edge sword. How do you architect an environment to support 5 to 1000s of simultaneous users?
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Power and Cooling – Moore’s law, which also applies to the heat generated by the chips, has drastically outpaced improvements in cooling technology creating an “heat epidemic” in data centers
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Data Privacy - Stolen tapes, hacked servers and identify theft present a myriad of risks
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Regulatory Environment - Regulations are an ever growing industry. There are always more, never less. The latest to impose new challenges to the IT departments and Internet Sites include
- OTC’s Internet Delivery Stack