Reading Time-approximately: 9 minutesCheck out this one-stop UCaaS guide to find out how this cloud-based service works, how to buy and implement it, as well as best practices and insight into its evolution. By Kate Gerwig and Sandra Gittlen Unified communications as a service, or UCaaS, has gained traction in the past few years, with users and the market signaling their approval for the cloud-based
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThis will make an LSI HBA card originally in “IR” mode (full RAID functionality) run in IT (Initiator Target) mode with the correct firmware revision matched to your FreeNAS software and will make it act as an HBA passthrough so the OS sees the drives. By Tekmart Africa Enterprise Support Team (portions of the original post courtesy of Patrick Kennedy)
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesEven a timeworn networking discipline like cabling can undergo a renaissance. See how cable management software helps organizations visualize network connectivity. By David Jacobs As a network manager, perhaps you document the connections between ports. But do your records include all the information you need to maintain the network efficiently? While a spreadsheet that lists port-to-port connections may seem sufficient,
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCompose a comprehensive electrical safety strategy and keep your data center staff safe from electrical hazards. Learn what best practices and standards you should consider. By Julia Borgini Data centers must ensure high availability, zero downtime and 24/7 service. Facility managers and technicians are skilled at maintaining these factors but might not always know all the electrical risks inherent in
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSafety in the data center requires organizations to identify and address a variety of risk factors, from electrical systems to staff illness. By Allyson Larcom Data center facilities pose a variety of risks to the workers who operate them. Understanding proper data center safety is essential to protect staff. Common risks in data centers include environmental hazards, such as heat,
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesProtect your data center from potential fire hazards through proper mitigation, detection and suppression. Then, create a plan for recovery in the event of a fire. By Robert McFarlane Despite the rarity of data center fires, they can devastate your organization when they occur. Good fire protection provides insurance you hope you don’t have to use. Good data center fire
Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesCyber hygiene, or cybersecurity hygiene, is a set of practices organizations and individuals perform regularly to maintain the health and security of users, devices, networks and data. By Alissa Irei The goal of cyber hygiene is to keep sensitive data secure and protect it from theft or attacks. The concept works similarly to personal hygiene. Individuals maintain their health by taking precautionary
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThis is a must read for CIOs and other line managers. Share this list of phishing techniques and detection tips to help employees avoid phishing schemes. Plus, review technologies to protect your enterprise from phishing attacks. By Sharon Shea and Steven Weil Phishing attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, complex and common. According to a 2020 Proofpoint study, 90% of organizations
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesOne of the biggest challenges of network eavesdropping attacks is they are difficult to detect. Read about prevention measures to help keep your network safe from snoopers and sniffers. By Sharon Shea Network eavesdropping attacks, also known as network sniffing or network snooping attacks, occur when malicious actors take advantage of insecure network connections to exfiltrate data as it is being communicated. Just
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesA man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack is a type of cyber attack in which the attacker secretly intercepts and relays messages between two parties who believe they are communicating directly with each other. By Kinza Yasar and Michael Cobb The attack is a type of eavesdropping in which the attacker intercepts and then controls the entire conversation. MiTM cyber attacks pose a serious threat
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