3009, 2021

Transceivers: what they are, how they work and the role they play in a wireless communication network.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ September 30, 2021/ Computer Storage Hardware, Data Center Hardware, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Mobile and wireless network technology, Partner Content, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Tekmart Partner Content

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA transceiver is a combination transmitter/receiver in a single package. While the term typically applies to wireless communications devices, it can also be used for transmitter/receiver devices in cable or optical fiber systems. By Katie Terrell Hanna The main functionality of this electronic device is to transmit, as well as receive, different signals. In local area networks, the transceiver is a part of the network interface

2909, 2021

Types of phishing scams

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ September 29, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Email and messaging threats, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Resources, Timeless Aricles, Timeless Articles, Timeless Tips, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesIT teams must take proactive measures to address security awareness when it comes to email. Learn about the types of phishing scams to mitigate risk. By Katie Donegan IT professionals know the stakes are high when it comes to email phishing security. Phishing is deceptively dangerous because suspicious links are hyperlinked within email text and can be hard to distinguish as dubious

2909, 2021

Whaling attack (whaling phishing);-a tech explanation,how they work, and ways to protect yourself from falling victim to them.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ September 29, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Cybersecurity risk assessment and management, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, MSPs and cybersecurity, Security, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, whaling attack (whaling phishing)

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesA whaling attack, also known as whaling phishing or a whaling phishing attack, is a specific type of phishing attack that targets high-profile employees, such as the chief executive officer or chief financial officer, in order to steal sensitive information from a company. By Ben Lutkevich, Casey Clark, and Sharon Shea In many whaling phishing attacks, the attacker’s goal is to manipulate the victim into authorizing

2909, 2021

How do data processing units support enterprise storage?

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ September 29, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center storage, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice, NVMe over Fabrics, Primary Storage Devices

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWhile only a small number of hardware vendors offer DPUs, the technology has significant implications for IT storage systems — and the admins who manage them. By Brien Posey While data processing units are a hot trend in IT storage, the basic concept behind them is not entirely new. Modern computer operating systems such as Windows and Linux perform computationally

2909, 2021

What are DPUs and what do they do?

Tekmart Data Center Team/ September 29, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center server infrastructure and OSes, Data Centre Servers, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesLearn the basics of data processing units: What they are, what they do, who’s making them and who’s adopting them. Then decide whether your data center might use one someday. By Allyson Larcom A data processing unit is a hardware accelerator specifically geared toward data processing and data-centric computing. It differs from other hardware accelerators such as the CPU and

2909, 2021

Data processing units accelerate infrastructure performance

Tekmart Data Center Team/ September 29, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesDPUs often run on networking packets to move information in the data center, instead of supporting processing workflows. Get an overview of the technology and the main vendors. By Daniel Robinson The CPU has literally been the core of computing for several decades, especially since it became possible to integrate all the circuitry onto a single microprocessor chip. After the

2809, 2021

Tiered Storage;-an in depth experts’ explanation, their hierarchy and examples.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ September 28, 2021/ About SDDC (software-defined data center), Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Software-defined storage, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, tiered storage, Web application and API security best practices, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesTiered storage is a method for assigning different categories of data to various types of storage media to reduce overall storage costs and improve the performance and availability of mission-critical applications. By Robert Sheldon, Garry Kranz and Dave Raffo A tiered storage architecture categorizes data hierarchically based on its business value, with data ranked by how often it’s accessed by users and applications. The data

2709, 2021

Data center contactless tech beyond the Covid-19 pandemic

Tekmart Data Center Team/ September 27, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesNo-touch tech like haptics and LiDAR became commonplace during the coronavirus pandemic, but such technology can increase demands on the data centers supporting it. By Julia Borgini The global coronavirus pandemic and the post-COVID-19 “new normal” encouraged massive evolutions in contactless technology and made it more ubiquitous than ever before, inside data centers and out. As this technology creates new

2709, 2021

Roles and responsibilities of a data center facility manager.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ September 27, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Information security certifications, training and jobs, IT compliance and governance strategies, IT Management, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesData center facility managers are responsible for the data center at large — from the outside of the building to the infrastructure it houses. By Julia Borgini Facility managers ensure that a data center remains available, secure and running optimally. Because data centers power much of today’s businesses, organizations rely heavily on facility managers. A facility manager differs from a

2709, 2021

8 (eight) of the best green computing practices

Tekmart Data Center Team/ September 27, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre cooling infrastructure, Datacentre energy efficiency and green IT, Datacentre performance troubleshooting, monitoring and optimisation, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAs climate change becomes a more pressing issue, these sustainability best practices can help your data center go greener, which benefits both your business and the environment. By Julia Borgini Making a data center more environmentally friendly means studying your facility’s power and resource usage and learning what potential changes can make a difference. You can take steps such as