Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIT4IT is a reference architecture for information technology (IT) management. IT organizations and tool vendors use IT4IT as a framework to improve and guide IT capabilities by focusing on value chains. By Alexander S. Gillis Created by The Open Group, IT4IT uses a value chain approach to construct a model of functions that IT organizations follow to create a product or service. The
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe history of information technology began long before the modern-day computer was ever invented. By Rahul Awati The history that led to the development of IT as it’s known today goes back millennia. But the term information technology is a relatively recent development. The phrase first appeared in a 1958 Harvard Business Review article which predicted its future effects, titled Management in the 1980s: “Over
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesEven with software-based data center options, it’s still important to know the physical components of a server. Check out these terms to refresh your memory. By Stephen J. Bigelow and Jessica Lulka Servers are the powerhouse behind every data center. These modular, boxy components contain all the processing power required to route and store data for every possible use case. Depending
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesMany businesses are jumping off the new-equipment merry-go-round and turning to the secondary market, keeping their infrastructure alive for up to a decade. Find out how resellers in the secondary market have emerged to meet end-user tech needs, growing their resale businesses and meeting a variety of challenges. By Stephen J. Bigelow The adage that a new car loses 20%
Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesA chief information officer (CIO) is the corporate executive in charge of information technology (IT) strategy and implementation. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Mary Pratt In addition to overseeing the hardware, software and data that help other members of the C-suite do their jobs effectively, the CIO must research new technologies, strategize how technology can provide business value and address the risks associated
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAlthough domestic spring cleaning seems to have faded somewhat, perhaps we should consider whether a datacentre spring clean is a good idea By Clive Longbottom In olden days, when the winter weather abated, the days got longer and the warmer weather of spring appeared, people’s thoughts turned to spring cleaning. Carpets were taken outside and beaten, furniture was given an
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesPost courtesy of: Eric Siebert The next release of vSphere won’t include VMware ESX, so you may be unsure how to upgrade your ESX hosts to ESXi hosts. Unfortunately there is no magic bullet, and as with all upgrades, you should not rush into it without being prepared. In this article, Eric Siebert provides a suggested methodology. 1. Understand the
Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesPosted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com – TechTarget – WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Alexander Gillis, Erin Sullivan, Brien Posey, Con Diamantis and Yoshinobu Yamamura RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places on multiple hard disks or solid-state drives to protect data in the case of a drive failure. There are different RAID levels,
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minutePosted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com – TechTarget – WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Matthew Haughn A third-party cookie is one that is placed on a user’s hard disk by a Web site from a domain other than the one a user is visiting. As with standard cookies, third-party cookies are placed so that a site can remember something about you at a later
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