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Without question, 2008 was an eventful year for major financial institutions, with massive losses, questions of solvency and, ultimately, government bailouts now totaling over a trillion dollars. The corporate fire sales, downsizing and mergers now commonplace in the financial industry are a cause for not only serious concern about the health of our economy, but also concerns relating to the security of personal and financial data. With companies being sold and mergers taking place, and on such tight deadlines, mistakes regarding the confidentiality and privacy of the data are likely being made every day. Significant risk is increasing for personally identifiable information entrusted to these firms.

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When Oracle App Stack Goes Red, Customers See Value
Lost amid the jubilance and "hip, hip, hurrays!" for Oracle's recent third-quarter earnings announcement was that Oracle's famous "Red Stack" of enterprise applications is bleeding into the red, and current (or prospective) Oracle customers should use that to their advantage.

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10 Famous ERP Disasters, Dustups and Disappointments
The world of enterprise applications ( ERP, CRM, BI and supply chain apps) may seem boring to those caught up in the hysteria over Twitter and iPhone applications, but there's plenty of drama to be found (even more than on an episode of "The Bachelor"): Troubled multimillion-dollar software deals that produce spectacular failures and huge spending nightmares; vendor marketing bravado that breeds cut-throat competition and contempt; and embarrassing and costly lawsuits over botched implementations and intellectual property breaches.

How To Choose an Online Backup Provider
Online backup makes a lot of sense: It gives you off-site peace of mind and the security that comes from knowing that someone else is keeping your data safe and sound. The trouble is that, while there are dozens of individual service providers, there are just a few designed for enterprises and small businesses.

Back It Up!
Your business is only as redundant as the integrity of the data that you have stored on your servers. For companies that service customers in the cloud, if you can't offer 99.9999% uptime and absolutely ensure data backup and restoration, you might as well not be in business.

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Laid-off workers as data thieves?
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