2206, 2021

Bare-metal cloud- a tech explanation

Staff Writer/ June 22, 2021/ bare-metal cloud, Best practices for data center operations, Cloud computing, Cloud Storage, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Public cloud and other cloud deployment models

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesBare-metal cloud is a public cloud service where the customer rents dedicated hardware resources from a remote service provider. It offers the hardware resources without any installed operating systems or virtualization infrastructure. By Kurt Marko and Erin Sullivan Commercial cloud service infrastructure enables the virtualization and subdivision of compute, storage and database resources so that servers and storage arrays can

2106, 2021

Running HPC workloads?-how long until cloud becomes the preferred environment.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 21, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Computer Storage Hardware, COVID-19: Organization Mitigation Responses, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe high-performance computing market is growing, but enterprises that have already made large investments in on-premise HPC will need to weigh up whether a move to the cloud would be worth their while. By Sooraj Shah Enterprise spending on high-performance computing (HPC) has skyrocketed over the past decade. According to Intersect360 Research, a 10-year growth streak from 2009 to 2019

2106, 2021

Africa is a hotspot for Data Centre investments as connectivity is on the rise.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 21, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre Capacity Planning, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesWe look at opportunities for datacentre operators in setting up or partnering with local firms in Africa. By Fleur Doidge The global colocation market is booming, fuelled in no small part by increased demand for cloud and internet-based services from enterprises and consumers. The onset of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has only served to fuel demand further, while heaping additional pressure on enterprises to

2006, 2021

How the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the backup services industry.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ June 20, 2021/ Archiving and backup, Backup and Archival Tools, Backup and recovery software, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data protection, backup and archiving, Data storage backup tools, Data storage backup tools, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesThe Covid-19 pandemic forced big changes in how people work – we look at impacts on backup, including increased reliance on the cloud, plus security and compliance vulnerabilities and ransomware By Stephen Pritchard Remote working is now a permanent arrangement for a growing number of businesses after the Covid-19 pandemic pushed organisations of all sizes to move to home working

1606, 2021

Five ways to boost systems utilisation in the datacentre

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 16, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre energy efficiency and green IT, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Infrastructure in the Data Centre, Timeless Aricles

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesDatacentre operators are always looking for ways to cut costs and improve the efficiency of their facilities. Here we ask the experts for their top five tips for reducing the operating costs of running a server farm By Fleur Doidge Top concerns for datacentre operators are ensuring their facilities are operating as efficiently as possible from a cost, energy consumption

1606, 2021

Datacentre energy efficiency: Is the time now for a big switch-off?

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 16, 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 energy efficiency and green IT, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesThe clock is ticking on sustainable IT and energy use, and much more can be done to save energy, power and reduce emissions at a datacentre level. So why isn’t it happening? By Fleur Doidge Datacentres represent a growing share of global power consumption and emissions. An average user PC consumes 1.3 kWh of electricity every three hours, without even going online;

1106, 2021

I have lost the root password of my vCenter Server Appliance-How do I reset it?

Staff Writer/ June 11, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, How do i...?, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Tekmart Support: Storage Systems' Implementation Tutorials

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteThis is a simple guide on how to reset the vCenter Server Appliance root password if you don’t have it or you acquire second-use data center equipment with the password set on them already. By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team Follow the below steps to reset the unit:- Take a snapshot of the vCenter Server Appliance. Open the VMware Remote Console

1106, 2021

VNX DPE / DAE SAS cabling

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 11, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Enterprise data storage strategies, Enterprise infrastructure management, How do i...?, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteEMC cable requirement and configuration for VNX Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE). By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team A quick note to clarify SAS cabling between EMC VNX and extra enclosures or DAE’s as they are called. When setting up a VNX with only the base DPE enclosure, there’s no need for cabling. When adding the first and the second enclosure, you need a

0906, 2021

What is “meet-in-the-middle attack” hacking attacks ?-a tech explanation

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ June 9, 2021/ 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, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesMeet-in-the-middle is a known plaintext attack that can greatly reduce the number of brute-force permutations required to decrypt text that has been encrypted by more than one key. Such an attack makes it much easier for an intruder to gain access to data. By TechTarget Contributor A meet-in-the-middle attack targets block cipher cryptographic functions. The intruder applies brute-force techniques to both the

0506, 2021

What is iPaaS ? Its working, benefits, use cases, and its future.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 5, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Cloud architecture design, Cloud architecture design and planning, Cloud computing, Cloud Security, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 9 minutesIntegration platform as a service (iPaaS) is a set of automated tools that integrate software applications that are deployed in different environments. By Fred Churchville and Stephen J. Bigelow Large businesses that run enterprise-level systems often use iPaaS to integrate applications and data that live on premises and in both public and private clouds. Typically, an iPaaS platform provides pre-built