Business Process

vBlog: Regulatory Compliance vs Operational Readiness (3 of 4): HIPAA

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This month, I am taking a look at the differences between ‘Regulatory Compliance’ and ‘Operational Readiness’ through a series of videos. Regulatory Compliance The efforts to check the boxes before audits – often mandated by an industry (e.g. HIPAA), corporate (SOX) or legal (DOD 5.015.2-STD). Operational Readiness The IT efforts to ensure that key IT … Read more

vBlog: Regulatory Compliance vs Operational Readiness (2 of 4): SEC and SOX

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This month, I am taking a look at the differences between ‘Regulatory Compliance’ and ‘Operational Readiness’ through a series of videos. Regulatory Compliance The efforts to check the boxes before audits – often mandated by an industry (e.g. HIPAA), corporate (SOX) or legal (DOD 5.015.2-STD). Operational Readiness The IT efforts to ensure that key IT … Read more

The best outcome of a TCO-ROI presentation is when they argue with you

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[Excerpt from my book, Data Protection for Virtual Data Centers – www.DataProtectionBible.com]  Chapter 2, Data Protection by the Numbers (click here to download Chapter 2) covers among other things ROI and TCO.   One of the formulas discussed is the “Cost of Downtime”:           Sometimes, the best thing that can happen when you present your methodology … Read more