Believe it or not, I used to work a lot with Microsoft SQL Server. While I did not call myself a database administrator (DBA), I did know my way around a database or two. Since I’ve been at Veeam, I have always enjoyed telling the Veeam story around using SQL Server as a critical application […]
Archives for March 2018
Building VMware Cloud on AWS
On the next This Is My Architecture, learn about the architecture powering VMware Cloud on AWS. We will show how VMware uses multiple AWS services, including S3, CloudFormation, IAM, Lambda, and the new EC2 i3.metal instance type, to deliver a solution that combines the consistency and compatibility of VMware software with the global scale of […]
Patches for Meltdown and Spectre aren’t that bad after all
Internal tests from a leading industry vendor have shown that fixes applied to servers running Linux or Windows Server aren’t as detrimental as initially thought, with many use cases seeing no impact at all. The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, first documented in January, seemed like a nightmare for virtualized systems, but that is overblown. There […]
A CFO’s Take on How to Make the CIO/CFO Relationship Work
Five steps to bring the top financial and technology executives closer together for the good of the company.
Top five best data visualization techniques for 2018
People are able to process visual information much faster than textual content. For this reason, data visualization is an essential model of contemporary business intelligence. There are hundreds of techniques to present business-related information and sometimes it might appear challenging to find the best one for you. In case you are running out of time, […]
GDS adds provisional July launch date for G-Cloud 10
News 27 Mar, 2018 Clare Hopping The new framework will be open to applications next month
How a multicloud world is changing the WAN
The multicloud-centric world will be increasingly complex.More RSS Feed: newsroom.cisco.com/rss-feeds …
Penn State secures building automation, IoT traffic with microsegmentation
It was time to get a handle on BACnet traffic at Penn State. BACnet is a communications protocol for building automation and control (BAC) systems such as heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, access control and fire detection. Penn State standardized on BACnet because of its openness. [ For more on IoT see tips […]
Free Training on Imaging and OS Provisioning
This ManageEngine OSD Free training video will guide you through the best practices in automating disk imaging and the deployment process. This video is from the fine folks at ManageEngine
Veeam Availability Orchestrator is the new solution for your disaster recovery challenges
The new Veeam Availability Orchestrator provides organizations with a disaster recovery (DR) orchestration engine for Veeam Backup & Replication. Automatically create, document and test DR plans, fully-prepared for C-level executive and stakeholder signoff, proving compliance with industry regulations and audits. This video is from the fine folks at Veeam