2205, 2023

Enterprise on-premise infrastructure spending experiences near ‘post-pandemic’ bounce-back

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 22, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center systems management, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre Capacity Planning, Dell Datacenter Hardware, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, IT infrastructure management and planning, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesLatest data from Synergy Research Group reveals uptick in enterprise on-premise IT infrastructure spending. By Caroline Donnelly The amount of money enterprises are investing in their own private datacentres experienced a “post-pandemic” bounce-back in 2022, as shown by data accrued by IT market watcher Synergy Research Group. The analyst has published its analysis of the 2022 infrastructure capital expenditure (capex) habits

2205, 2023

IaaS revenues dip but a bounce-back is expected

Staff Writer/ May 22, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Cloud computing, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), IT compliance and governance strategies, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA drop-off in revenues in the first quarter is a feature of a cyclical market and should not concern the channel too much. By Simon Quicke Sales of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) might have dropped in the first quarter, but the expectation is that things will bounce back as customer demand returns. An analysis of the IaaS market from Context,

0101, 2023

How to conduct a cybersecurity audit based on zero trust

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ January 1, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, Network Security, Web application and API security best practices, Zero-trust model (zero trust network)

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThis checklist offers guidance on how to prepare for a zero-trust cybersecurity audit and helps document how well cybersecurity controls are performing based on CISA’s ZTMM. By Paul Kirvan The CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model is a framework for organizations in the public and private sectors designed to strengthen efforts to prevent unauthorized access to technology infrastructure and information resources.

0101, 2023

11 cybersecurity predictions for 2023

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ January 1, 2023/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, MSP business transformation, MSPs and cybersecurity, Network Security, Security, Web application and API security best practices, Zero-trust model (zero trust network)

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesAnalysts and experts have looked into their crystal balls and made their cybersecurity predictions for 2023. Is your organization prepared if these predictions come true? By Kyle Johnson A lot happened in cybersecurity in 2022. We saw cyber’s involvement in warfare with the Russian attacks on Ukraine. Supply chain attacks continued to make headlines. Healthcare organizations and educational institutions became top

0412, 2022

What works best with solid state on RAID, flash and erasure coding?

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ December 4, 2022/ Archiving and backup, Best practices for data center operations, Cloud Storage, Cloud storage management and standards, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data protection, backup and archiving, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWe look at RAID and flash to highlight key choices when it comes to drive data protection. What RAID levels work best with solid state and when is erasure coding a good choice? By Stephen Pritchard RAID systems have been the building blocks of enterprise storage since the 1990s. But RAID – redundant array of inexpensive disks – originated the decade before that in

2310, 2022

Future of tape backup built on consistent advancements.

Tekmart OEM Storage Team/ October 23, 2022/ Archiving and tape backup, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesTape still plays a key role in backup, including offline protection from ransomware. What are some key improvements that will keep tape backup relevant in the future? By Brien Posey About a decade ago, magnetic tape storage for backup started falling out of fashion. Disk-based backups became all the rage because of their ability to provide continuous data protection and, eventually, instant

2310, 2022

What are the differences between Hyper-V and VMware ?

Tekmart Data Center Team/ October 23, 2022/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHyper-V and VMware are in a perpetual battle for supremacy in the virtualization market. Although the two hypervisors have similar features, capabilities are somewhat different. By Brien Posey For years, VMware was the only sensible choice for enterprise-class server virtualization. However, Microsoft made drastic improvements to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. As such, it seems

2310, 2022

Considerations for IT admins when licensing a VM.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ October 23, 2022/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, IT systems management and monitoring, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesLicensing for virtual machines can be particularly tricky to navigate for IT admins, who must ensure proper licensing for hosts — as well as software running inside VMs. By Brien Posey Software licensing is rarely straightforward — and virtualization only increases licensing complexity, as both virtualization platforms and VMs themselves must be licensed properly. 2 key rules for VM licensing

1505, 2022

Phishing protection: how to keep your employees from getting hooked

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 15, 2022/ Best practices for data center operations, CIO Resources, CTOs Quick Reads, Cybersecurity risk assessment and management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Email and messaging threats, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT Managed Services, IT Management, man-in-the-middle attacks (MitM), MSPs and cybersecurity, Security, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThis is a must read for CIOs and other line managers. Share this list of phishing techniques and detection tips to help employees avoid phishing schemes. Plus, review technologies to protect your enterprise from phishing attacks. By Sharon Shea and Steven Weil Phishing attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, complex and common. According to a 2020 Proofpoint study, 90% of organizations

1505, 2022

How to prevent network eavesdropping attacks at the datacenter, or even at your small home network.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 15, 2022/ Best practices for data center operations, Cloud computing, Cloud Security Management and Cloud Operations Security, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Email and messaging threats, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, man-in-the-middle attack (MitM), man-in-the-middle attacks (MitM), Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesOne of the biggest challenges of network eavesdropping attacks is they are difficult to detect. Read about prevention measures to help keep your network safe from snoopers and sniffers. By Sharon Shea Network eavesdropping attacks, also known as network sniffing or network snooping attacks, occur when malicious actors take advantage of insecure network connections to exfiltrate data as it is being communicated. Just