1912, 2020

Here’s what you need to know about cloud observability

T-Blog Editor/ December 19, 2020/ Cloud computing, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Public cloud and other cloud deployment models, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhat’s the difference between monitoring and observability? Learn what observability means in the context of cloud and why it’s important to the health of your application. By Tom Nolle Many people in IT operations wonder how cloud observability differs from the monitoring tools and approaches enterprises already have in place. Some speculate that observability is just another attempt to stir industry interest

1612, 2020

What does N+1 redundancy mean?

T-Blog Editor/ December 16, 2020/ Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesIn data centers, N+1 redundancy is used to express the idea that a system should be designed to withstand the loss of a component. By Scott Gottesman What does N+1 redundancy mean? N+1 redundancy is a formula meant to express a form of resilience used to ensure system availability in the event of a component failure. The formula suggests that

1612, 2020

Evaluate tools to help improve cybersecurity for MSPs.

T-Blog Editor/ December 16, 2020/ Cloud computing standards and compliance, Data backup security, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, MSPs and cybersecurity, Security

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesLearn what types of cybersecurity tools — including those for email security, endpoint protection and DNS filtering — MSPs can use to ensure safety of their clients’ systems. By Robert Sheldon MSPs face many challenges when protecting their customers’ work environments, and the COVID-19 pandemic and increased cybersecurity threats have made their jobs even more difficult. An MSP might support

1612, 2020

Is it time to consider a cloud exit strategy?

T-Blog Editor/ December 16, 2020/ Cloud computing, Cloud repatriation, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCloud repatriation — or a cloud exit, as it is sometimes called — is probably not a good choice in most situations. Sometimes, however, it’s exactly the right thing to do. By Alan R. Earls The move to cloud computing continues its steady growth, but sometimes an organization decides to retreat from the cloud or to move certain workloads back

1612, 2020

Cloud repatriation explained. Is this a myth or anemerging trend?

T-Blog Editor/ December 16, 2020/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Cloud repatriation, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesCloud customers may look to move workloads off the public cloud because of cost, security, availability and staff skill sets. But how common is the move itself? By Stephen J. Bigelow Cloud repatriation is a tricky topic — some say it never happens, while others claim it’s a rising trend. Both are somewhat true. Many organizations consider repatriating cloud workloads

1612, 2020

What’s involved in cloud repatriation cost calculation?

T-Blog Editor/ December 16, 2020/ Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT spending and budgeting, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesThe costs associated with cloud repatriation go beyond the migration itself. IT managers must account for any new hardware, backup requirements and available skilled personnel. By Alan R. Earls The industry realization about some of the cloud’s downsides has led to repatriation measures that bring essential workflows back to the data center. Though, depending on the scale and size of

1612, 2020

How and when do you decide to scale up or scale out a workload?

T-Blog Editor/ December 16, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Infrastructure in the Data Centre

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesScaling up or scaling out is not a decision to be made lightly. Use monitoring data to determine the strategy that fits your use case and to inform future decisions. By Stephen J. Bigelow Monitoring is a crucial element of the decision to scale up or scale out a workload. VMs can easily scale up to add more processors, memory

1612, 2020

workload-tech definition

T-Blog Editor/ December 16, 2020/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesIn computing, a workload, typically, is any program or application that runs on any computer. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Stephen J. Bigelow A workload can be a simple alarm clock or contact app running on a smartphone, or a complex enterprise application hosted on one or more servers with thousands of client (user) systems connected and interacting with the application

0412, 2020

Microsoft Teams calling sparks partner business

T-Blog Editor/ December 4, 2020/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Resources, Understanding UC, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Voice and unified communications

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesPartners may see increased business in Teams cloud calling as Microsoft expands the platform’s business focus. Education and governance offer other channel opportunities. By John Moore Newly expanded Microsoft Teams calling features are among the top opportunities next year for partners focusing on the collaboration platform, through which users made 650 million calls in October 2020. Microsoft this week said

0412, 2020

5 steps to build partnerships with IT distribution companies

T-Blog Editor/ December 4, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Resources

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesChannel partners’ relationships with IT distribution companies should be about more than ordering tech parts. Find out how to get the most value out of distributor relationships. By Scott Ford Editor’s note: IT distributors are an important segment of the IT channel ecosystem that act as intermediaries between vendors and channel partners. 1. Evaluate distributors There are plenty of distributors in