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By Scott Gray
Think of a disaster recovery (DR) plan as a grade-school fire drill for your data. Nobody plans on their school catching fire, but the organizations that practice the escape route to the exit are the ones who make it out calmly when the alarm bell sounds. The same logic applies to your IT environment. The disruption will come, whether it’s a cyberattack, hardware failure, or natural disaster.
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As enterprises accelerate digital transformation, networking has become essential to business resilience, agility, and trust. Previously considered background infrastructure, it now informs every strategic discussion on risk, performance, and growth.
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By Scott Gray
Backups are more common than you think. Every day, you probably rely on one without realizing it, whether it’s a coworker who covers your shift or that spare tire tucked in the bottom of your trunk for a flat. Backup and recovery plans apply to nearly everything in daily life. The same logic applies to your business, but the stakes are far higher. Data loss can happen in a heartbeat, and the companies that survive are the ones that planned ahead.
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By Scott Gray
Quick answer: Data is growing faster than most organizations can store or protect it. Falling hardware costs, abundant bandwidth, paperless workflows, and regulatory mandates all fuel this surge. To keep critical data safe and recoverable, many organizations now outsource backup to specialists like 11:11 Systems, which delivers secure, compliant, cost-effective cloud backup. Picture a closet you keep stuffing with all kinds of clutter.
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By Scott Gray
Quick answer: Today’s supply chain disruptions stem from surging demand for components, especially server CPUs feeding the AI build-out, rather than the pandemic-era shutdowns of 2020 and 2021. Companies can protect themselves by diversifying suppliers, locking in pricing terms early, holding strategic inventory, and investing in real-time visibility tools. Think of your supply chain like the plumbing in an old building. When everything flows, you never think about it.
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By 11:11 Systems
11:11 Systems is proud to be a Great Place To Work Certified company. This prestigious award is based on what current employees say about their experience working at 11:11 Systems. This year, 83% of employees globally said that 11:11 Systems is a Great Place To Work - 29 points higher than the average UK-based company.
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By Laura Shafer
Disasters are no longer defined simply by acts of nature. Nowadays, a localized electrical failure can crash global communications and bring online transactions to a sudden halt. Modern businesses rely on worldwide networks, web applications, and 24x7x365 customer call centers, making continuous operation an absolute necessity. When an unplanned outage strikes, your organization needs a reliable way to maintain alternative processes and keep IT systems running smoothly.
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Artificial intelligence is no longer a future ambition for UK organisations. It is already shaping how decisions are made, how services are delivered, and how quickly businesses can respond to change. From automation and analytics to customer engagement and operational optimisation, AI is becoming an integral part of the modern enterprise.
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By Scott Gray
Managing global connectivity is a lot like trying to assemble a puzzle, where the pieces come from different manufacturers, each with its own shapes, colors, and instructions. You might eventually fit them together, but not without significant time, effort, and potential gaps. For IT teams tasked with navigating the complexities of global connectivity, these obstacles can slow progress and create inefficiencies that ripple across an organization.
The regulatory landscape facing financial services in 2026 is more complex, more demanding, and faster moving than at any point in the past decade. Across the UK, regulators are attempting to strike a delicate balance of stimulating economic growth while maintaining strong consumer protection and financial stability. This balancing act is unfolding against a backdrop of sluggish economic performance, geopolitical uncertainty, and political pressure for "pro-growth" regulation. The result is a regulatory environment where the pace, scope, and intensity of change is accelerating sharply.
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By 11:11 Systems
Enterprise leaders are not facing one infrastructure decision at a time anymore. Modernization, AI adoption, security hardening, and cost containment are all landing on the same desk simultaneously, and rising licensing costs plus a shifting VMware ecosystem are forcing decisions enterprises did not expect to make in this cycle.
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By 11:11 Systems
11:11 APAC General Manager Marc Beder shares how 11:11 Network as a Service (NaaS) delivers unmatched security, performance, and reliability.
