1612, 2020

social engineering attack surface-a tech definition

T-Blog Editor/ December 16, 2020/ About data center as a service (DCaaS), Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Email and messaging threats, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteThe social engineering attack surface is the totality of an individual or a staff’s vulnerability to trickery. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Matthew Haughn Social engineering attacks usually take advantage of human psychology: the desire for something free, the susceptibility to distraction, or the desire to be liked or to be helpful. Social engineering is often used by hackers and other

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

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

0312, 2020

IT strategy (information technology strategy)

T-Blog Editor/ December 3, 2020/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, CIO Resources, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, IT strategy

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesIT strategy (information technology strategy) is a comprehensive plan that outlines how technology should be used to meet IT and business goals. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Rachel Lebeaux , Mary K. Pratt An IT strategy is a written document that details the multiple factors that affect the organization’s investment in and use of technology. Ideally, this strategy should support and shape an

0212, 2020

A Visual Guide to the Various Notebook Components

T-Blog Editor/ December 2, 2020/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesA Basic Guide to Identifying the Major Components of any Laptop or Notebook (using Dell notebooks as an example). By Tekmart Africa Support Team Identifying the Storage Device (i.e HDD or SSD) What it Looks like and What it does? (Fig.1.1 HDD and SSD notebook drives) The HDD (Hard Disk Drive)/SSD (Solid State Drive) is the part of your Computer which holds

2311, 2020

Companies and Small Enterprises need to rethink how end-of-life equipment is dealt with

T-Blog Editor/ November 23, 2020/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Expert Advise and Opinion, IT efficiency and sustainability, IT spending and budgeting, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesElectronic waste is a massive and growing problem, but many companies are not recycling or reusing IT equipment, instead opting for physical destruction of the assets By Sebastian Klovig Skelton Enterprises are physically destroying IT equipment and unnecessarily sending it to landfill due to outdated security policies and a lack of education, with many believing it is actually “better for

2311, 2020

Covid-19 shift to remote working adds to Earth’s growing e-waste problem

T-Blog Editor/ November 23, 2020/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Covid-19 Global Responses, Data center facilities, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT efficiency and sustainability

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThe shift to remote working has forced firms to purchase new IT equipment, but many are still lacking sustainable end-of-life processes for their devices. By Sebastian Klovig Skelton The uptick in remote working-related IT kit purchases caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked concerns over how enterprises are planning to deal with the increase in electronic waste (e-waste) these deployments

2311, 2020

Differences between IP telephony and VoIP

T-Blog Editor/ November 23, 2020/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network application performance, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWhile many IT professionals use VoIP and IP telephony synonymously, some argue for keeping a couple of subtle distinctions between the two terms in mind. By Alissa Irei and Amy Kucharik There isn’t much substantive difference between VoIP vs. IP telephony, and in fact, many — if not most — IT professionals use the two terms interchangeably. Some experts argue,

2311, 2020

Microsoft announces free version of Teams video calls

T-Blog Editor/ November 23, 2020/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Collaboration Applications for Unified Communications, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Understanding UC

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesMicrosoft’s holiday-inspired free video conferencing lets people with a personal Teams account invite up to 300 participants, who do not need Teams accounts to join. By Maxim Tamarov Microsoft has launched free video conferencing on its Teams collaboration service in time for the holiday season. Microsoft announced this week that a subscriber to a free personal Teams account could invite up to