Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesDHCP is a critical service, and network admins should take the time to create fault tolerance. Windows Server makes it easy to configure both failover and load balancing. By Damon Garn The role of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, or DHCP, server is a simple yet critical one. DHCP provides the IP address configuration to workstations, laptops, phones and tablets connected
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesThis guide to network management explains the challenges of enterprise network monitoring and maintenance, best practices and next-generation automation using AI and ML. By Chuck Moozakis and Sandra Gittlen Network management is a cornerstone of IT that helps ensure enterprises run efficiently and effectively end to end. Technologies such as AI and machine learning are beginning to automate many of the functions of network administration and
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe main steps to configure DHCP on Windows Server are installation, Active Directory authorization, creating a scope and DNS registration. Learn about other tasks and best practices. By Damon Garn Network nodes require an IP address configuration that usually comprises the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway IP for the router, name servers and other values. Administrators can manually set
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFCAPS (fault, configuration, accounting, performance and security) is a network management framework created by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The primary objective of this network management model is to better understand the major functions of network management systems. By Andrew Zola Introduced in the early 1980s, the goal was to move away from a reactive form of network management to a
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesThe network performance monitoring market is changing to address the emergence of IoT and AI. Read more about the NPM market evolution, the leading vendors and the diverse products they offer. By Andrew Froehlich The evolution of technologies is inevitable. Yet, the enterprise network performance monitoring market has undergone huge changes in just a few short years. The network performance monitoring tools
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesEnterprises looking to maintain VPN security should focus on proper endpoint security and authentication, VPN server security and documentation for security policies. By John Cavanaugh A virtual private network permits users to create a secure connection to another network over the internet. The VPN concept typically connects an endpoint running VPN client software to a VPN server connected to the
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesPre-pandemic, many experts touted VPN’s demise. During the pandemic, VPNs became lifelines for remote workers to do their jobs. Here’s what the future may hold for VPNs. By Terry Slattery The importance of VPNs changed significantly in early 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic caused massive digital transformation for many businesses and office workers. VPN trends that started prior to the
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesResearch from Aruba signals a shift in customer appetite for more subscription-based services. By Simon Quicke Published: 03 Sep 2020 16:09 The coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on the way people work and the choice of technologies underpinning that recent transformation. As a result, digital transformation trends have accelerated and vendors are starting to alert their channel partners to
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA remote employee’s home network requires basics such as routers, modems and VPN services. For the networking novice, this glossary explains and defines these terms and more. By Michaela Goss For businesses and employees alike, it’s crucial to understand how every home network also becomes an office network amid social distancing orders and increases in remote work. Home, or residential,
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