Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesIT teams must take proactive measures to address security awareness when it comes to email. Learn about the types of phishing scams to mitigate risk. By Katie Donegan IT professionals know the stakes are high when it comes to email phishing security. Phishing is deceptively dangerous because suspicious links are hyperlinked within email text and can be hard to distinguish as dubious
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: 7 minutesRemote work can save businesses money and reduce absenteeism. But it also comes with its disadvantages. By Amanda Stevens Nearly every facet of life transitioned to an online format in 2020. But the biggest change was shifting from office work to remote work. Teleworking is not a new idea. In the past, it was a luxury afforded to a lucky
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHot plugging is the addition of a component to a running computer system without significant interruption to the operation of the system. By Ben Lutkevich Hot plugging a device does not require a restart of the system. This is especially useful for systems that must always stay running, such as a server. Common examples of hot-pluggable devices include hard disk drives (HDDs)
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesNetApp storage appliances and VMware’s vSphere platform provide widely used data center resources. Combine their capabilities by using NetApp’s SnapCenter to back up vSphere. By Dan Franciscus One of the most common setups for virtual environments is to use vSphere — vCenter and ESXi hosts — in conjunction with NetApp storage appliances. Both VMware and NetApp offer best-in-class resources, which
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesOne of the main factors when deciding whether to keep or replace legacy systems is determining the cost. Here we dive into five of the hidden costs CIOs should be aware of today. By John Burke CIOs are caught up in a constant need to balance old and new technology, systems and processes. On the one hand, to embrace the
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAs CIOs make the move to the cloud, they first must ensure they have the budget to do so. Here, we’re diving into the pre-migration, migration and post-migration costs to consider. By John Burke Most CIOs are still in the process of migrating workloads from on-premises data centers into IaaS environments, whether it’s to get strategic and take IT out
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe device-as-a-service market is poised for growth as customers look to trim Capex, but channel partners may need to recast themselves if they want to serve as a DaaS provider. By Nicole Lewis If analyst predictions come true and the device-as-a-service market experiences significant growth over the next two years, channel partners involved in the management of PCs and mobile
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesUnderstand these six crucial best practices for backing up and restoring VMs on your ESXi host. These strategies will ensure backups are protected and restoration is successful. By Stephen J. Bigelow Countless caveats, cautions and priorities can guide workload protections, but consider incorporating some VM backup best practices to help improve your processes. Use caution with backup agents Although modern
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesCreating backups in virtual environments has its own challenges. Avoid some of the typical errors involving snapshots, quiescing and scheduling, and generate solid VM backups. By Eric Siebert In order to achieve the most efficient virtual machine backups possible, always make sure your backup application takes advantage of the many benefits provided by the virtualization architecture. The process of backing up
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