Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesLearn what five-nines availability means and discover the steps enterprises should take to make sure network services are fully accessible. By Chuck Moozakis Five-nines availability — or 99.999% — is the percentage of time a network component or service is accessible to a user in a given period, usually defined as a year. The migration from private networks to cloud
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesOut with the old, in with the new. The meaning of secure remote access, and how organizations achieve it, is changing. Here’s what you need to know. By Alissa Irei A solid secure remote access strategy can mitigate risk, improve user experience and lend a competitive edge in today’s enterprise. Craig Bird, managing director at U.K.-based managed services provider Connect
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesIn 2020, the pandemic threw the best-laid IT plans into chaos. As enterprises find their footing again, here are four network trends defining the second half of 2021. By Alissa Irei The COVID-19 crisis supercharged several major 2021 networking trends that appear poised to outlast the pandemic itself. As enterprises inch cautiously toward normalcy, organizations are pushing ahead with cloud,
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIBM introduces new consumption-based Storage as a Service for FlashSystem based on performance, capacity and contract term; and adds Safeguarded Copy to guard against cyberattacks. By Carol Sliwa and Johnny Yu IBM turned its FlashSystem focus to two hot areas in enterprise storage with new as-a-service options that let customers add on-premises infrastructure the way they do in the public
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe diskpart is one of the oldest tools in the Windows operating system that handles a wide range of disk management jobs, such as assigning drive letters and deleting partitions. Courtesy Post: By SearchWindowsServer staff For basic disk operations on Windows systems, administrators can use diskpart, a command-line utility that remains useful for many different drive-related jobs more than 20 years
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA smart PDU can help you monitor and manage power flow more efficiently than a traditional PDU. Here’s what you should consider before deciding whether to adopt. By Julia Borgini Power hardware for the data center provides admins with increased insight and management capabilities as it evolves. Smart power distribution units can optimize power management in data centers, but to
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThe deep web is an umbrella term for parts of the internet not fully accessible using standard search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. By Andy Patrizio The contents of the deep web range from pages that were not indexed by search engines, paywalled sites, private databases and the dark web. Every search engine uses bots to crawl the web and add
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSFP ports enable Gigabit switches to connect to a wide variety of fiber and Ethernet cables in order to extend switching functionality throughout the network. By David Jacobs and Chris Partsenidis Small form-factor pluggable, or SFP, devices are hot-swappable interfaces used primarily in network and storage switches. The SFP ports on a switch and SFP modules enable the switch to
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesDifferent types of networking cables are the backbone of a network’s infrastructure. Selecting the right type is critical, as enterprise network admins deploy new technologies. By Chris Partsenidis The types of network cables employed in any network infrastructure is one of the most important aspects of networking, and it has become increasingly critical with the introduction of newer technologies, such
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAmerican Wire Gauge (AWG) is the standard way to denote wire size in North America. In AWG, the larger the number, the smaller the wire diameter and thickness. By Gavin Wright The largest standard size is 0000 AWG, and 40 AWG is the smallest standard size. It may also be called Brown & Sharpe wire gauge or simply the gauge of the wire.
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