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• How to become a UX designer with your QA background

  If you're a tester, a switch to a UX role is fairly simple. A range of UX design skills are just a matter of evaluating user needs before developers build the app code -- not after. Continue Reading

• What you need to know about Google Cloud Anthos

  It's time to learn the foundational concepts of Google Anthos, as well as its seven core components that set it apart from AWS Outposts and Azure Stack. Continue Reading

• Understand KubeVirt basics to help get you started

  Getting to know KubeVirt prior to use is essential. Though it relies on core Kubernetes technology, running VMs alongside containers is something you might be unfamiliar with. Continue Reading

• Think carefully about API language standards

  API language standards were few and far between in the past, but now cloud has made API standardization more important than ever. Learn what you need to know about these standards. Continue Reading

• How composable disaggregated infrastructure works

  Familiarize yourself with how composable infrastructure works, core characteristics and benefits, and what enterprises hope to gain from this infrastructure-as-code delivery model. Continue Reading

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  • What is a data retention policy?
  • What is multi-access edge computing? Benefits and use cases

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  • What is 6G? Overview of 6G networks & technology
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• How to meet the challenge of cloud regulatory compliance

  Meeting compliance responsibilities requires some extra steps when you use more than one cloud provider. This handbook will get you started.Continue Reading

• How does SD-WAN analytics monitor network performance?

  With SD-WAN analytics, administrators can fine-tune their WAN connections and determine how well their network is performing.Continue Reading

• Better security through software-defined perimeter know-how

  Network attacks keep changing, which means your strategy for protecting the network must too. Learn one advancement that's replacing traditional network architectures.Continue Reading

• How to migrate from Azure to Amazon's cloud with AWS SMS

  AWS Server Migration Service can move large swaths of Azure, Windows and VMware VMs into AWS, whether it's a one-time migration or a periodic replication between environments. Learn how to put it to use.Continue Reading

• 5 IT video tutorials admins don't want to miss

  The best way to ramp up with a new technology or IT practice is to see it in action. Use these five video tutorials to visually walk through GitOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines and more.Continue Reading

• Multi-cloud data storage implementation best practices

  This handbook lays out the key implementation steps to take when moving to a multiple cloud storage strategy and the must-have features that need to be on your radar.Continue Reading

• Understanding AWS security groups' capabilities and limitations

  Expand your knowledge of AWS security groups. Learn how to configure them for traffic protection, along with how they compare to other firewall options on AWS.Continue Reading

• How much do you know about VMware Cloud on AWS?

  Take our quiz to test your knowledge on VMware Cloud on AWS to see if you understand important use cases, general information and features.Continue Reading

• Expand your edge data center vocabulary

  Data, devices and distributed computing are all important parts of edge setups. Learn about edge computing components and how you might see them in your organization.Continue Reading

• Use this Mesos and Marathon tutorial to try resource abstraction

  Marathon, the Mesos-based tool, eases large-scale container orchestration. Before you begin deployments, set up Zookeeper and Mesos with Marathon, and try a simple task.Continue Reading

• Design a VMware environment with CPUs, storage in mind

  A solid infrastructure is critical to smooth operations in the data center. Admins designing a VMware environment should think about CPUs, storage and reference architectures.Continue Reading

• How do I foster reusable code across dev projects?

  Developers don't have a lot of free time. Code reuse helps dev teams focus on the most valuable aspects of a project. So ensure your team knows how to write, and test, reusable code.Continue Reading

• Are there tools or platforms that support AWS Firecracker?

  Although there are a handful of tools to help run Firecracker more easily, admins might find issues with the lack of major tool integration for the software.Continue Reading

• Can I install Ansible for Windows system management?

  Even though Ansible has its roots in open source software and Linux, is it possible to use the configuration management tool for Windows environments?Continue Reading

• Get the most out of version control in software engineering

  Version control is a key concept in software engineering, as it enables dev teams to make code changes without overwrites or miscues. Learn version control basics with this guide.Continue Reading

• Unlock machine learning with these Amazon SageMaker examples

  AWS has lowered the cost to train machine learning models. If you want to get started with Amazon SageMaker, befriend a data scientist and build a predictive chatbot.Continue Reading

• How do I measure overall TCO when comparing HCI vendors?

  Comparing the TCO of deploying different HCI vendors' platforms makes it likelier you'll pick the right one for your organization. Start the process with our checklist.Continue Reading

• Get to know data storage containers and their terminology

  Looking into containerization? You're going to need these key terms to better understand the technology, how it works and which vendors are offering it.Continue Reading

• What is network automation, and what can it do for you?

  This feature explores what network automation is and its influence on organizations. It also discusses assumptions about its effect on network engineers and similarities with SDN.Continue Reading

• Check Office 365 usage reports for user adoption insights

  Microsoft gives administrators access to many Office 365 reports to pinpoint ways to improve user adoption rates and tighten up potential security leaks.Continue Reading

• Put your hyper-converged cloud knowledge to the test

  Are you up to speed on clouds built on hyper-converged infrastructure platforms and technology? Take our quiz to find out if you know how they work and their benefits.Continue Reading

• Set up an AWS recommendation engine with Amazon Personalize

  Amazon Personalize offers machine recommendation algorithms as a service, but it's not the only recommendation engine on the market with AI behind it.Continue Reading

• How to design APIs for hybrid cloud architecture

  Hybrid cloud is complex, particularly because it's the application -- not the server -- that manages API flows. Review some strategies for API management in a hybrid scenario.Continue Reading

• A serverless architecture tutorial for development teams

  Still emerging serverless technology offers some big advantages for development teams. This serverless architecture tutorial can help clarify the basics on where to start.Continue Reading

• How do I obtain, deploy and update AWS Firecracker?

