2108, 2021

business continuity plan (BCP)-planning, implementation, testing and management.

Staff Writer/ August 21, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, business continuity plan (BCP), COVID-19: Organization Mitigation Responses, Data center facilities, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesA business continuity plan (BCP) is a document that consists of the critical information an organization needs to continue operating during an unplanned event. Courtesy Post: By Vicki-Lynn Brunskill A business continuity plan (BCP) is a document that consists of the critical information an organization needs to continue operating during an unplanned event. The BCP should state the essential functions

1808, 2021

5 endpoint security best practices to keep company data safe.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ August 18, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Cloud Security, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Network device security: Appliances, firewalls and switches, Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWith an expanding company perimeter, it’s time to implement these endpoint security best practices, from asset discovery to device profiling. By Ashwin Krishnan The enterprise definition of endpoint has dramatically shifted over the years. Endpoints traditionally referred to desktop computers and laptops, which could be secured with antivirus software and firewalls. Today, the term covers a wide array of devices used for

1608, 2021

Troubleshooting a DHCP server failure

Tekmart Data Center Team/ August 16, 2021/ 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 infrastructure management and planning, Network protocols and standards, Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesDHCP errors often result from DHCP server failure, a lack of available IP addresses and network failure. But troubleshooting steps vary depending on the error symptoms and causes. By Terry Slattery Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, or DHCP, eases the task of administering IP addresses for network endpoints by centralizing address allocation configuration. Troubleshooting DHCP can be challenging and requires a basic

0208, 2021

disaster recovery (DR)-an updated tech definition

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ August 2, 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 disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesDisaster recovery (DR) is an organization’s ability to respond to and recover from an event that negatively affects business operations. By Erin Sullivan, Paul Crocetti and Ivy Wigmore Read on to learn more about why DR is important, how it works, and the difference between disaster recovery and business continuity. You’ll also discover what to include in a disaster recovery

2707, 2021

Making sense of supplier SLAs on uptime and availability.

Staff Writer/ July 27, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhat many user organisations might be unware of is that, in isolation, SLAs are pretty meaningless as an availability metric or measurement tool. By Stuart Burns The IT industry is awash with credible metrics that are used to measure performance, efficiency, resiliency and a load of other important infrastructure characteristics that are routinely used and abused by suppliers in their

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

CRC-4 (Cyclic Redundancy Check 4)-a tech definition and explanation

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ July 26, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, CRC-4 (Cyclic Redundancy Check 4), Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCRC-4 (Cyclic Redundancy Check 4) is a form of cyclic redundancy checking — a method of checking for errors in transmitted data — that is used on E1 trunk lines. By Rahul Awati Through multiplication and division processes, the CRC-4 bits sent in each SMF are compared to each other. If they match, the frame is considered error-free. Bit 1 is used for the

2307, 2021

Deep web; what it is and how to access it

Staff Writer/ July 23, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Internet Technologies, Timeless Articles

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThe deep web is an umbrella term for parts of the internet not fully accessible using standard search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. By Andy Patrizio The contents of the deep web range from pages that were not indexed by search engines, paywalled sites, private databases and the dark web. Every search engine uses bots to crawl the web and add

2007, 2021

The differences between Static and dynamic routing.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ July 20, 2021/ 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 infrastructure management and planning, Network protocols and standards

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesStatic routing uses preconfigured routes to send traffic to its destination, while dynamic routing uses algorithms to determine the best path. How else do the two methods differ? By David Jacobs and Mark Dargin Static routing and dynamic routing are two methods used to determine how to send a packet toward its destination. Static routes are configured in advance of

2806, 2021

Watering hole attacks; what these are, how they work and how to prevent becoming a victim.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ June 28, 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 security, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, IT infrastructure management and planning, Network visibility

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesA watering hole attack is a security exploit in which the attacker seeks to compromise a specific group of end users by infecting websites that members of the group are known to visit. ByGavin Wright and Madelyn Bacon The goal is to infect a targeted user’s computer and gain access to the network at the target’s workplace. The term watering hole