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Implementing an IT Disaster Recovery Plan That Works (Part 2)
August 17th, 2010 Bill MurphyA larger credit union client of mine said to me: “Bill, we have all this stuff and my staff if good. How do we pull all this software and hardware together into a comprehensive Disaster Recovery program?” Over the past two years, the credit union had acquired the following:
Fatpipe load balancers
VMware
Backup software (Issue: tapeless versus traditional? They [...]
Implementing an IT Disaster Recovery Plan That Works (Part 1)
August 10th, 2010 Bill MurphySo what does having a comprehensive IT recovery plan mean? Does it mean that you have a Business Continuity Plan? Maybe it means that you have a real chance of recovering IT systems that support employees and systems serving members?
The NCUA wants an action plan and actionable progress being made toward implementing a DR site, [...]
Educate Staff About Passwords: Use A New Corporate Training Tool, Flash Video
August 5th, 2010 LauraDThis Flash video by Train in a Flash is a helpful tool for training your staff about the little words that the have biggest impact on your credit union’s security.
If you like what you see, email vidsales@itcustrategy.com for pricing and details. Any Train in a Flash video can be customized with your credit union’s name, [...]
Airport, Train, and Travel Safety Corporate Training Flash Video
July 27th, 2010 CUuniversityDid you know that 12,000 laptops are lost in United States Airports every week?
This series of videos is an excellent way to communicate simple ways to reduce your liability, increase security, and protect and your company’s information.
You will find that the information in the “Airport, Train, and Travel Safety” Train in a Flash video is [...]
CIO Podcast – Core Business Applications in the Cloud
November 19th, 2009 Bill MurphyI think that Credit Unions can learn quite a bit from the general commercial business community. Certainly they would learn more on the security and DR side, but CUs could really benefit from podcasts like the one that I have posted here from my CIO Exec Series Group meeting held. The CIO in this podcast [...]
Virtualization – Time for Unbiased Opinions and Vendor Neutrality.
May 14th, 2009 Bill MurphyThis is an incredibly exciting time for virtualization. I see the uptake everywhere I turn for virtualization projects. I want to share some good resources that some of you may want to hit as you look at virtualization Hypervisor selection (VMWare, Hyper V, Citrix, etc) , iSCSI SAN projects, HA LAN projects, and DR initiatives. [...]
Future-Proof Networking: Making Decisions That Last
May 7th, 2009 Bill Murphycisco_future_proof_networkingI love this Cisco article especially in today’s economic times I think it is important to keep ones eye on strategic thinking and planning.
Funding and Investment Challenges in IT
Despite the cutbacks and bleak economic outlook (Gartner, Forrester, and IDE have all cut their original 2009 IT spending projections by at least 56 percent), CDW IT [...]
Credit Union Mergers – Mitigate Technical Risk
March 18th, 2009 Bill MurphyFrom my point of view a credit union merger is a ‘non-trivial’ event, however I am excited about the opportunity that this provides both entities from a technology perspective. A small credit union can come out of a merger stronger, leaner, and more efficient than before. This is an opportunity to streamline, achieve economies of [...]
Considering a Merger? Is the Time Finally Right?
March 5th, 2009 Bill MurphyWith the economy shifting south, coupled with the NCUA assessment fee to bail out the Corporate Credit Unions, small credit unions can combine forces to compete better and provide more value to their membership. I am observing a trend toward small credit unions merging on a much more rapid scale than I have seen in [...]
