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Top 6 Server Management Software and Tools in 2023

Allan Jay Monteclaro — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:30:00 +0000

Compare top server management software solutions to administer, monitor, and manage your servers. Find the right solution for you now.

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What Is Edge Caching? Definition, How It Works, and Use Cases

Ray Fernandez — Sat, 20 May 2023 14:51:17 +0000

Edge caching enables websites to deliver content faster to their users. Here’s how it works, its benefits for delivering fast and efficient content, and potential drawbacks it could face.

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What is Microsegmentation?

Nisar Ahmad — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:47:38 +0000

Microsegmentation is a network security approach that allows engineers to logically partition data centers into discrete security segments—right down to the level of each task—and apply security policies to each segment separately. Rather than establishing numerous physical firewalls, microsegmentation allows IT to set flexible security policies deep inside a data center. With microsegmentation, you can […]

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What is a RADIUS Server and How Does It Work?

William Elcock — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 00:09:34 +0000

The RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In Service) protocol is a client-server networking protocol that facilitates communication between a central server and individual users who want to gain access to the server. Essentially, RADIUS allows remote access servers to communicate with the central server to authenticate and authorize remote user access. With RADIUS, companies can store user […]

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VMware NSX Review: Software Features & Price

Nisar Ahmad — Wed, 25 May 2022 19:26:29 +0000

VMware NSX is a network virtualization and security technology that supports VMware’s cloud networking solution. It provides a software-defined networking strategy that spans data centers, clouds, and application frameworks. NSX brings networking and security closer to the application, regardless of where it runs, from virtual machines (VMs) to containers to physical servers. Networks, like VMs, […]

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Mesh Networking and Mesh Wi-Fi

Sam Ingalls — Mon, 16 May 2022 19:30:05 +0000

Whether it’s a small business, or enterprise office, mesh networking can extend wireless coverage while improving Wi-Fi performance and enabling administration for local internet access. Administrators can install and configure a network with hubs strategically placed to maximize a network’s physical reach through a specialized mesh router. Without running cords across office space, mesh Wi-Fi […]

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Best Enterprise-Grade NAS Solutions

Sam Ingalls — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:27:53 +0000

Network-attached storage (NAS) hardware and software solutions can ease and enhance the task of managing data for individuals up to enterprise data centers. NAS appliances offer organizations secure storage and file access to groups of users at a lower cost relative to the latest file servers. Both file servers and NAS perform similar functions, but […]

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DMZ vs Zero Trust Network: Is the DMZ Network Dead?

Sam Ingalls — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 19:06:25 +0000

Since the internet’s earliest days, public-facing organizations have established security systems to defend sensitive data from external forces that seek to compromise it. One tried-and-true method is the creation of sub-networks between untrusted WANs and an organization’s internal resources, dubbed demilitarized zones (DMZ). Though DMZ networks still offer a buffer between untrusted users and internal […]

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Disaster Recovery

Kyle Guercio — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 23:28:44 +0000

The modern organization’s heavy dependence on using data to drive their business has made having a Disaster Recovery (DR) plan in place a necessity. Unfortunately, disasters can strike in a number of ways, including cyber threats, natural disasters and even human error, all potentially leading to catastrophic data loss and downtime. DR is key to […]

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Software-Defined Networking Poised for Prominence (Finally)

Paul Rubens — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Network virtualization has long been the neglected little sister of server virtualization and storage virtualization, but software-defined networking (SDN) technology may, finally, be about to step out into the spotlight. SDN has certainly been waiting in the wings for long enough. The first commercial implementation of SDN was probably network virtualization pioneer Nicira’s technology back […]

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