Category: Tech
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Application Monitoring Beyond The Data Center
The closed environment of a traditional on-premises data center with hardware and software owned and controlled by the enterprise is now a thing of the past. Private, public and hybrid cloud deployments are empowering organizations to use the resources and capabilities of the cloud to drive business efficiency, self-service on demand, resource pooling, enhanced data […]
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Have you tried Dynamic Server Lists?
Have you tried the Dynamic Server List monitor? If not, you’re missing out on a powerful feature! The Dynamic Server List monitor can be run as a Global Monitor, from Advanced Services > Global Monitors. It lets you create a list based on a large number of possible criteria, such as: • Does the server […]
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Cyber Security Career Options
The folks over at Utica College have put together a great infographic that we wanted to share. Source: Utica College Cyber Security
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Reducing The Stress Of Data Migration
Life is never static, and for businesses the occasional relocation of data archives, mission-critical applications, infrastructure and services may prove necessary. It can be a complex and at times risky endeavor. There are ways to make the process less stressful, and to reduce the potential for such migrations to be costly, disruptive, or in some […]
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Enterprise Encryption Best Practices
Whether it’s to safeguard internal protocols and hierarchies, or to guard against attacks and data breaches in the escalating scale of current cyber-threats, implementing controls on the way information is transmitted and shared is more crucial to the enterprise than ever. Encryption has been and remains an essential aspect of this process. But how best […]
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Reducing Downtime While Backing Up AWS EC2 Instances
We’re big fans of AWS and use several of its services. One service we use is EC2 – it costs much less than having a dedicated server and still gives you full control of the server. One issue is being sure we can bring the server back up in case it crashes, or the […]
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Next Generation Enterprise Campus Networks
Enterprise networks are no longer confined to simple client-server operations and application workloads, managed in-house. Internet connectivity, mobile workforces, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies, social media integration, the Cloud and Big Data analytics are all contributing to an environment that demands greater versatility and efficiency from the enterprise campus. In this article, we’ll […]
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The Costs of Not Monitoring
Why monitor your servers? As with all resources, computer resources are limited. That means limited work can done by the CPU, limited information can be held in system memory for use, and limited data can be stored on disk. When a system has all of the resources it needs, it generally runs fine. But […]
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Machine Learning and Infrastructure Analytics, Part 2: Current Tools and Future Trends
In the first part of this report, we considered how the move to cloud-based resources for data storage, application delivery and infrastructure management is coinciding with the proliferation of new, smarter gadgets and monitoring devices – and the need to make sense of all the data that they produce. Learning systems based on […]
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Best Practices for Software-Defined Storage
Currently being celebrated as the revolutionary new face of IT infrastructure, software-defined networks or SDNs have gained a lot of hype, but not too much practical guidance in the industry press. In this article, we’ll suggest some best practices to enable you to make the most of the data storage capabilities of this evolving technology. […]