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"The balance of proactive and reactive measures is how you get cyber resiliency. Cyber resiliency is equal to cybersecurity plus cyber recovery." Hear from 11:11 Systems' Chief Experience Officer Kaushik Ray on what cyber resilience at 11:11 means for our customers.
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By 11:11 Systems
11:11 Systems is a managed infrastructure solutions provider that empowers customers to modernize, protect, and manage mission-critical applications and data, leveraging 11:11’s resilient cloud platform.
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By 11:11 Systems
"Be bold and put yourself out there. Seek support and mentorship from people willing to help you grow in your career. Having a vision for your career and going after it is crucial in this industry." - Roopa Naidu, Senior Technical Project Manager, Development At 11:11 Systems, we recognize the value of diversity and the unique contributions of our female employees. We’re pleased to feature some of our outstanding women in a series of Q&A blog posts, showcasing their experiences, insights, and impact on the tech industry.
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By 11:11 Systems
"The balance of proactive and reactive measures is how you get cyber resiliency. Cyber resiliency is equal to cybersecurity plus cyber recovery." Hear from 11:11 Systems' Chief Experience Officer Kaushik Ray on what cyber resilience at 11:11 means for our customers.
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By 11:11 Systems
The city of Oakland was victim of a ransomware attack, gaining access to city services, employee information, payroll, and more. TVU Fox 2 interviewed Justin Giardina, Chief Technical Officer of 11:11 Systems, and asked him to share insight into the cybersecurity situation.
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By 11:11 Systems
Scaling your network to meet the demands of your growing business requires infrastructure that is up to the task. This can include multiple points of presence to deliver cloud-based solutions, and integration with your back-end systems. All of this requires thoughtful incorporation to maximize performance and built-in security to make sure your data is protected, no matter where it lives.
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By 11:11 Systems
The 11:11 model empowers customers and partners to “Rethink Connected,” which includes fully-integrated, fully-automated services, activities, and data powered on a single platform delivering increased performance, optimization, and savings.
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By 11:11 Systems
For IT teams today, backup management has become untenable. Data volume and infrastructure complexity continue to grow exponentially. New threats from bad actors come online every day. The financial and reputational costs of downtime keep going up. It is increasingly hard to find IT professionals, especially in cybersecurity. The list goes on.
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By 11:11 Systems
Your cloud journey doesn't have to be an odyssey. Let's consider the current state of IT and infrastructure: what we refer to as Digital Transformation is simply the significant trend in recent years of businesses working to modernize their operations and leverage the power of new technologies.
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By 11:11 Systems
Your backups may be the most valuable assets your company owns, as they are the first line of defense in the face of threats - whether they're caused by mother nature or human nature. No matter what the disruption, the survival of your organization relies on your confidence in knowing your backups are readily available, sound, and most importantly, recoverable. Because without a recovery plan, your backups are essentially ineffectual.
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By 11:11 Systems
You've made the decision to embrace the cloud. But how can you take a systematic approach and keep the migration process as painless as possible? Whether you're motivated by aging equipment, costly CAPEX, or digital transformation, migrating existing workloads to the cloud with Infrastructure-as-a-Service will help you meet your goals. So, where should you start? First things first - you want to make sure you understand the migration process and technologies available in order to avoid a painful experience that disrupts your business.
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By 11:11 Systems
Business leaders across the globe may think disaster recovery (DR) is too expensive, too complex or that a disaster is unlikely to impact them. Yet human error, cybercrime or a natural disaster can cause their company's digital infrastructure to come crashing down in a split second. Then what? Get this white paper to learn about.
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11:11 Systems offers the most advanced networking and infrastructure solutions available in the market today, providing our customers with a single platform to deliver cloud, connectivity, and security. Address your most pressing IT challenges and make sure your applications and data are always running, accessible, and protected.
11:11 Systems (“11:11”) is a managed infrastructure solutions provider that holistically addresses the challenges of next-generation managed cloud, connectivity and security requirements. 11:11 combines the teams and technology behind market leading, analyst vetted companies like Sungard AS and iland to deliver increased performance, optimization and savings. 11:11 provides cloud, connectivity and security solutions from its global footprint of data centers throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.