How the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the backup services industry.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ June 20, 2021/ Archiving and backup, Backup and Archival Tools, Backup and recovery software, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data protection, backup and archiving, Data storage backup tools, Data storage backup tools, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesThe Covid-19 pandemic forced big changes in how people work – we look at impacts on backup, including increased reliance on the cloud, plus security and compliance vulnerabilities and ransomware By Stephen Pritchard Remote working is now a permanent arrangement for a growing number of businesses after the Covid-19 pandemic pushed organisations of all sizes to move to home working

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Five ways to boost systems utilisation in the datacentre

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 16, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre energy efficiency and green IT, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Infrastructure in the Data Centre, Timeless Aricles

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesDatacentre operators are always looking for ways to cut costs and improve the efficiency of their facilities. Here we ask the experts for their top five tips for reducing the operating costs of running a server farm By Fleur Doidge Top concerns for datacentre operators are ensuring their facilities are operating as efficiently as possible from a cost, energy consumption

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Datacentre energy efficiency: Is the time now for a big switch-off?

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 16, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre energy efficiency and green IT, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesThe clock is ticking on sustainable IT and energy use, and much more can be done to save energy, power and reduce emissions at a datacentre level. So why isn’t it happening? By Fleur Doidge Datacentres represent a growing share of global power consumption and emissions. An average user PC consumes 1.3 kWh of electricity every three hours, without even going online;

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What is warehouse management system (WMS)? -a tech explanation

Staff Writer/ June 15, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, CEO Quick Reads, CTOs Quick Reads, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, WMS (Warehouse Management System) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesA warehouse management system (WMS) consists of software and processes that allow organizations to control and administer warehouse operations from the time goods or materials enter a warehouse until they move out. By Jim O’Donnell What does a WMS do? Warehouses sit at the center of manufacturing and supply chain operations because they hold all of the material used or

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How to turn old datacentres into critical IT assets-Gartner Research

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 14, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Presentations, Partner Resources, Research Results and Trends, Timeless Tips, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIT infrastructure and operations leaders are increasingly focusing on new ideas and technologies alongside ways to deliver business value By David Cappuccio Armed with the right approach, legacy datacentre infrastructure can be reinvented to increase capacity, support new and emerging business services and reduce operating costs. As part of this approach, organisations with existing workloads remaining within their datacentres must

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I have lost the root password of my vCenter Server Appliance-How do I reset it?

Staff Writer/ June 11, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, How do i...?, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Tekmart Support: Storage Systems' Implementation Tutorials

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteThis is a simple guide on how to reset the vCenter Server Appliance root password if you don’t have it or you acquire second-use data center equipment with the password set on them already. By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team Follow the below steps to reset the unit:- Take a snapshot of the vCenter Server Appliance. Open the VMware Remote Console

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VNX DPE / DAE SAS cabling

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 11, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Enterprise data storage strategies, Enterprise infrastructure management, How do i...?, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteEMC cable requirement and configuration for VNX Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE). By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team A quick note to clarify SAS cabling between EMC VNX and extra enclosures or DAE’s as they are called. When setting up a VNX with only the base DPE enclosure, there’s no need for cabling. When adding the first and the second enclosure, you need a

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Prevent man-in-the-middle attacks on apps, CI/CD toolchains

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ June 9, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesMan-in-the-middle attacks pose a serious threat to both CI/CD tools and the apps those tools support. Learn how these attacks typically occur — and how to stop them — to do DevOps securely. By Will Kelly Distributed apps and CI/CD toolchains result in an IT environment that is open to endless network crossings. Every connection is a chance for a

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What is “meet-in-the-middle attack” hacking attacks ?-a tech explanation

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ June 9, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data security, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, IT infrastructure management and planning, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesMeet-in-the-middle is a known plaintext attack that can greatly reduce the number of brute-force permutations required to decrypt text that has been encrypted by more than one key. Such an attack makes it much easier for an intruder to gain access to data. By TechTarget Contributor A meet-in-the-middle attack targets block cipher cryptographic functions. The intruder applies brute-force techniques to both the

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man-in-the-middle attack (MitM)-a tech explanation

Staff Writer/ June 7, 2021/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, man-in-the-middle attacks (MitM)

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack is one in which the attacker secretly intercepts and relays messages between two parties who believe they are communicating directly with each other. By TechTarget Contributor The attack is a type of eavesdropping in which the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker. Sometimes referred to as a session hijacking attack, MiTM has a strong chance of success

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