nonfungible token (NFT)- a tech explanation

Staff Writer/ July 21, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, Timeless Articles

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesA nonfungible token (NFT) is a type of cryptographic asset that is unique and used to create and authenticate ownership of digital assets. By Corinne Bernstein These include cartoons, music, film and video clips, JPEGs, postcards, sports trading cards, and virtual real estate or pets. NFTs provide a secure record that is stamped with unique identifying code stored on blockchain. In contrast to

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Preventing software piracy; risks, how to identify and prevention.

Staff Writer/ July 21, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Ethical Practices, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesPirated software is still a major concern nowadays. Uncover how to prevent software piracy and protect your organization’s intellectual property. By Michael Cobb and Mike Rothman Software piracy — the illegal copying, distribution or use of legally protected software — is one of today’s most common crimes. In fact, BSA’s latest “Global Software Survey” estimated that 37% of software installed

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Information governance: what this is, its importance,challenges and frameworks.

Staff Writer/ July 21, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Information technology governance, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesInformation governance is a holistic approach to managing corporate information by implementing processes, roles, controls and metrics that treat information as a valuable business asset. By Scott Robinson and Ben Cole The goal of a holistic approach to information governance is to make information assets available to those who need it, while streamlining management, reducing storage costs and ensuring compliance.

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Gaining the financial benefits of cloud computing in 5 ways.

Staff Writer/ July 6, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Cloud applications, Cloud architecture design and planning, Cloud computing, Cloud computing for business, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFor organizations migrating to the cloud, we’ve compiled a list of the top strategies to use to ensure they’re saving on costs along the way. By John Burke Most enterprises are still migrating workloads from data centers to the cloud. Although saving money is generally not the driving force for such migrations, it doesn’t hurt if money is saved along

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A CIO’s guide to legacy data center system modernization

Staff Writer/ July 3, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Information security policies, procedures and guidelines, IT Management, Leadership and strategic planning

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesFor CIOs, understanding what legacy system modernization entails, when it’s necessary and which approaches are right for their needs leads to optimal performance in the enterprise. By Johna Till Johnson Three words that can turn a CIO’s heart to stone are legacy system modernization. Too often, the concept refers to a labor-intensive, energy-absorbing effort to redesign applications that were architected in

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cookie-a tech explanation

Staff Writer/ June 30, 2021/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA cookie is information that a Web site puts on your hard disk so that it can remember something about you at a later time. By TechTarget Contributor Updated by: Tekmart Enterprise Support Team  More technically, it is information for future use that is stored by the server on the client side of a client/server communication. Typically, a cookie records your preferences when using a particular site. Using the Web’s

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voice of the customer (VOC)-a tech explanation

Staff Writer/ June 28, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, Voice of the customer (VOC)

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesVoice of the customer (VOC) is the component of customer experience that focuses on customer needs, wants, expectations and preferences. By Sarah Amsler In most businesses, the quality of customer experience is a key differentiating factor against competitors. Therefore, deploying a VOC program is important for ensuring that customer input is requested and valued. To determine the VOC, an organization analyzes indirect

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REST API (RESTful API), what are these?-a detailed expert explanation

Staff Writer/ June 26, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesA RESTful API is an architectural style for an application program interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to access and use data. That data can be used to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data types, which refers to the reading, updating, creating and deleting of operations concerning resources. By Alexander S. Gillis A RESTful API is an architectural style for

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SOAR (security orchestration, automation and response)-a tech explanation

Staff Writer/ June 23, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SOAR (security orchestration, automation and response), Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesSOAR (security orchestration, automation and response) is a stack of compatible software programs that enables an organization to collect data about security threats and respond to security events without human assistance. By Sharon Shea The goal of using a SOAR platform is to improve the efficiency of physical and digital security operations. What is SOAR? SOAR platforms have three main components: security

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The differences between SOAR and SIEM

Staff Writer/ June 23, 2021/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SIEM, log management and big data security analytics, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, Timeless Articles

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWhen it comes to the SOAR vs. SIEM debate, it’s important to understand their fundamental differences to get the most benefit from your security data. By Andrew Froehlich It’s not easy to understand the key differences when looking at SOAR vs. SIEM, because they have many components in common. Security information and event management, or SIEM, tools are a way

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