Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesPredictably, some 2019 forecasts of what disaster recovery might look like in 2020 didn’t quite hit the mark. However, funding and cybersecurity were evergreen concerns. By Alan R. Earls Disaster recovery strategies have had to change drastically from expectations in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic presented many disaster recovery challenges for teams in 2020, as remote work became the norm. At
Reading Time-approximately: 14 minutesThis keynote presentation focuses on innovations that allow all-flash arrays with QLC to have the same endurance and performance as TLC-based arrays. By Alistair Symon The full presentation (captured in words below.) 00:05 Alistair Symon: Hello, and welcome to the keynote session that I’m going to give on QLC everywhere. First, let me introduce myself. I’m Alistair Symon. I’m the vice
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesFollow the rebranding and renaming transitions of the multitude of Dell data protection products acquired and cultivated over the past 30 years. By Chris Evans Dell EMC’s portfolio of data protection offerings has grown over the past 30 years. Now, with a greater focus on the public cloud, how can it continue to service existing customers and bring them into
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesIT asset management should be an important pillar in an organisation’s digital transformation journey, but it doesn’t seem to be working. By Eric Chiu The IT asset management (ITAM) industry too often fails to deliver consistent value and protection to businesses that are seeking to optimise their IT investments, and it only has itself to blame. This is not an easy thing
Reading Time-approximately: 11 minutesIn this long read, we gather together the thoughts of cyber security insiders from across the industry to get their take on what will happen in 2021. By Alex Scroxton As we close the door on a year that the industry will surely look back on as one of the most difficult and dangerous periods in history for cyber security
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesStandard Windows and Linux command-line utilities oftentimes have niche, yet important functionality not available in GUI tools that require IT workers to make custom workflows. By Richard Siddaway Server management is all about getting the job done — preferably with minimal effort by the administrator. Whether to use the standard GUI or command-line tools depends on the circumstances. Just as
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
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesThe pandemic has served to highlight just how dependent the world is on the datacentre community – and governments, policy-makers and investors are taking note. By Caroline Donnelly The cloak of invisibility under which the datacentre industry operates suits enterprises and colocation providers from a security and operational scrutiny perspective, but it also has its drawbacks. The industry’s preference for secrecy is
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSince the Covid-19 pandemic began, a large number of people outside the technology sector who have chosen to move jobs are now considering a tech career, according to CWJobs. By Clare McDonald The job board found that more than half of the non-tech workers they asked who are looking for a career shift are now thinking about, or in the
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCloud computing is a long way from being fully mature, but its obsolescence may already be upon us. Is the cloud’s future really up in the air? Joel Shore As Peter Levine, a partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, puts it, “Everything that’s popular in technology always gets replaced by something else,” be it Microsoft Windows, minicomputers exemplified by
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