Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesThe economy is struggling, and many careers are taking hits, but cybersecurity jobs and careers will likely stay in demand as companies need to keep data and customers safe. By Jonathan Meyers Although the detrimental effects can be felt on a global scale, the current pandemic has significantly disrupted the U.S. economy and workforce. Unemployment rates have spiked and were
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesWindows Hello has several common issues that administrators may need to troubleshoot. Find out what those issues are here and what to do about them. By Gary Olsen Passwords are a very common authentication method that have numerous flaws, and Windows Hello’s access control features can help organizations work around the weakness of passwords for Windows 10 desktop authentication. In
Reading Time-approximately: 15 minutesVirtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is a desktop virtualization technology wherein a desktop operating system, typically Microsoft Windows, runs and is managed in a data center. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Jo Harder, Erica Mixon The virtual desktop image is delivered over a network to an endpoint device, which allows the user to interact with the operating system and its applications as if
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesIT spending by companies in the early days of COVID-19 quickly turned to cost-cutting. Learn how vendors responded with new terms and aggressive discounting for new business. By Linda Tucci Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the initial burst of tech spending by companies racing to support remote work has given way to cost-cutting in many organizations. IT services, hardware and
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWe continue to navigate the choppy waters created by the COVID-19 pandemic, but here are eight ways companies can enable digital transformation and overcome an uncertain economy. By Paul Roehrig Thanks to a small bit of contagious RNA, what Nobel Prize-winning biologists poetically called “bad news wrapped in protein,” CIOs have seen the foundations of digital transformation (managing data, building software for
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWhatever you do: Don’t pay the ransom. Learn how the right tools and procedures can enable IT ops admins to prevent, mitigate and recover from a ransomware attack. By Brian Kirsch When it comes to ransomware attacks, IT operations plays a big role alongside security experts. They identify, prevent and — if all else fails — mitigate the effects of
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAs data backup and recovery reaches new levels of capacity and complexity, learn how to gain the upper hand over common challenges in this important field. By John Edwards Data backup and recovery has always been a demanding task, requiring meticulous planning and tenacious scheduling. Although cloud technology and storage media improvements make it easier to protect essential data, the
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesFind out what data and applications are best for cloud storage, what design factors to consider and how to choose the right service to meet short- and long-term needs of remote workers. By Kurt Marko The scramble to support ubiquitous work-from-home environments has hit every corner of IT, but the effects on infrastructure operations haven’t been uniform. Organizations operating primarily
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesLeading storage vendors have recently released midrange all-flash arrays that provide the scalability, high performance and high reliability of enterprise-class offerings. By Chris Evans The midrange storage appliance ecosystem is gradually transitioning toward all-flash and the adoption of NVMe technology. This market is growing fast, with the release of several new storage arrays in the past year. These include platforms
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesYou might be aware of basic HCI use cases, such as server consolidation and virtual desktop infrastructure, but there are other areas where HCI can come in handy. By Alastair Cooke We stand close to a decade after the introduction of hyper-converged infrastructure and have a more definitive answer about where it fits into the enterprise IT landscape. Like many
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