Proxy Servers-what are these?

Staff Writer/ April 15, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network Security, Network visibility, Partner Content, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Tekmart Partner Content, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions, Wireless Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesA proxy server provides a gateway between users and the internet. It is a server, referred to as an “intermediary” because it goes between end-users and the web pages they visit online. By Tekmart Africa Enterprise Support When a computer connects to the internet, it uses an IP address. This is similar to your home’s street address, telling incoming data

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8 best practices for SAN deployment within SMBs

Staff Writer/ April 14, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, SAN Technology and Arrays, SAN technology and arrays, Tekmart Partner Content, Tekmart Support: Storage Systems' Implementation Tutorials

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesSMBs face a number of challenges when planning and performing a SAN implementation. Get out in front of an often intricate process with these best practices. By Robert Sheldon SAN systems — even those designed for SMBs — can be expensive and complex to implement. This makes it critical to carefully plan a SAN deployment. For starters, identify goals and workload

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How to choose the right email security service for your organisation

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Colocation, hosting and outsourcing management, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Web Application Security

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesWith email security threats growing rapidly, businesses can quickly identify and block these by using a top email security service. Here’s how to select the right provider. By Nicholas Fearn Email security is a growing problem for businesses in all industries. According to a report by software firm Egress, 95% of IT managers believe that email puts data at risk, and 83%

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The five tenets of quality ITAM

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ CIO Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT Asset Management (ITAM), Second User Software, Software Asset Management (SAM), Software Licensing, Tech Acronyms and Initialisms, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAt the end of last year we looked at some of ITAM’s failings. This time we explore how to improve ITAM. By Eric Chiu I believe the IT asset management (ITAM) and software asset management (SAM) community can be empowered to deliver truly valuable services to organisations around the world by addressing these challenges head on. To that end, I propose a

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Pen Testing as a Service (PTaaS)-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ Cloud Security, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Network Security, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, WHY??: Explanations on data center hardware

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesPen Testing as a Service (PTaaS) is a cloud service that provides information technology (IT) professionals with the resources they need to conduct and act upon point-in-time and continuous penetration tests.  By TechTarget Contributor The goal of PTaaS is to help organizations build successful vulnerability management programs that can find, prioritize and remediate security threats quickly and efficiently. In IT security, it

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5 steps to conduct network penetration testing

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network Infrastructure, Network Security, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!, Wireless Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesEnterprises that want to ensure competent network security strategies should look at how they can implement penetration testing, considering red teams and physical pen tests. By John Cavanaugh The SolarWinds hack has generated a lot of interest in the networking and cybersecurity spaces, particularly concerning penetration testing, or pen testing. Business and technology managers perform pen testing to ensure their

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What you can do to address hardware vulnerabilities in your network.

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network Infrastructure, Network Security, Security, Wireless Network Security

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesHackers target hardware vulnerabilities in networks, but you can take proactive steps to prevent attacks. By Amy Larsen DeCarlo Hackers naturally gravitate toward the most vulnerable points on an enterprise to breach. The network, which by its nature requires a degree of openness to allow traffic to traverse it, is one of most attractive targets, with ample hardware vulnerabilities to

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Perform a network health check with network testing

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network management and monitoring, Network Security, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesNetwork engineers can use myriad network testing approaches to ensure their networks are efficient and reliable. The key is incorporating them into a regular maintenance cycle. By By Teren Bryson Enterprise-grade network testing is one of the most frequently overlooked aspects of network engineering. Network engineers often spend so much time designing and architecting the network that we seldom think

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hybrid workforce-a tech definition

Staff Writer/ April 13, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Human Relations Managemwnt, Hybrid Workforce, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Working Remotely

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesA hybrid workforce is a type of blended workforce comprising employees who work remotely and those who work from an office or central location. This way, employees can work from the places they want to, either in a central location, such as a warehouse, factory or retail location, or in a remote location, such as the home. By Linda Rosencrance

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How to avoid being chained to an enterprise software licence

Staff Writer/ April 11, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, CEO Quick Reads, CIO Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Second User Software, Software Licensing, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!, Windows Server versions

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesCIOs will need to ringfence spending with their existing enterprise IT suppliers to liberate capital for other business initiatives By Cliff Saran Gartner’s so-called bimodal IT outlines how CIOs should divide IT into the work needed to keep the systems of records running – Mode 1 IT – and new projects, known as Mode 2 IT, that focus on areas

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