Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesA steady stream of major security breaches hasn’t persuaded businesses to change their ways. IT services firms, meanwhile, continue to assume an inordinate amount of risk. By Dave Sobel Dave Sobel is host of the podcast The Business of Tech and co-host of the podcast Killing IT. In addition, he wrote Virtualization: Defined. Sobel is regarded as a leading expert in the delivery of technology
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
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesA managed service provider (MSP) is a third-party company that remotely manages a customer’s information technology (IT) infrastructure and end-user systems. By Alexander S. Gillis and John Moore Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), nonprofits and government agencies hire MSPs to perform a defined set of day-to-day management services. These services may include network and infrastructure management, security and monitoring. MSPs
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIT4IT is a reference architecture for information technology (IT) management. IT organizations and tool vendors use IT4IT as a framework to improve and guide IT capabilities by focusing on value chains. By Alexander S. Gillis Created by The Open Group, IT4IT uses a value chain approach to construct a model of functions that IT organizations follow to create a product or service. The
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesLearning about the jobs available, skills required/in demand and the most popular relevant certifications/certificates/degrees as you consider infrastructure as an IT career path. By Rahul Awati IT and its underlying infrastructure power every aspect of modern businesses, governments, militaries and economies. Many organizations don’t have enough employees on staff with the right qualities of IT know-how to fully support their
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesEven with software-based data center options, it’s still important to know the physical components of a server. Check out these terms to refresh your memory. By Stephen J. Bigelow and Jessica Lulka Servers are the powerhouse behind every data center. These modular, boxy components contain all the processing power required to route and store data for every possible use case. Depending
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesMass notification systems are crucial to a business continuity and disaster recovery strategy. To choose the right system, cross-check its capabilities with your requirements. By Brien Posey and Paul Kirvan Mass notification systems send one-way messages via email, smartphones, office phones and home phones to inform staff and the public of an emergency. These systems contain a database of names,
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWhich type of NAND flash memory is best for your environment? We break down five major NAND flash options, their benefits and where they work best. By Erin Sullivan NAND flash was largely developed to give flash memory a fighting chance in the market against the competition, such as hard disks and other magnetic storage options. By cutting the costs
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesLearn the important capacity, performance and reliability differences between multilayer flash when it comes to adding SSD storage to your organization. By Marc Staimer Flash, a.k.a. NAND, SSDs continue to be a hot topic for IT pros. They are found in storage arrays, NAS, appliances, drives and PCIe memory cards. Flash SSDs have rapidly become part of every storage acquisition
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesQuad-level NAND has its benefits, but is it right for enterprise-level companies? While it can be plagued by performance and durability issues, the technology still has its uses. By Brien Posey It’s at least somewhat tempting to dismiss quad-level NAND as a poor choice for use in enterprise-class organizations. After all, the quad-level cells in storage devices are far less
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