3007, 2023

Handy tips to prepare for a network disaster recovery audit.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ July 30, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network management and monitoring, Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesEnterprises can audit their network disaster recovery plans to ensure thorough protection and preparation. Consider factors like documentation, management support and audit type. By Paul Kirvan Network disaster recovery, or DR, auditing provides an objective examination of controls that manage network performance, and it evaluates whether the results are consistent with control objectives. Network operations, including local access, WAN, wireless

3007, 2023

The most useful data center KPIs.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ July 30, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center hardware and strategy, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesAs admins evaluate data center performance, they need ways to look at both short-term and long-term data. KPIs offer one way to evaluate components, such as storage. By Stephen J. Bigelow Data center admins must regularly gauge hardware and software performance to help them make decisions about upgrades and staffing. Key performance indicators are a useful way to gain perspective

2907, 2023

What is meant by uptime and downtime in SLAs?

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ July 29, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Cloud computing, cloud SLA (cloud service-level agreement), Computer Storage Hardware, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Data Center SLA Metrics, Data center systems management, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, Simple definitions to know, Tech Definition Updates, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesIn computing, uptime is a measure of how long a computer or service is on and available. Downtime is the measure of how long it is not available. Services measure uptime as a percentage of total time. By Gavin Wright What is uptime? Uptime tells users how long a computer or service has been available. Historically, uptime was mainly a measure

2205, 2023

Enterprise on-premise infrastructure spending experiences near ‘post-pandemic’ bounce-back

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 22, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center systems management, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre Capacity Planning, Dell Datacenter Hardware, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, IT infrastructure management and planning, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesLatest data from Synergy Research Group reveals uptick in enterprise on-premise IT infrastructure spending. By Caroline Donnelly The amount of money enterprises are investing in their own private datacentres experienced a “post-pandemic” bounce-back in 2022, as shown by data accrued by IT market watcher Synergy Research Group. The analyst has published its analysis of the 2022 infrastructure capital expenditure (capex) habits

1204, 2023

Choosing the best CPU for virtualization-some factors to consider.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ April 12, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center server infrastructure and OSes, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server virtualization infrastructure and architecture, Server virtualization management tools and practices, Virtualization

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesSelecting the right CPU for virtual infrastructures depends on many factors, including feature sets and hardware specs. Proper configuration of processor resources is also crucial. By Ryann Burnett Choosing a CPU for virtualization and configuring it properly are just as important as choosing memory, storage and network resources. A processor that doesn’t make sense for the infrastructure or one that’s

0101, 2023

How to conduct a cybersecurity audit based on zero trust

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ January 1, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, Network Security, Web application and API security best practices, Zero-trust model (zero trust network)

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThis checklist offers guidance on how to prepare for a zero-trust cybersecurity audit and helps document how well cybersecurity controls are performing based on CISA’s ZTMM. By Paul Kirvan The CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model is a framework for organizations in the public and private sectors designed to strengthen efforts to prevent unauthorized access to technology infrastructure and information resources.

0101, 2023

11 cybersecurity predictions for 2023

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ January 1, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, MSP business transformation, MSPs and cybersecurity, Network Security, Security, Web application and API security best practices, Zero-trust model (zero trust network)

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesAnalysts and experts have looked into their crystal balls and made their cybersecurity predictions for 2023. Is your organization prepared if these predictions come true? By Kyle Johnson A lot happened in cybersecurity in 2022. We saw cyber’s involvement in warfare with the Russian attacks on Ukraine. Supply chain attacks continued to make headlines. Healthcare organizations and educational institutions became top

0101, 2023

6 trends that consultants cite on Cybersecurity outlook for 2023.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ January 1, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Cloud computing, Cloud Security, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, Network Security, Regulatory compliance for MSPs, Security awareness training and insider threats, Tech Partner's Curated Content

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesIT services executives predicted greater focus on user training and protection, supply chain security and machine learning. And digital transformation could spark zero-trust projects. By John Moore The key cybersecurity trends expected to shape 2023 run the gamut from the human behind the keyboard to tools embedding machine learning. IT services executives pointed to security training for users, a perennial

2310, 2022

Considerations for IT admins when licensing a VM.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ October 23, 2022/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, IT systems management and monitoring, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesLicensing for virtual machines can be particularly tricky to navigate for IT admins, who must ensure proper licensing for hosts — as well as software running inside VMs. By Brien Posey Software licensing is rarely straightforward — and virtualization only increases licensing complexity, as both virtualization platforms and VMs themselves must be licensed properly. 2 key rules for VM licensing

0710, 2022

Wisely invest in an IT infrastructure upgrade lest you keep fixing it

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ October 7, 2022/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Enterprise data storage strategies, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesBecause upgrades to infrastructure equipment can be expensive and difficult, the easier decision is to renew a support contract. But delay comes at a cost, too. By Brian Kirsch A major IT infrastructure upgrade frequently lands at the bottom of to-do lists. It’s just easier — most of the time — to extend maintenance contracts and maybe do a few