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6 IT Survival Tips from a 25-Year Education Expert
By Kevin Jackson on Mon, 06/19/2017
How can you survive and succeed as an IT leader? "As IT-ET leaders we need to strive for 99.9999% uptime and the best quality of service that empowers educators to design and engage our students in modern teaching, learning, and assessment practices."
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IT Maturity
By Per Bauer on Fri, 06/16/2017
What are your optimization goals?
An optimization initiative is typically triggered by one of the drivers listed below and the focus is dictated by your overall business objectives. But singlehandedly focusing on one objective may negatively impact your capabilities in the other areas. This can reduce the overall service quality and offer limited to no real value. In order to achieve concurrent...
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Why Dynamic Network Mapping Always Beats Microsoft Visio
By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 06/16/2017
As IT environments grow in size and complexity, keeping an eye on performance has never been more vital. Here are five reasons why dynamic network mapping software is the best tool for the job.
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How to Apply IDS/IPS to IBM i
By Robin Tatam on Fri, 05/12/2017
IPS/IDS are common cybersecurity terms, but how does that pertain to the IBM i environment?
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Need a Linux Network Monitoring Tool? Here's What to Look For
By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 04/28/2017
Is your organization running technology on the Linux operating system? From user-friendliness to flexible monitoring, make sure your Linux network monitoring tool has the features you need to ensure availability for your servers, hardware, and applications.
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Network Monitoring Software for Windows: 6 Must-Have Features
By Kevin Jackson on Mon, 04/03/2017
Choose a Windows network monitoring tool that is easy to install, user-friendly, and flexible.
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Speedy Network Remediation with Intermapper and Automate
By Kevin Jackson on Thu, 03/30/2017
Learn how to cut your remediation time from hours to minutes thanks to a seamless interface between two Fortra products, Intermapper and Automate.
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How Exit Programs Make the Greatest Impact on IBM i Security
By Robin Tatam on Tue, 03/28/2017
What do exit points have to do with cybersecurity? How do exit programs work? Robin Tatam provides a clear explanation in this video.
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The Top 11 Network Automation Examples
By Kevin Jackson on Mon, 03/27/2017
As your network grows in size and complexity, automation can free up network administrators from repetitive, manual tasks to focus on more strategic, fulfilling projects.
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Cracking the Problem of Endpoint Security
By Robin Tatam on Fri, 03/24/2017
Endpoint security has been a hot topic in the technology and corporate sectors for a few years. Especially with the emergence of bring-your-own-device practices, it has become even more critical to put safeguards in place to ensure the security of sensitive information.
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How to Go from Simple to Strategic Capacity Management
By Per Bauer on Fri, 03/17/2017
Capacity Management Strategies
If IT was like a restaurant…then capacity management should be like the restaurant manager (aka Maître D’).
Unfortunately, too many organizations are using capacity management as the clean-up department. When something goes wrong, capacity management fixes it. And while that used to work, that’s not the best...
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Capacity Planning
By Per Bauer on Tue, 03/14/2017
Have you ever experienced an online service outage? It’s like losing half your physical locations without any warning.
Downtime is a huge problem. It stops your revenue stream. It compromises customer loyalty. It damages your brand’s reputation. And it wastes hours and IT resources to fix the problem—when it shouldn’t have been a problem to begin with.
Isn’t it about time you prevented downtime?...
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How “Smash and Grab” Compromises IBM i
By Robin Tatam on Wed, 03/08/2017
During an audit a few years ago, I revealed to the client’s security team that corporate payroll information on every employee, including the CEO, was being archived in an output queue (called PAYROLL) for weeks at a time. Due to poor configuration, this information was accessible to every employee.
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How to Choose a Capacity Planning Tool
By Per Bauer on Tue, 02/28/2017
Looking for a capacity planning tool? Find out how to choose a tool that will be the most accurate.
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Why Ease-of-Use is Critical for Simple Network Monitoring
By Kevin Jackson on Sat, 02/25/2017
Network monitoring software does not have to be overly complex to configure and operate. Intermapper is easy to use and gives you all the network analysis features you need at an affordable price.