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: 3 minutesBy Kerry Doyle Different server types bring advantages in processing speed, memory availability and overall cost. Single-socket servers offer cost, utilization benefits to admins For certain data centers, single-socket servers offer a more economical, resource-specific alternative to established dual-socket servers. Increasingly, organizations of all sizes can spend less to deploy single-socket 24+ core servers and achieve the same performance levels
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAsset tracking, information logging and security measures should all be a part of hardware decommissioning. Don’t miss a step with these considerations. Julia Borgini, If you’re looking to replace outdated hardware — such as servers, storage drives or network switches — you must source replacement pieces, but also take care of the disposal of your old hardware. Outdated infrastructure upgrades
Reading Time-approximately: 11 minutesToday’s server platforms offer a host of options for SMBs and enterprise IT buyers; it’s important to learn the essentials before making any purchasing decisions. By John Moore, Published: 16 Jun 2020 The explosive growth of cloud computing platforms and the preceding wave of virtualization have significantly altered the role of the server among SMBs and enterprises. Virtualization enabled organizations
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 minutesA logical unit number (LUN) is a unique identifier for designating an individual or collection of physical or virtual storage devices that execute input/output (I/O) commands with a host computer, as defined by the Small System Computer Interface (SCSI) standard. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com – TechTarget – WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Alexander Gillis SCSI is a widely implemented I/O interconnect that can facilitate data exchange between
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
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIt’s important to consider current and future business needs when choosing a server to ensure you’ll have adequate CPU, memory, storage and network resources. By Robert Sheldon Contributor –SearchSQLServer Published: 02 Jun 2020 When shopping for a server, decision-makers must choose from a wide range of server hardware configurations. Not only must they consider the compute, storage and network resources,
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