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  • Also no time for planned downtime! RT @dougmow: Say Goodbye to the 9-to-5 Workday - IT Management http://t.co/sQh208Ko - always on world
     — 9:54 AM Jul 13
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  • According to the CDC, "planning for a wedding isn’t that much different from planning for a disaster." It's so true. http://t.co/LrxaeVHX
     — 4:28 PM Jul 11
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  • Add squirrels to your risk registers! http://t.co/8o7c9kjL (via @rmfichera)
     — 12:19 PM Jul 11
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  • Client asked what are the lessons learned from RBS downtime? Me: be prepared for disasters to occur from mundane events (i.e., patches)!
     — 11:16 AM Jul 11
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  • @AndiMann @mthiele10 @omarsultan tough question! Besides work-arounds, I'm not sure. You wouldn't keep a 2nd CRM tool on-prem...
     — 3:14 PM Jul 10
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  • @GeryMenegaz nice article, but check a few facts on the AWS failure. ELB failed across zones, a risk that Netflix et al didn't sign on for
     — 9:25 AM Jul 9
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  • Agreed! RT @ibmbcrs: RT @sambentley72: Why Amazon outage should not rain on the #Cloud http://t.co/Ke6A2HUL via @GeryMenegaz
     — 9:18 AM Jul 9
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  • Wonder what PUE is expected RT @GlobeWarshaw: The $95 mil Holyoke data center is an energy efficiency wonder... http://t.co/EO0g6O9i
     — 7:53 AM Jul 9
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  • Very cool! RT @atseitlin: @adrianco @BrentCodeMonkey ...and moving forward on open-sourcing Chaos Monkey
     — 3:10 PM Jul 6
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  • Could testing Chaos Gorilla have uncovered the load balancing issue? RT @bobmcmillan: Netflix explains why it went down http://t.co/bNRKlkHe
     — 11:40 AM Jul 6
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  • NBC, Google, Stage ‘War Games’ To Prepare for Olympic Disruptions http://t.co/VBPHipVp >Testing is the only way to ensure preparedness!
     — 10:42 AM Jul 6
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  • Check out mine and my @forrester colleague's analysis of @Dell's acquisition of @Quest_Software http://t.co/u0CfVjJb
     — 9:38 AM Jul 6
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  • Too bad these never took off :) RT @bobmcmillan: Nice story by @datacenter on the sunk idea of floating data centers http://t.co/dCQzC4RV
     — 4:43 PM Jul 5
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  • @mappingbabel @VanessaAlvarez1 agreed, 1 defector isn't news, more thought it was funny. Been wondering if there will b a larger fallout tho
     — 12:04 PM Jul 5
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  • The fallout begins: Amazon cloutages cause customer defection: dating site says it’s splitsville (via @VanessaAlvarez1) http://t.co/KiMNTyZv
     — 11:53 AM Jul 5
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  • RT @mthiele10: Why is it when someone fails 2 protect their data center, cloud becomes a risk? Why doesn't this rule apply to all IT srvcs?
     — 2:10 PM Jul 3
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  • Gov't rethinking cloud b/c of AWS outages? Wrong reaction. This underscores the need for better cloud resiliency! http://t.co/jsElaTeY
     — 11:54 AM Jul 3
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  • After all the cloud outages last week, I stand by what I wrote last year: YOU are responsible for cloud resiliency http://t.co/YykFKUo3 #AWS
     — 1:00 PM Jul 2
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  • "We will become more biased towards our own technologies" -Swainson on existing @CommVault and @Symantec relationships #Dell #Quest #backup
     — 11:36 AM Jul 2
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  • More on cloutages: Could Instagram And Other Sites Avoid Going Down With Amazon's Ship? http://t.co/HdHgBfr6 via @techcrunch @dougwashburn
     — 11:16 AM Jul 2
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