Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesIT administrators can upgrade CPU, RAM and networking hardware to maintain smooth server operations and to maximize resources. By Alastair Cooke There are many server maintenance tips that can help you protect servers over their three-to-five year lifespan in the corporate data center, such as refreshing RAM and network cards and keeping software up to date. Physical cleanliness is an
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIs your data center equipment starting to show signs of aging? These performance metrics can evaluate hardware health and help you decide if assets should be maintained or retired. By Robert Sheldon Data center assets — such as servers, network components and power equipment — should be retired on a routine basis to ensure application and operational workflows continue uninterrupted
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAs the pandemic continues, research firms state that organizations must realign IT budgets to support projects that maintain operations and put nonessential initiatives on hold. By Meredith Courtemanche The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted 2020 IT infrastructure spending and projects across all types of industries. Months into this abrupt economic and workplace change, and without an end in sight, organizations must make
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesNew technologies make venerable tape storage tech a smart choice for off-site backups and data archiving. Explore pros and cons, as well as how the pandemic affects tape use. By John Edwards Published: 30 Jun 2020 Tape technology, regarded by many storage professionals as legacy hardware, is mounting a surprising comeback. While hardly anyone expects tape-based backup to become the dominant
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesData is your organization’s most important digital asset. Here are some tips on how to ensure physical data backups are stored at a safe and secure location. By John Edwards Published: 31 Mar 2020 Creating regular data backups is necessary to protect essential data from both natural disasters and human destruction. It’s equally important for organizations to decide on the location
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesThis guide offers information on the effect of the coronavirus on enterprises and the need for pandemic and business continuity planning to keep businesses safe and in operation. By Sandra Gittlen Published: 10 Jun 2020 Companies are beginning to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their businesses and processes. Properly assessing this requires a review of corporate business continuity
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesIT infrastructure isn’t just an on-premises data center anymore. The ‘2020 State of the Data Center’ report shows growing interest in private cloud, edge and colocation. ByJessica Lulka Published: 08 Sep 2020 Video killed the radio star, but cloud won’t kill the data center. IT resources continue to grow as organizations generate large amounts of data and find new ways to
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesYou have a big decision to make when you deploy virtual desktops: Do you go with persistent or nonpersistent VDI? The choice often comes down to storage.. By Alyssa Provazza When it comes to virtual desktop infrastructure, administrators have a lot of choices. As a virtual desktop admin, you may have wondered about the differences among VDI software options, remote
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesWhen updating your organization’s pandemic plan, it can help to have these terms handy. These tools, processes and standards are key to a solid recovery plan. By Erin Sullivan Published: 25 Aug 2020 In the middle of a global pandemic, organizations around the world are at different stages of recovery. While some businesses may be in the reopening phase, many are
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesThe tape data storage market has confronted a major legal issue and a pandemic. Buoyed by strong archival use and offline protection, capacity shipments rose last year. By Paul Crocetti Published: 03 Sep 2020 With the increase in digital work and life as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the world is creating more data. Much of that data is immediately
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