How to choose the right email security service for your organisation

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Colocation, hosting and outsourcing management, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Web Application Security

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesWith email security threats growing rapidly, businesses can quickly identify and block these by using a top email security service. Here’s how to select the right provider. By Nicholas Fearn Email security is a growing problem for businesses in all industries. According to a report by software firm Egress, 95% of IT managers believe that email puts data at risk, and 83%

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5 steps to conduct network penetration testing

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network Infrastructure, Network Security, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!, Wireless Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesEnterprises that want to ensure competent network security strategies should look at how they can implement penetration testing, considering red teams and physical pen tests. By John Cavanaugh The SolarWinds hack has generated a lot of interest in the networking and cybersecurity spaces, particularly concerning penetration testing, or pen testing. Business and technology managers perform pen testing to ensure their

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How to avoid being chained to an enterprise software licence

Staff Writer/ April 11, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Second User Software, Software Licensing, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!, Windows Server versions

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesCIOs will need to ringfence spending with their existing enterprise IT suppliers to liberate capital for other business initiatives By Cliff Saran Gartner’s so-called bimodal IT outlines how CIOs should divide IT into the work needed to keep the systems of records running – Mode 1 IT – and new projects, known as Mode 2 IT, that focus on areas

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What is zero trust? Ultimate guide to the network security model

Staff Writer/ April 1, 2021/ CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network Security, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, Wireless Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesA zero-trust model is a security framework that fortifies the enterprise by removing implicit trust and enforcing strict user and device authentication throughout the network. BySandra Gittlen and Laura Fitzgibbons This guide goes in-depth into the origins of zero trust, its architecture, the technology and products that comprise a zero-trust model, as well as how to implement and manage zero

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6 virtual server management best practices

Staff Writer/ March 17, 2021/ CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server virtualization management tools and practices

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhen overseeing virtual servers, take advantage of self-service VM management, VM templates, monitoring tools and permissions groups to ease the management burden. By Rob Bastiaansen Managing virtual servers has its advantages compared to physical servers, but it also brings new challenges to the table. When each workload ran on its own physical server, management was simple and straightforward. If there

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Tips for suppliers on how to prevent supply chain attacks

Staff Writer/ March 5, 2021/ CEO Quick Reads, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Supply Chain Management (SCM) Resources, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesEvery company, large and small, must assume it is a target in the supply chain. Suppliers should follow these best practices to keep themselves and their customers protected. By Michael Cobb A big IT security mistake made by many small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs, is not realizing they are a potential target for well-resourced and sophisticated hackers. Their arguments

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IT services industry tweaks business models amid pandemic

Staff Writer/ March 5, 2021/ CEO Quick Reads, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, MSP business transformation, Partner Resources, Tekmart Partner Content

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesMSPs and IT consultants have developed new services, emphasized cloud offerings and boosted cybersecurity capabilities to address COVID-19 and its effects on customers. By John Moore IT services industry executives agree the COVID-19 pandemic has altered their business models, but the adjustments they have made follow no single pattern. The pandemic, formally declared in March 2020, caused rapid economic contraction,

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