Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesA hyper-converged infrastructure can support cloud deployments, but they are not one in the same; the variances in infrastructure should be noted before potential adoption. By Robert Sheldon Cloud computing has become a mainstay of enterprise operations. Not only do organizations turn to public cloud services for their application and data requirements, but many are now deploying private clouds in
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesSome experts believe VPNs have struggled to adapt to an increasingly cloud-based, internet-dependent world. Enter zero-trust network access, which may be network security’s future. By Lee Doyle, Doyle Research In organizations with remote employees, productivity depends on secure, reliable access to applications, services and data over the internet from any device at any location or time. Yet, the internet can expose
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesIT spending by companies in the early days of COVID-19 quickly turned to cost-cutting. Learn how vendors responded with new terms and aggressive discounting for new business. By Linda Tucci Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the initial burst of tech spending by companies racing to support remote work has given way to cost-cutting in many organizations. IT services, hardware and
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesServer problems can spring from inside and outside hardware. Delve into these common issues and learn about the policies to have in place for regular maintenance and prevention. By Julia Borgini Technology isn’t perfect, but regular maintenance and monitoring helps it run as smoothly as possible. That’s especially true for server hardware, which, according to the Uptime Institute, accounts for
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesServing sizing requires a number of comparisons, especially between having a few large servers or many popcorn servers. Compare use cases to find what fits. By Jim O’Reilly Sizing a server for virtualized clusters requires a choice between using a few large, powerful servers or many small, inexpensive ones. Administrators must compare the advantages of each setup in the context
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesThe role data centers play in the wider enterprise IT landscape is changing, fuelling the demand for a mix of different types of facilities that are capable of meeting the growing variety of enterprise data-processing requirements By Daniel Robinson The datacentre is going through a period of rapid flux at the moment, the likes of which have not been seen
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesIn this guest post, Darren Watkins, managing director of colocation provider Virtus Data Centres, talks about how Covid-19 has changed what enterprises want from their datacentre partners. By Caroline Donnelly More than 100 million people are in strict lockdown across Europe as governments and health systems attempt to battle the spread of the devastating Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic. And, while normal life
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSteve Broadhead Broadband Testing The Internet-connected world has never experienced ramp-up in quite such a fashion before and it showed. Even where an IT solution – maybe an application, or a security authentication mechanism – has been designed for mass, global usage, a sudden ramp-up in users can cause outages, either local or total. One high-profile casualty early during the
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesUse this server deployment checklist to make sure you’ve covered all your bases. From power distribution outlets to available network connectivity, server deployment can be an arduous process. By Stephen J. Bigelow A comprehensive server deployment checklist involves a lot more than buying adequate computing resources at an attractive price. It takes talented IT administrators and other personnel to source,
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesNetworking makes the internet work, but neither can succeed without protocols. Common network protocols and functions are key for communication and connection across the internet. By Michaela Goss Without network protocols, the modern internet would cease to exist. Common network protocols, including Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP), enable the exchange of information across the internet and work behind
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