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What Are The Most Important Features To Consider In A Secure Cloud Partner?
If you are like many credit union CIO’s right now, you have made the decision to move forward with cloud services for some part of your infrastructure. Perhaps you are considering hosted exchange or...
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How Do I Prepare For An Audit of My DR/BCP Plan?
If you have either a CPA, NCUA, FDIC, or OTS audit coming up and you would like to review your plan to make sure it will meet the general requirements, this post is for you. The Basics The basics in...
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Should a Credit Union use Veeam or Zerto for Disaster Recovery?
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity for Credit Unions is changing very quickly. As high speed bandwidth and virtualization become more and more main stream, the shift is moving away from backup...
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How Can I Test The Recovery of My Credit Union Third-Party Connections? [Tech...
If you work for a credit union, you probably are trying to figure out how to test and prove to the NCUA that you can recover your pesky credit union third-party connections. Third party connections...
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Rethink Your Credit Union CLOUD RFP (Request For Proposals) [Free Cloud RFP...
If you are thinking about exploring if Cloud technologies can save your credit union money and time, you might be considering issuing a Cloud RFP. While this may seem like a normal RFP, I would argue...
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Are Regulatory Requirements Killing Credit Union Innovation?
Ongoing Operations recently held its client advisory board meeting. While we had realized the compliance pressures had been mounting we were blown away with how bad it has gotten. One client had...
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Pros and Cons of Different Data Circuits
Technology changes rapidly – Internet Connectivity changes even faster. Ongoing Operations started with 7 bonded T1 lines in 2006 for a total of about 10 mbps of Internet. 7 years late we have over 40...
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Top Network Design Considerations For Credit Unions [Primer]
If you are considering redesigning your Credit Union’s Telecom Network you have come to the right place. This page will provide a basic overview of the types of networks Ongoing Operations has seen in...
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The Good and Bad of Partnering With A Disaster Recovery/Technology CUSO
A CUSO, or credit union service organization, is a special type of entity that is owned and operated by Credit Unions. Credit Unions are not-for-profit financial institutions that unlike banks return...
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The 2nd Most Important Action Item When Developing Your Credit Union BCP
The first step in building a comprehensive Business Continuity Program for your credit union is to conduct a Business Impact Analysis or BIA. The Second Step in the process is to conduct a Risk...
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5 Things Every Credit Union Board Wants For Their 2015 Budget
In my experience there are three things that every board wants. Less Risk, More Profits, and More Predictability. The good news is that as financial institutions you are pretty good at all three of...
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Five Components of a Credit Union Disaster Recovery Solution
Credit Unions are required by the FFIEC to have business continuity and disaster recovery plans. In addition there are various components that must be included in any Disaster Recovery solution. This...
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How Much Bandwidth Does It Take To Run Hosted Microsoft Lync?
If you are considering whether to deploy Microsoft Lync internally, evaluating a Hosted Lync offering, or even considering how Microsoft Lync will impact your organization long term – this post is for...
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How To Select A Credit Union Business Continuity Solution [Checklist]
If you or your company does not currently spend money on backing up key systems, sending data offsite, planning for disasters etc. than this post isn’t for you. If you are interested in learning about...
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Top Ways To Improve Your DR Test (and your Recovery)
If your credit union has never done a disaster recovery test, this post won’t make much sense. However, If your credit union is planning on complying with your FFIEC guidelines and doing at least one...
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Pros and Cons of OTV for Credit Union Disaster Recovery Networks
If you are responsible for high-end network design for your credit union and you are trying to figure out ways to build redundancy and resiliency in your branch and server network architecture, this...
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Are Credit Union Hot Sites Dead!?
As First Seen on CU Insight When Ongoing Operations got started, we were a collaborative project by 7 Washington DC area credit unions to establish a better hot site location with guaranteed recovery...
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Does Your Member Want a Car Loan Or A Car?
As First Seen on CUINSIGHT.COM Everyone wants a piece of your member’s money and relationships. Apple Pay, Mint, GreenDot, the bank down the street all are vying to take a slice of wallet share, be...
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How Much Money Should I Budget For A New Credit Union Headquarters ?
Perhaps it is finally the time when the CU has enough money to build its dream headquarters. Maybe the call center AND lending can be in the same building. Or maybe it is time to refresh and create...
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5 Skills To Look For When Hiring A New Credit Union CIO
Succession planning calls for you to ensure your most critical leadership roles are covered at all times. Filling the CIO/CTO position in a credit union can be a tough task. These days most credit...
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