We survived, but many on the Gulf Coast didn't.
Katrina leaves us as a nation with thousands of families torn apart and billions of dollars in damages. It also underscores some unwelcome but essential lessons:
» Emergency management may always seem to be crying wolf, but we have to fight the tendency to roll our eyes and ignore the cries.
» The consequences of underpreparation are always worse than the consequences of overpreparation.
» Good preparation can mean the difference between life and death.
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
