The recent AWS outage put the risk of outages into perspective, showing that no provider is immune to potential disruptions and highlighting the need for organizations to be prepared.

In this episode of IT Availability Now, Servaas Verbiest, Lead Cloud Evangelist at Sungard AS, walks us through what we know about the outage so far and what businesses can do to mitigate similar disruptions. Listen to the full episode to learn:

• What happened during the AWS outage and why it was so significant
• The impacts outages can have and what organizations should do to diversify and mitigate risks
• Why all service providers should be prepared for outages and steps your business can take to improve resiliency.

Alison Brooker is Director, Global Corporate Communication at Sungard AS. With over 16 years of experience primarily in B2B technology, she leads Sungard AS’ global external communications programs. Alison is passionate about how technology enables digital transformation for businesses.

As the Lead Cloud Evangelist at Sungard AS, Servaas Verbiest assists businesses and organizations in realizing the full potential of cloud computing by thinking strategically, deploying rapidly, and acting as an ambassador for the cloud ecosystem. While at Sungard AS, Servaas has worked with more than 1,000 unique clients across multiple industries on complex application deployments, re-platforming, public cloud integrations, private cloud deployments, application lifecycle, and hybrid cloud model development.

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The full transcript of this episode is available below.