SLAT (second-level address translation)-an expert definition

Staff Writer/ April 12, 2023/ Tech Acronyms and Initialisms, Tech Definition Updates, Tech Definitions, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Tech Snippets, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesSecond-level address translation (SLAT) is a hardware virtualization technology that reduces hypervisor overhead. Post courtesy of TechTarget SLAT addresses the inefficiencies associated with looking up virtualized memory addresses in software shadow volumes. The technology exists as a CPU feature: an added translation lookaside buffer (TLB) that contains a real-time updated cache of virtualized memory addresses and their corresponding physical addresses. Virtualization is a core technology for many data centers,

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What is a data lake? an in-depth expert explanation, benefits and challenges they pose.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ August 16, 2022/ 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 Definition Updates, Tech Definitions, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Tech Snippets

Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesA data lake is a storage repository that holds a vast amount of raw data in its native format until it is needed for analytics applications By Craig Stedman and Ben Lutkevich While a traditional data warehouse stores data in hierarchical dimensions and tables, a data lake uses a flat architecture to store data, primarily in files or object storage. That gives users more

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What is Big Tech? What do we mean when we talk about Big Tech? A simple expert explanation…

Staff Writer/ July 29, 2022/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Tech Acronyms and Initialisms, Tech Definition Updates, Tech Definitions, Tech Partner's Curated Content, Tech Snippets

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesBig Tech is a term that refers to the most dominant and largest technology companies in their respective sectors.  By Linda Rosencrance Their products and services are used globally and have become heavily relied upon by businesses and individuals alike, bringing up privacy, safety and Antitrust concerns about their influence and operations and whether strict regulations should be considered. What companies

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Veeam Backup & Replication; an update

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ October 26, 2021/ Archiving and backup, Backup and Archival Tools, Backup Tools' Vendors, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data protection, backup and archiving, Data storage backup tools, Data storage backup tools, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Security, Tech Definition Updates, Tech Definitions, Tech Snippets

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesVeeam Backup & Replication is a software product developed by Veeam Software to back up, restore and replicate data on virtual machines (VMs). It was first released in 2008 and is part of the Veeam Availability Suite. By Erin Sullivan Veeam was among the first vendors to develop backup software tailored to VMs. Before Veeam, backup applications failed to recognize the difference between

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SD and Micro SD Memory Cards: What are the differences?

Staff Writer/ April 9, 2021/ Tech Definitions, Tech Snippets, Technical Explanations, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesMemory cards are used to expand the storage capacity of mobile phones, SLRs, Dash cam, Drone and the other electronic products.  Tekmart Africa Courtesy Post By Shikha Choudhary Normally we refer to the memory card as SD card. But in fact, what we call them is inaccurate, there are many types of memory cards, SD card is only one of

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