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Risk and Resilience

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The application availability gamble

Published July 2008

The modern business is highly dependent on IT. When systems go down, the disruption can be widely felt, and even lead to tangible damage to the business or its brand.

Against this background, it doesn't make sense to gamble with systems availability. So why do so many take risks?

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