2009, 2021

Decoding different types of business interruption insurance

Staff Writer/ September 20, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesBusiness interruption insurance can be difficult to navigate because not all policies are the same. Here’s what to examine when exploring insurance options. By John Edwards An often-overlooked aspect of business continuity and disaster recovery planning is the financial burden of unforeseen downtime. Most business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) administrators are aware that business interruption insurance is available to

1509, 2021

Establish a business continuity team to get the full picture

Staff Writer/ September 15, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, business continuity plan (BCP), Business continuity planning, Covid-19 Global Responses, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT Management, Small business disaster recovery

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBusiness continuity teams provide insight and focus that can keep an organization on its feet when disaster strikes. Don’t rely on a disaster recovery team to reduce downtime. By Alan R. Earls Business continuity and disaster recovery are grouped together by many organizations, but the teams in charge of these operations serve different purposes. Along with a disaster recovery team,

0809, 2021

Western Digital OptiNAND stretches HDD capacity, performance

Staff Writer/ September 8, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Resources, Storage Vendors

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWestern Digital unveiled a new storage drive architecture for hard drives that improves capacity, performance and reliability via an embedded flash drive to store metadata. By Johnny Yu Western Digital’s new OptiNAND storage infrastructure puts a lot of capacity on one platter. Unveiled at today’s HDD Reimagine virtual event, OptiNAND combines Western Digital’s hard disk drive and flash technologies to

0808, 2021

Growing cause of security incidents attributable to cloud misconfiguration.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ August 8, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Cloud architecture design and planning, Cloud computing, Cloud computing for business, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, MSPs and cybersecurity, Network Infrastructure, Security, Timeless Articles

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesRapid cloud adoption during the pandemic has increased the attack surface and heightened the risk of misconfiguring services, leaving organisations more vulnerable to cyber attacks. By Sebastian Klovig Skelton Every organisation deploying Amazon Web Services (AWS) has experienced at least one security incident in its public cloud environment over the past year, with businesses’ rapid move to the cloud making

0608, 2021

8 ways to make network modernization work

Tekmart Data Center Team/ August 6, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network Infrastructure

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesThe pandemic has forced enterprises to rethink their operations. Now, it’s time for IT leaders to put their network modernization projects in motion. By John Fruehe Amid all the changes the global pandemic has brought to businesses, the drive to modernize networks might be the most significant. COVID-19 affected both the physical density of employees at headquarters and the numbers

0208, 2021

An expert’s explanation of the 7 tiers of disaster recovery.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ August 2, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesOrganizations have used disaster recovery tiers to define the DR process for years. These key tiers can serve as a backbone to a comprehensive disaster recovery plan. By Paul Kirvan Disaster recovery focuses on the protection and restoration of IT system functions and network services, and it dates back to the 1970s. Its roots are in mainframe computing systems, and

0208, 2021

Important terminologies you need to know about Data Center power

Tekmart Data Center Team/ August 2, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Essential Technical Terminology you need to know, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesThe most important and often overlooked criteria when evaluating data centers is power. In this article, we will examine all of the important power terminology and calculations that you need to know before starting your colocation project. Courtesy Post: By Bob West There are many considerations when selecting a data center facility or colocation provider such as location, security, and support.

2807, 2021

What is SSD TRIM in hard drive terminology?-a tech explanation, how it works and its benefits.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ July 28, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Essential Technical Terminology you need to know, Expert Advise and Opinion, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive)

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesTRIM is a command for the ATA interface. As you use your drive, changing and deleting information, the SSD needs to make sure that invalid information is deleted and that space is available for new information to be written. Trim tells your SSD which pieces of data can be erased. By Carol Sliwa SSD TRIM is an Advanced Technology Attachment

2707, 2021

Planning for the cost of unplanned downtime: some handy tips.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ July 27, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesUnplanned downtime can lead to serious consequences, including reputational harm, revenue loss and extra IT costs. Use these tips to plan for the unexpected. By John Edwards Downtime is costly for any organization. Just how costly depends on many factors, including how long the downtime lasts, when it occurs, and, perhaps most importantly, whether the downtime was planned or unplanned.

2607, 2021

5 steps to achieve network infrastructure modernization

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ July 26, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network Infrastructure, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAll networks may be different, but companies have similar goals when they look to upgrade their network infrastructures. Assessing current designs is just the first step. By Andrew Froehlich Not surprisingly, the term infrastructure modernization means different things to different people. After all, no two enterprise network infrastructures are designed and built with the same business goals in mind. However, newly architected