Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBy Kevin Ferguson Published: 29 Jun 2020 Maintaining an inventory of your servers, devices and apps helps classify information about servers and keeps information about software and applications all in one place. In addition, a provisioning inventory provides evidence of activities the IT team has executed, such as configuration changes, capacity planning, last restores and recovery tests. The types of inventory
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesExamining the long-term impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic on the world of work, security, privacy and networks. By Cate Pye, PA Consulting Published: 03 Apr 2020 The impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is likely to be with us for far longer than the lockdown – and will bring many changes to our lives. That will start with the way we work. Remote working
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAs datacentres become increasingy decentralised and the security threats they face increase in number and complexity, IT admins are at risk of becoming overwhelmed as they strive to keep on top of their server farm estates By Stuart Burns, MMC Datacentre security is a complex subject that is unlikely to get simpler any time soon, particularly as the industry continues to expand
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesWhether it is natural disasters, terrorism or break-ins, datacentres will be vulnerable to a range of risks unless they are physically secured. Here’s how you can improve the physical security of your datacentre. By Nicholas Fearn Published: 24 Aug 2020 Hackers can wreak all sorts of havoc by breaching datacentres, from gaining access to masses of sensitive data to knocking entire companies
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFor IT staff to be able to work and provide support for other employees in a remote setting, organizations must first ensure they have the proper setup and infrastructure in place. By Robin Gareiss, Nemertes Research Published: 21 Jul 2020 When the COVID-19 pandemic caused work-from-home orders around the world, IT leaders and their teams acquired mounting responsibility to ensure millions of
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesIt’s easy to tell when it’s time to modernize your storage infrastructure if you know the warning signs. Find out what they are and how Liberty Mutual Insurance handled its upgrade. By John Edwards Upgrading an enterprise’s storage infrastructure isn’t easy. That’s why many managers hesitate before committing to a NAS or SAN upgrade. However, sticking with outdated storage that
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHere are some troubleshooting steps you can take as you determine whether the crash occurred at the hardware, operating system or application level. By Brien Posey If you are reading this, then I’m assuming that you are probably working through the nightmare of a server crash. The bad news — aside from the experience of your server crashing — is that
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesFor daily work files, databases and mission-critical systems and data, the more frequent the backup, the better. But how often should you back up all your data? By Paul Kirvan With all the backup-focused products available on the market today, there is no excuse not to back up systems and data. The key to making all of this work is
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesCreating and adopting a data backup plan is only the first step. To achieve complete data protection, you also need a backup testing strategy. By John Edwards The importance of scheduling regular data backups to protect against the possibility of a primary storage system failure is well understood. Less widely recognized, however, is the fact that backups can also fail,
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesThe task of managing backups can seem overwhelming. These straightforward guidelines should help, as there are procedures and technologies that can make your job easier. By Paul Kirvan Backup management of growing data sets was already a challenge before the pandemic. Now it’s even tougher, with employees working remotely and data traffic coming from many different sources. As this is
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