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CM0606.qxd 5/5/06 5:39 PM Page 8 DATA STREAM News & Notes for Certified Professionals Study: No Risk Management Plan for Many Data Centers A recent survey of data-center managers con- ducted by AFCOM's Data Center Institute DCI found that nearly 17 percent of them have no risk-management plan, and fewer than 5 per- cent have strategies in place to address viruses and security breaches. Meanwhile, more than three-fourths of all companies have experi- enced a business disruption in the past five years, including 20 percent that reported the dis- ruption had a serious impact on the organiza- tion's operations. These results, which were derived from a sur- vey of nearly 200 members of AFCOM, were made public recently at the Data Center World conference in Atlanta. AFCOM President Jill Eckhaus said that it was part of the organiza- tion's effort to raise awareness of the critical nature of this issue. Along with those findings, AFCOM issued five bold predictions for the data center industry. These include:

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Certification - June 2006

Editors Letter
Table of Contents
Data Stream
Consultants Corner
Tech Careers
Virtual Village
Certification Evolution: Job-Role Certifications for Your Future
Inside Certification
Must-Have Non-Technical Skills for IT Pros
IP Telephony Engineers
Specialty Certification
Interface
Ad Index
Endtag

Certification - June 2006

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