Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesPredictably, some 2019 forecasts of what disaster recovery might look like in 2020 didn’t quite hit the mark. However, funding and cybersecurity were evergreen concerns. By Alan R. Earls Disaster recovery strategies have had to change drastically from expectations in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic presented many disaster recovery challenges for teams in 2020, as remote work became the norm. At
Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesNVMe (non-volatile memory express) is a host controller interface and storage protocol created to accelerate the transfer speed of data between enterprise and client systems and solid-state drives (SSDs) over a computer’s high-speed Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) bus. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Rich Castagna; Carol Sliwa As solid-state technology became the preferred medium in the storage market, it quickly became clear that existing interfaces
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesNetwork visibility is an awareness of the components within and the data moving through an enterprise computer network. The term is often used to refer to the various tools enterprises use to increase awareness of their data and other network contents. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Ben Lutkevich Taking a proactive approach to network visibility allows enterprises to better monitor network
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA wireless access point (wireless AP) is a network device that transmits and receives data over a wireless local area network (WLAN). The wireless access point serves as the interconnection point between the WLAN and a fixed wire network. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Conceptually, an AP is like an Ethernet hub, but instead of relaying LAN frames only to other 802.3
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesIs there a difference between a wireless access point vs. a router? Yes — while the two wireless devices are related, they meet different needs in a Wi-Fi network. By Alissa Irei and Lisa Phifer Significant differences exist between a wireless access point vs. a wireless router. While both support Wi-Fi network connectivity and may perform similar roles, the two devices
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesSecurity audits, evaluations of tools and looking realistically at trending technologies are some ways an organization can ensure its network security is the best it can be. By Michaela Goss Contrary to what some professionals might assume, remote work can help enhance an organization’s network security strategy. When most organizations were forced into a work-from-home model due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesSoftware asset management (SAM) is the administration of processes, policies and procedures that support the procurement, deployment, use, maintenance and disposal of software applications within an organization. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com SAM is the part of IT asset management that seeks to ensure the organization complies with license agreements and does not overspend on software. An important goal of every SAM initiative is to facilitate the
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesIT asset management (information technology asset management, or ITAM) is a set of business practices that combines financial, inventory and contractual functions to optimize spending and support lifecycle management and strategic decision-making within the IT environment. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Brian Holak, Emily McLaughlin ITAM is often a subset of the IT service management (ITSM) process. An IT asset is classified as any company-owned information,
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesMonitoring employees who work remotely has taken on a whole extra dimension in the Covid-19 pandemic year of 2020. Financial services firms are among those which suggest ways of doing it humanely and legally. By SA Mathieson “For a man’s house is his castle, et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium,” wrote the lawyer and politician Edward Coke in 1628, the
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWith more employees working remotely than ever, natural disasters and other typical DR crises present an entirely new challenge. How can businesses tackle this new set of risks? By Alan R. Earls During this the past year, organizations have shifted focus quickly toward remote work. This trend was already under way in recent years for many companies, but the COVID-19
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