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By Planning Ahead, Businesses Can Survive Disasters
By Larry Furman/ Morris Djavaheri
The DR system was built around preserving data by backing up to tape and restoring data to repaired or replaced computers. The risk is the time that might be needed to obtain replacement parts or replacement computers. The BC system would copy production data to a second location daily. In an emergency, the second location …
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Disaster Recovery Without Virtualization or the Cloud
By Larry Furman
Anatomy of Disaster Recovery Jersey City, November, 2001. It could have been yesterday. I was working for Credit Suisse. “You’re a DBA. A database system is down. Go fix it.” said my boss. On site, I replaced the failed drives – there were two – reconfigured the systems, reloaded from backups, tested and verified functionality, …
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Big Data: AI Solutions to Intractable Problems (Part II)
By Larry Furman
Classic Big Data Analytics: Exploding Manholes and Fires in Illegal Conversions Exploding Manholes Consolidated Edison, “Con Ed,” an investor owned utility in New York City, has about 250,000 manholes in the City, about 50,000 of which are in Manhattan. The manhole covers are cast iron, a few inches thick, and 24 inches in diameter. Each …
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AI in Project Management
By Larry Furman
WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD Cornelius Fichtner, with his course, AI for Project Managers, online at Project-Management-Prepcast.com, presents a detailed and comprehensive overview of how Project Managers can use today’s Artificial Intelligence systems to make their work easier and more efficient. A key challenge, however, is understanding what AI can do, …
Building a Customized AI Chatbot to Boost Member Engagement
By Morris Djavaheri
Enhancing Customer Engagement with Chatbots and Azure AI Studio In today’s digital age, businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to enhance their online presence and improve customer engagement. At Ana’s Cloud, we embarked on an exciting project to develop a chatbot that leverages the power of Azure AI Studio and other cutting-edge technologies. Here’s a …
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Zero Day Exploit
By Larry Furman
Zero Day Exploit targeting Google Chrome, MS Edge, other Chromium browsers – and Emergency Fix We just learned of a “Zero Day Exploit” targeting Chromium browsers, including Google Chrome MS Edge, and various cell-phone browsers. Google and MS have released patches. This effects computers running MS Windows and Apple Macs running MacOS. It also effects …
Risk Management: Why We Need to Get it Right 1
By Larry Furman
How important is Risk Management in Project Management? Military campaigns meet the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) definition for projects. They are meant to be temporary endeavors undertaken to create specific results. Generals, Admirals, and other officers are Project Managers, albeit with other titles. Colossal failures throughout history, including Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812, and …
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By Planning Ahead, Businesses Can Survive Disasters
By Larry Furman
In 2010, we presented a plan to a law firm to expand its Backup and Disaster Recovery system (DR) into a Business Continuity system (BC). Disaster Recovery enables a business to resume operations after a disaster concludes; Business Continuity allows the business to operate during and after the disaster.