2107, 2021

Information governance: what this is, its importance,challenges and frameworks.

Staff Writer/ July 21, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Information technology governance, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesInformation governance is a holistic approach to managing corporate information by implementing processes, roles, controls and metrics that treat information as a valuable business asset. By Scott Robinson and Ben Cole The goal of a holistic approach to information governance is to make information assets available to those who need it, while streamlining management, reducing storage costs and ensuring compliance.

1805, 2021

The different tiers of disaster recovery and their explanations.

T-Blog Editor/ May 18, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Technical Explanations, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

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

1704, 2021

What is SMART and how to use it to predict HDD or SSD failure.

Staff Writer/ April 17, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data backup security, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Partner Content, Small business disaster recovery, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Tekmart Partner Content, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesSMART is a system that monitors the internal information of your drive. Its clever name is actually an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. SMART, also written as S.M.A.R.T., is a technology found inside HDDs and SSDs. It is independent of your operating system, BIOS, or other software. Original Tutorial (Edited) By Codrut Neagu A lot of us have experienced a hard

0604, 2021

disaster recovery (DR) test-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ April 6, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Small business disaster recovery, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA disaster recovery test (DR test) is the examination of each step in a disaster recovery plan as outlined in an organization’s business continuity/disaster recovery (BCDR) planning process. Evaluating the DR plan helps ensure that an organization can recover data, restore business critical applications and continue operations after an interruption of services. By James Alan Miller and Ed Hannan In many organizations, DR testing is

0604, 2021

Prepare for the unknown with an organizational resilience model

Staff Writer/ April 6, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Planning & Management

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAn organizational resilience strategy is far-reaching, involving many facets of IT and the business — from disaster recovery to supply chain management. By Paul Kirvan While exact definitions of organizational resilience vary, several key characteristics are fundamental to the concept. Resilience refers to an organization’s ability to absorb the effects of a disruptive event, adapt to the circumstances associated with the event and

3103, 2021

4 tips on how to reduce IT infrastructure costs

Staff Writer/ March 31, 2021/ Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesAs organizations reevaluate their budgets to keep up with today’s economy, experts provide tips on how they can effectively reduce IT costs. By Lisa Morgan Most IT departments are under pressure to reduce costs. However, the COVID-19 pandemic made it clear that failing to invest in the right technologies and tools can be costly. Businesses overwhelmed by the sudden demand

3003, 2021

disaster recovery plan (DRP)-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ March 30, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesA disaster recovery plan (DRP) is a documented, structured approach that describes how an organization can quickly resume work after an unplanned incident. A DRP is an essential part of a business continuity plan (BCP). By Kate Brush and Paul Crocetti It is applied to the aspects of an organization that depend on a functioning IT infrastructure. A DRP aims

1901, 2021

It’s a new age for hot site disaster recovery

Staff Writer/ January 19, 2021/ Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHot sites are a viable disaster recovery strategy, but high costs and changing DR risks have made alternatives like disaster recovery as a service a more appealing option. By Alan R. Earls Not too long ago, the gold standard for IT preparedness was having a dedicated facility for hot site disaster recovery. Now, at a time when bullet-proof, interruption-free IT

1901, 2021

Where disaster recovery strategy stands post-2020

Staff Writer/ January 19, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesPredictably, some 2019 forecasts of what disaster recovery might look like in 2020 didn’t quite hit the mark. However, funding and cybersecurity were evergreen concerns. By Alan R. Earls Disaster recovery strategies have had to change drastically from expectations in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic presented many disaster recovery challenges for teams in 2020, as remote work became the norm. At

1901, 2021

NVMe speeds explained

Staff Writer/ January 19, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, NVMe storage

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe non-volatile memory express protocol is tailor-made to make SSDs fast. Get up to speed on NVMe performance and how it compares to the SATA and SAS interfaces. By Robert Sheldon The NVMe protocol is quickly becoming the industry standard for supporting solid-state drives and other non-volatile memory subsystems. NVMe SSD speeds are substantially better than traditional storage protocols, such