Reading Time-approximately: 11 minutesAs firms get used to a partial return to the workplace, what will this mean for those that have been charged with keeping business networks up and running during lockdown? By Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly Published: 06 Jul 2020 Joel Johnson, vice-president of IT operations, product development at data-driven marketing services firm TechTarget, has been in the technology industry for over 20
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: 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 minutesFollowing the Covid-19 pandemic, you might have to modify your backup and recovery strategy. Overcome the data protection challenges presented by the changes in daily life. By Paul Kirvan The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on just about every aspect of business. One of many questions it raises is: How has backup and recovery planning changed? Assuming existing data
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe global pandemic accelerated some shifts in the data storage market and brought about new trends that storage CEOs predict will stick around for the long term. By Dave Raffo The past few months have forced the normally conservative data storage world to make on-the-spot adjustments to the ways people buy and use storage. Recent earnings reports from leading storage
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesVendor Dell adds its voice to the growing number that expect changing working patterns to remain in place after the coronavirus pandemic is over. The channel is being encouraged by vendors to gear up for the new normal, and there were further indications coming from Dell that the future is going to look different. The vendor updated the markets with its
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesRead on to learn how data center and storage administrators use cloud services, remote management and automation to overcome today’s COVID-19 challenges. By John Edwards Published: 13 Aug 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is exacting a toll on data center storage services. With many employees working from home, enterprises are finding that operating, maintaining and updating a storage infrastructure is a challenge.
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesSecurity teams should be used to supporting remote workers effectively by now, but what’s going to happen when people start returning to their offices? We look at the risks and how to address them. By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor The office has been deep cleaned and set up to comply with social distancing recommendations, and – against all the odds –
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesThe pandemic Covid-19 has served to highlight just how dependent the world is on the datacentre community – and governments, policy-makers and investors are taking note. By Caroline Donnelly Senior Editor, UK -Computer Weekly –ComputerWeekly.com Published: 03 Jul 2020 The cloak of invisibility under which the datacentre industry operates suits enterprises and colocation providers from a security and operational scrutiny
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesComputer Weekly explores a variety of cost-effective, energy-efficient services currently using innovative methods to keep datacentres cool By Cliff Saran Managing Editor -TechTarget –ComputerWeekly.com Published: 01 Jun 2020 The volume of data stored and processed has a direct correlation to datacentre energy efficiency and cooling requirements, needed to keep equipment running optimally. Analyst IDC estimates that the amount of data
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