by Paul Comfort | Jul 16, 2018 | Infrastructure, mobile threats, Security
Twenty years ago, if you mentioned spam and phishing in the same sentence, one would assume you were enjoying some time on the lake and a sandwich made from canned meat. In today’s IT world, those words have much more menacing meanings (although the canned meat...
by Christine Thome | Jul 3, 2018 | Infrastructure, Storage
Historically, achieving high throughput and lower latency meant overprovisioning hardware or using software to mitigate, but not fully eliminate performance issues. These workarounds have high CAPEX and OPEX costs and still don’t meet the requirements for...
by Paul Comfort | Jun 6, 2018 | Cloud, Infrastructure, Security
Security is hard, and here is a great example as to why. I am using Amazon WorkSpaces for this example because I recently ran up against this problem, but a similar issue could happen during any cloud software product’s normal lifecycle. Amazon WorkSpaces is a...
by admin | Apr 25, 2016 | Infrastructure, Storage, Virtualization
I was reviewing some end-systems in our lab environment the other day and came across something I found both amusing and impressive. Lab environments sometimes suffer from “The Carpenter’s House” syndrome, where the premium “white gloves”...
by admin | Aug 22, 2014 | Infrastructure
An often asked question: Is DCIM overkill for data centers that have less than 1000 square feet white space or those with connected power less than 500 KW? This question comes up because of a commonly held myth that DCIM is only about power savings. The argument here...
