Earlier this week, Network World Senior editor Denise Dubie published a very insightful article, “How far has virtualization come?”. In it, she reviews the results of three annual surveys conducted at Interop, all focused on virtualization technology deployments and adoption in the data center.
The survey, which was conducted by Network Instruments the past two years (NetQoS and NI conducted it together in 2008), revealed some very interesting data points.
This week we will cover a basic take on Computer Forensics, a growing and very important skill set in today’s complex (and threat-heavy) technical networking environment. Enjoy this guest post by Michael Linn.
Enjoy this week’s guest post by author and tech career adviser Shaun Hummel!
This article will define a network management strategy for managing the network. It is necessary to define how the equipment is going to be monitored and determine if the current management strategy is adequate or if new applications, equipment, protocols and processes must be identified. Management components are then integrated with infrastructure and security. These primary elements comprise any well-defined management strategy and should be considered when developing your strategy.
This week, we offer you a basic Network Security reminder. This is especially good for businesses with no IT department or a lack of budget to purchase more expensive appliance-based solutions. Please enjoy this guest post by Michael McQueen as a complimentary service from Anue Systems.
Please enjoy this week’s guest post about designing and/or revising your data center structure, written by Scott McQuarrie of EZWatch Pro.
I’m blogging this from the hotel room near Union Square, and so far, RSA has been a lot of fun. Yesterday I took a few minutes to take some [very raw] video footage of the Expo to share with those of you who were unable to attend the show. Please excuse the audio quality; as [...]
In honor of the RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA this week, we offer you the following guest post by Rachel Lawrence about earning your CISSP
Today we are sharing with you an insightful article by Shaun Hummel, focused on how to align the five primary functions of security inside an enterprise. Enjoy and please give a look at Shaun’s service as indicated below.
Symantec recently released their third annual 2010 State of the Data Center report, and there were some especially important findings in the area of data center staff productivity. We’ve been talking about this important topic for a long time, and this seems like an ideal time to review the key findings, translate exactly what they mean for data centers, and tie it all together.
Heading into the New Year, we have seen a slew of reviews for 2009 and previews of what various experts and pundits think will happen this year. On this very blog, we have even chimed in on several of the more interesting takes that we’ve seen out in the blogosphere and on the web itself. But what we haven’t done is give our take on where we think the big stories will come in 2010, so let’s attack that angle now.
In 2010, I predict we will see more of…