CIO Handbook – Health Check for Your Data Backup Regime
Why do we need data backups? What are the risks associated with poor management of your data backup? How much is your data backup costing?
Mike Mitchelmore
11 June, 2025
Mike Mitchelmore
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The Importance of Data Architecture for Disaster Recovery in a Hybrid Cloud IT Ecosystem
To reduce the risk of data loss in the event of a disaster recovery (DR) scenario when using multiple Cloud-based solutions, it is essential to understand where your data is stored at rest.
Mike Mitchelmore
28 May, 2025
Four Simple Steps to Build Digital Solutions using Co-Design
When a solution does not provide resolution of the problem, it is normally a result of poor stakeholder engagement. In developing solutions we often jump directly to the answer rather than first correctly defining the problem.
Mike Mitchelmore
21 May, 2025
Business Impact Analysis for Cloud/SaaS IT Ecosystems – Webinar and Presentation Kit
Disasters disrupt hybrid clouds. Understand the responsibilities of providers, the differences between availability and recovery, the implications of recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO), and strategise for minimising data loss.
Mike Mitchelmore
19 March, 2025
Importance of Understanding the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) When Using a Hybrid Cloud IT Ecosystem
What do you need to consider to ensure the data recovery point objective meets the business need in the modern Cloud environment in the event of a disaster?
Mike Mitchelmore
20 February, 2025
When and Why Do You Need an IT Platform Strategy
How often does your organisation find itself having multiple software solutions to deliver similar capabilities? How often does your organisation waste time chasing the best when better will do?
Mike Mitchelmore
29 January, 2025
Strategic Procurement to Meet Constrained Budgets
When the CFO asks IT to reduce costs, use the budget restrictions as a compelling event to make step changes that reduce technical debt, not add to it.
Mike Mitchelmore
11 December, 2024
Considerations for Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
Why would you choose to create a disaster recovery (DR) in the Cloud if your production system is on-premise or a hybrid? What could possibly go wrong!
Mike Mitchelmore
13 November, 2024
Enhancing Disaster Recovery Compliance for SaaS
How well does your organisation manage disruption to its business resulting from a Software-as-a-Service failure?
Mike Mitchelmore
6 November, 2024
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