What is warehouse management system (WMS)? -a tech explanation

Staff Writer/ June 15, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, CEO Quick Reads, CTOs Quick Reads, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations, WMS (Warehouse Management System) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems

Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesA warehouse management system (WMS) consists of software and processes that allow organizations to control and administer warehouse operations from the time goods or materials enter a warehouse until they move out. By Jim O’Donnell What does a WMS do? Warehouses sit at the center of manufacturing and supply chain operations because they hold all of the material used or

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How to turn old datacentres into critical IT assets-Gartner Research

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 14, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Hardware Trends, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Presentations, Partner Resources, Research Results and Trends, Timeless Tips, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIT infrastructure and operations leaders are increasingly focusing on new ideas and technologies alongside ways to deliver business value By David Cappuccio Armed with the right approach, legacy datacentre infrastructure can be reinvented to increase capacity, support new and emerging business services and reduce operating costs. As part of this approach, organisations with existing workloads remaining within their datacentres must

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I have lost the root password of my vCenter Server Appliance-How do I reset it?

Staff Writer/ June 11, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, How do i...?, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Tekmart Support: Storage Systems' Implementation Tutorials

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteThis is a simple guide on how to reset the vCenter Server Appliance root password if you don’t have it or you acquire second-use data center equipment with the password set on them already. By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team Follow the below steps to reset the unit:- Take a snapshot of the vCenter Server Appliance. Open the VMware Remote Console

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Prevent man-in-the-middle attacks on apps, CI/CD toolchains

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ June 9, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesMan-in-the-middle attacks pose a serious threat to both CI/CD tools and the apps those tools support. Learn how these attacks typically occur — and how to stop them — to do DevOps securely. By Will Kelly Distributed apps and CI/CD toolchains result in an IT environment that is open to endless network crossings. Every connection is a chance for a

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What is “meet-in-the-middle attack” hacking attacks ?-a tech explanation

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ June 9, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data security, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, IT infrastructure management and planning, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesMeet-in-the-middle is a known plaintext attack that can greatly reduce the number of brute-force permutations required to decrypt text that has been encrypted by more than one key. Such an attack makes it much easier for an intruder to gain access to data. By TechTarget Contributor A meet-in-the-middle attack targets block cipher cryptographic functions. The intruder applies brute-force techniques to both the

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What is iPaaS ? Its working, benefits, use cases, and its future.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 5, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Cloud architecture design, Cloud architecture design and planning, Cloud computing, Cloud Security, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 9 minutesIntegration platform as a service (iPaaS) is a set of automated tools that integrate software applications that are deployed in different environments.  By Fred Churchville and Stephen J. Bigelow Large businesses that run enterprise-level systems often use iPaaS to integrate applications and data that live on premises and in both public and private clouds. Typically, an iPaaS platform provides pre-built

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Web farm, Web server farm-what are these? A simple tech explanation

Tekmart Data Center Team/ June 5, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteA server farm is a group of computers acting as servers and housed together in a single location. A server farm is sometimes called a server cluster.  By TechTarget Contributor A Web server farm can be either (1) a Web site that has more than one server, or (2) an Internet service provider (ISP) that provides Web hosting services using multiple servers.

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Monitoring the Health of NVMe SSDs-an insightful presentation on how to also manage their status.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ May 30, 2021/ All-flash arrays, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Enterprise data storage strategies, Expert Advise and Opinion, Flash Memory, Industry News and Expert Advice, Primary Storage Devices

Reading Time-approximately: 22 minutesMany capabilities have been built into NVMe technology, including enhancing error reporting, logging, management, debug, and telemetry. Here are insights on how you can manage the status and health of NVMe SSDs (like notifying users when an SSD failure occurs). By  Jonmichael Hands (and for your convenience below the verbatim presentation , … word for word) 00:03 Speaker 1: Hey, guys,

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What is an M.2 SSD?-a tech definition

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ May 30, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Centre Hardware Equipment Technical Resources, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, SAS SSD (Serial-Attached SCSI solid-state drive), Solid-state storage, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesAn M.2 SSD is a small form factor solid-state drive (SSD) that is used in internally mounted storage expansion cards. By Alexander S. Gillis M.2 SSDs conform to a computer industry specification and are designed to enable high-performance storage in thin, power-constrained devices, such as ultrabooks and tablet computers. They are generally smaller than other, comparable SSDs, such as the mSATA. SSDs are a form

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Designation: cloud administrator

Staff Writer/ May 27, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT Designations-roles and responsibilities, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesBroadly speaking, a cloud administrator plans, sets up and manages cloud-based workloads. By Chris Tozzi Cloud computing is an attractive field to work in, with jobs that can pay well into the six figures. A cloud administrator is one such role, but becoming one isn’t as straightforward as you might think. Compared to other types of IT jobs, such as

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