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Data Consulting

You Are Retiring Old Servers. Is Your Data Leaving With Them?

Microsoft support for Windows Server 2016 runs out in January 2027. Many companies will swap out old servers and laptops in the next few months. The risk is not the new hardware. It is the customer data still sitting on the old drives when they go out the door.

October 26, 20267 min readRead
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Data Recruiting

Your Best Data Hire in 2027 Could Be Next Summer's Intern

Oklahoma's public colleges are turning out more computer and information science graduates every year. Employers that bring those students in as interns hire many of them later. A data internship plan made this fall can fill a full time data role in 2027.

October 26, 20267 min readRead
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Data Consulting

An Ice Storm Can Cut Power for Days. Will Your Data Come Back?

Six years ago this week, ice brought down lines across central Oklahoma. More than 375,000 people lost power and some waited ten days to get it back. Most companies plan for the outage. Fewer plan for what happens to their data when the lights come back on.

October 26, 20267 min readRead

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