Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe VMware snapshot is a critical component of VMware backup. In this guide to the basics of VMware backup, we walk you through the key processes and suggest some best practices. By Michelle Laverick Server virtualisation introduces a radically different approach to backing up data in the enterprise than simply using backup agents installed in the guest operating system and backing
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA Volume Shadow Copy Service-based backup (VSS-based backup) is a Windows service that captures and creates snapshots called shadow copies. By Brien Posey and John Hilliard VSS, also known as Volume Snapshot Service, operates at the block level of the file system and enables virtual server backup in Microsoft environments. In addition to the service itself, Windows VSS has three major components: VSS writer: Each VSS-aware application
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWe look at the key ways that backups can fail – via software issues, hardware problems, trouble in the infrastructure and good old human error – and suggest ways to mitigate them By Antony Adshead Despite the prevalence of many forms of data protection – that range from local RAID via snapshots and replication to keeping copies in the cloud – the
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteIn computer security, responsible disclosure (also known as coordinated vulnerability disclosure), is a vulnerability disclosure model in which a vulnerability or an issue is disclosed only after a period of time that allows for the vulnerability or issue to be patched or mended. This period distinguishes the model from full disclosure. Tekmart Africa Enterprise Team Developers of hardware and software often require time and resources to repair their mistakes.
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesMany would argue Amazon is the greatest retail game-changer of all time. There’s certainly merit to those claims. Amazon built a massive marketplace of online buyers and sellers, offering a breadth of products. By Mike Leibovitz They catapulted e-commerce into the mainstream and built a robust logistics network that enables lightning-fast delivery, radically changing customer expectations. Can you imagine waiting
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThe pandemic caused consumers and businesses to form new online buying habits; now e-commerce is booming. That trend will hold for a year, or maybe forever, experts said. By Don Fluckinger Since the pandemic sent much of the world home to work remotely and practice social distancing three months ago, e-commerce is up 40% to 60% overall, depending on who’s
Reading Time-approximately: 11 minutesThe term ‘e-commerce’ has been around for decades. What does it mean for today’s businesses? Not what it did in the 1990s or even a mere 12 months ago. By Mary K. Pratt Amazon is approaching its 30th anniversary, set to mark the milestone in 2024. The World Wide Web hits 35 the same year. E-commerce, the buying and selling of
Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesOur ninth annual survey collected user feedback regarding the service and reliability of NAS storage systems. By Rich Castagna The bloom may be off the rose for NAS storage systems, which enjoyed a long stretch as the darlings of data storage shops. Over the nine years we’ve been fielding Quality Awards surveys to gauge user satisfaction with storage vendors’ NAS
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesAutomated backup systems are easy to understand with just a few basic concepts. Here’s what you need to know about this highly reliable and increasingly popular technology. By John Edwards Automation has transformed a wide range of formerly undependable, labor-intensive data center technologies, and backups are no exception. Automated backup systems can improve backup quality and reliability, while staff members
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesVoIP configuration requires significant preplanning to meet the requirements of voice traffic. Learn the steps to take when configuring VoIP on your network. By Irwin Lazar Troubleshooting poor voice performance can be problematic if packets are taking multiple paths across your network. If VoIP doesn’t work, it will likely negatively affect business and create security issues, as workers may be unable to
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