1502, 2020

Tip on restarting Navisphere Management Server on EMC CLARiiON CX-x Series DAE

T-Blog Editor/ February 15, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteIt may be necessary to restart the Navisphere management server on an EMC CLARiiON CX, CX3, CX4 if any of the problems below present: A Fatal Event icon (red letter “F” in a circle) is displayed for some physical element of array, but Navisphere CLI reports no faults. Host displays a “U” icon even after rebooting host. Navisphere User Interface

1502, 2020

How to upgrade Flare code on EMC CLARiiON CX4 DAE

T-Blog Editor/ February 15, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, EMC os-FLARE, EMC Technical Resources, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 9 minutesIntroduction The following is a series of simple documents aimed at providing visual guidance on the process required upgrade the FLARE code on an EMC CLARiiON CX4 array. These documents assume that: A version of FLARE 30 is already installed on the array (although the steps for FLARE 29 and below are not significantly different) You have access to EMC’s

1402, 2020

Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

T-Blog Editor/ February 14, 2020/ Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions/ 0 comments

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesHow does your organization use IVR systems? Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Karolina Kiwak Interactive Voice Response (IVR) is an automated telephony system that interacts with callers, gathers information and routes calls to the appropriate recipients. An IVR system (IVRS) accepts a combination of voice telephone input and touch-tone keypad selection and provides the appropriate responses in the form

0902, 2020

Cloud and backup top storage priorities for 2019

T-Blog Editor/ February 9, 2020/ Engage the experts, IT Management

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesDeploying the cloud for primary and secondary storage and backup and archiving project top project priorities in 2019. SAN, NAS and hyper-convergence also prominent Antony Adshead Storage Editor – Computer Weekly – ComputerWeekly.com Published: 13 Feb 2019 9:36 Cloud-based initiatives and backup and archiving dominate UK IT departments’ storage projects for 2019. Cloud storage and backup/archiving projects feature in five of

0902, 2020

converged data center

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Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesMargaret Rouse WhatIs.com – TechTarget – WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Meredith Courtemanche A converged data center, also called a homogeneous data center, is one in which the hardware and software components were purchased from a single vendor. A converged data center can be compared to a heterogeneous data center, in which individual servers, storage, networking, virtualization, operating systems, management tools and applications

0902, 2020

open data center

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Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesMargaret Rouse WhatIs.com – TechTarget – WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Stephen J. Bigelow An open data center is an IT facility that employs a clearly defined and standardized set of hardware and software products designed to make the data center interoperable with other IT facilities. Ultimately, open data centers should be able to work together seamlessly to form a federated cloud. The

0902, 2020

5 steps to creating a strong data archiving policy

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Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThere’s a lot to consider in your data archive plan. From compliance to data integrity and retention, following these best practices will improve your data protection. By Brien Posey Microsoft MVP – SearchDataBackup Published: 30 Jan 2020 Almost every storage manager faces the ongoing issue of accommodating and storing ever-expanding data sets. Primary storage tends to be expensive and has

0902, 2020

6 types of insider threats and how to prevent them

T-Blog Editor/ February 9, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Industry News and Expert Advice/ 0 comments

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesCompromised, negligent and malicious employees put enterprises at risk. Here are six problems they pose and the insider threat prevention strategies to protect your enterprise. Post courtesy of Kevin Beaver Principle Logic, LLC – SearchSecurity and Sharon Shea, Senior Site Editor Insider threats pose a significant security risk to enterprises. By some accounts, more than 60% of organizations have experienced