2010, 2020

5 hyper-converged infrastructure trends analysts predict for 2023

T-Blog Editor/ October 20, 2020/ Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Management, Industry News and Expert Advice, Research Results and Trends

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhat’s next for hyper-converged infrastructure? We’ve asked industry analysts and consultants to shed some light on the technology’s medium-term prospects. By John Moore Hyper-converged infrastructure technology has taken big strides since emerging a decade ago, finding a home in data centers looking to ease procurement headaches and management chores. Vendors originally positioned the technology as a simple-to-deploy, all-in-one offering that

2010, 2020

hyper-converged appliance-definition

T-Blog Editor/ October 20, 2020/ Converged Infrastructure, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Essential Technical Terminology you need to know, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA hyper-converged appliance is a hardware device that provides multiple data center management technologies within a single box. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Brien Posey; Matthew Haughn Hyper-converged systems are characterized by a software-centric architecture that tightly integrates compute, storage, networking and virtualization resources and other technologies. At one time, these systems were based on the use of commodity hardware, but premium

2010, 2020

HPE GreenLake: What it is and how it works?

T-Blog Editor/ October 20, 2020/ Converged Infrastructure, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Essential Technical Terminology you need to know, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Management, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesGreenLake allows users to pay only for the IT resources they use. Find out how it works for HCI, composable infrastructure and other purposes, its benefits and potential drawbacks. By Robert Sheldon IT teams have had two primary options for implementing workloads over the past few years: maintain infrastructure on premises — incurring the costs and overhead that comes with

2010, 2020

Procedure for replacing a controller in Dell Equallogic PS6100 Storage Systems

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Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteScenario: The controller has a bad battery and we have a replacement. We just need to know the process of sticking it in it. The controller with the bad battery is the secondary non-active controller right now. Do I need to backup settings from the old controller or will the settings auto populate when I plug it in? Will I first

1610, 2020

Which type of CISO are you? Company fit matters

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Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesIncompatibility between CISOs and their companies can lead to stress, frustration, burnout and rapid turnover. Identify your CISO style to target the ideal role and environment for you. By Alissa Irei Steve Tcherchian The role of CISO has grown in profile and importance in recent years, as evolving and escalating digital threats raise the stakes for organizations of every size

1510, 2020

Fine-tune your storage-as-a-service (SaaS) approach

T-Blog Editor/ October 15, 2020/ Cloud computing, Cloud Storage, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Essential Technical Terminology you need to know, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhat you need to know about storage-as-a-service options to make them work for your organization. Service levels, data protection and upgrade schedules can be the differentiators. By Chris Evans Storage is one of the biggest capital expenditures in the data center. Enterprises are creating and retaining increasing amounts of data, hoping to exploit some potential future value. One scenario to

1510, 2020

Comparison of 3 DDoS mitigation strategies for enterprise networks

T-Blog Editor/ October 15, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network management and monitoring, Network Security, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesEnterprises can choose from three major approaches to mitigate DDoS attacks on their networks: Buy from an ISP, do it themselves or use a CDN service. By John Cavanaugh Distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attacks are becoming more common in enterprise networks and are sometimes even combined with ransomware. The main types of DDoS attacks are the following: Volumetric DDoS. This attack crushes devices

1510, 2020

Preventing various types of DDoS attacks on your enterprise’s systems

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Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThe types of DDoS attacks organizations face have grown and size of these attacks has increased. Expert Michael Cobb explains how to secure systems against common DDoS methods. By Michael Cobb A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack aims to exhaust the resources of a network, application or service so that genuine users cannot gain access. There are different types of DDoS

1510, 2020

Best practices to maintain VPN security

T-Blog Editor/ October 15, 2020/ Covid-19 Global Responses, COVID-19: Organization Mitigation Responses, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network Security, Network Services

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesEnterprises looking to maintain VPN security should focus on proper endpoint security and authentication, VPN server security and documentation for security policies. By John Cavanaugh A virtual private network permits users to create a secure connection to another network over the internet. The VPN concept typically connects an endpoint running VPN client software to a VPN server connected to the

1510, 2020

The future of VPNs in a post-Covid-19 pandemic world

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Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesPre-pandemic, many experts touted VPN’s demise. During the pandemic, VPNs became lifelines for remote workers to do their jobs. Here’s what the future may hold for VPNs. By Terry Slattery The importance of VPNs changed significantly in early 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic caused massive digital transformation for many businesses and office workers. VPN trends that started prior to the