Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAdmins who rely on VMware and Hyper-V workloads might have trouble choosing the right backup tool for their VMs. Admins can use this article to better inform their purchasing decisions. By Brien Posey When it comes to VM backups, administrators’ biggest challenge might be deciding between different backup products, such as Veeam’s Backup and Replication, Altaro’s VM Backup and Cohesity’s
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesWe’ve compiled a list of seven IT cost optimization strategies CIOs can apply to any framework to help reduce costs within their organizations while still enabling business operations. By Johna Till Johnson Ever since the dot-com crash in 2001, business leaders have thought of IT departments as cost centers. As a result, the CIO’s primary job is reducing costs —
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
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
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesAs CIOs embrace more digital technologies, it’s important that they determine the current status of their legacy systems and whether it’s worth upgrading or maintaining them. By Mary K. Pratt Veteran IT leader and CIO at Absolute Software Dianne Lapierre has seen technology come and go. In many cases, she said it was clear when the tech needed an upgrade;
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesOne of the main factors when deciding whether to keep or replace legacy systems is determining the cost. Here we dive into five of the hidden costs CIOs should be aware of today. By John Burke CIOs are caught up in a constant need to balance old and new technology, systems and processes. On the one hand, to embrace the
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAn incident response team is a group of IT professionals in charge of preparing for and reacting to any type of organizational emergency. By Wesley Chai and Sarah Lewis An incident response team is a group of IT professionals in charge of preparing for and reacting to any type of organizational emergency. Responsibilities of an incident response team include developing a
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesWhat’s in a name? Parse the true differences between a CERT, a CSIRT, a CIRT and a SOC, before you decide what’s best for your organization. By Ed Moyle CERT, CSIRT, CIRT and SOC are terms you’ll hear in the realm of incident response. In a nutshell, the first three are often used synonymously to describe teams focused on incident response, while the last typically
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
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAs CIOs make the move to the cloud, they first must ensure they have the budget to do so. Here, we’re diving into the pre-migration, migration and post-migration costs to consider. By John Burke Most CIOs are still in the process of migrating workloads from on-premises data centers into IaaS environments, whether it’s to get strategic and take IT out
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