  Firecracker can assist admins with creating and operating micro VMs, but improper installation and updates can cause potential issues.Continue Reading

• Design vSphere data stores with VM change and growth in mind

  As the data inside a VM grows, you can make sure your storage accounts for that growth using a few methods, such as thin-provisioning VMDK files and limiting snapshots.Continue Reading

• Use PowerShell printer management for quicker setups

  Don't fiddle with printer configurations and tiresome upkeep work from the GUI when you can automate a lot of the tediousness with PowerShell.Continue Reading

• A quick guide to data center commissioning

  Service provider selection, design documentation and thorough testing are all necessary for commissioning. Learn the process's nuances to get your facilities online.Continue Reading

• 4 practical methods to increase service resilience

  Resiliency refers to the ability of your architecture to quickly predict, detect and mitigate potential performance failures. Here are four ways to fortify your software.Continue Reading

• Discern these open source license terms to avoid legal snags

  Fluent in Ruby but at a loss in legalese? Open source licenses obligate developers to observe specific conditions, so you must know these terms. Let's break them down in plain English.Continue Reading

• Container deployment considerations for successful implementation

  Containers can be useful for specific workloads but admins should consider certain factors, such as security and portability needs, before taking a containerized approach over VMs.Continue Reading

• Combine Puppet and Chocolatey to drive Windows DevOps

  Through the use of Puppet and Chocolatey side by side, Windows IT professionals can use Linux-like DevOps tools to automate the deployment and configuration of their systems.Continue Reading

• Learn about the top telecom certifications

  Use this expert advice to wade through myriad telecom certifications and pinpoint the top certifications for the industry, like TCO, iNARTE and BICSI certifications.Continue Reading

• PKI authentication explained: The basics for IT administrators

  Public key infrastructure is part and parcel of modern digital business, from secure communications to data transmission and beyond. Admins must understand PKI to optimize its benefits.Continue Reading

• Effectively manage containers and improve workload performance

  Containers are increasingly popular, so it's vital that admins understand the tools available and learn how to manage containers before deploying them in production environments.Continue Reading

• Essential virtualization certifications for IT professionals

  As companies move beyond virtualization, the need for IT pros with fine-tuned expertise in cloud administration, ethical hacking, legacy infrastructure migration and automation rises.Continue Reading

• Get creative with feature flags in IT operations

  Feature flags give IT operations a range of possibility as broad as the imagination -- once you learn this dev-centric technique.Continue Reading

• When you create a DevOps workflow, avoid these missteps

  How can DevOps help? And how can you apply it correctly? These are important questions to consider before you attempt to create a DevOps pipeline.Continue Reading

• Words to go: Composable disaggregated infrastructure glossary

  Dig into these terms to get a sense of composable infrastructure and what its disaggregated server capabilities can bring to your IT environment and application workloads.Continue Reading

• What are Ansible roles and when and how should I use them?

  Roles are one of several functions in Ansible that simplify and streamline IT automation processes. Dig into this quick overview to learn the basics of roles and potential use cases.Continue Reading

• Run ESXi on NUC for a quiet but powerful at-home test lab

  You can use Intel's NUC to set up a small but mighty at-home VMware test lab. Decide whether to nest your environments, and then learn how an NUC could benefit you.Continue Reading

• 3 ways to deploy hyper-converged infrastructure

  An HCI deployment can be done in one of three ways -- full replacement, side-by-side or per application -- each with pluses and minus, depending on requirements and resources.Continue Reading

• What does stateful vs. stateless mean in a networking context?

  When it comes to understanding state from a networking perspective, knowing the difference between stateful vs. stateless firewalls is a crucial starting point.Continue Reading

• How NVMe-oF advantages are transforming storage

  There's a lot involved with deploying NVMe over fabrics. Here's what you need to know to fully understand this communication protocol and make it work in your organization.Continue Reading

• Getting started with containerized storage

  Containerization simplifies storage operations, saving time and money. Getting started is easy, too, once you know what to look for.Continue Reading

• Get to know the VMware HCX platform

  HCX connects on-premises systems, private clouds, VMware Cloud on AWS and hosted cloud infrastructures, creating a hybrid or multi-cloud environment for vSphere workloads.Continue Reading

• How should app developers choose a cloud provider?

  Not every service in the cloud matters to developers. Look for these core features, and see which providers stand out when it comes to microservices, containers, AI services and IDEs.Continue Reading

• Pick up basic Git commands with a hands-on tutorial

  To get things done in Git, know your commands. Open up the version control system and replicate this quick tutorial to learn how to run crucial inputs.Continue Reading

• Use Puppet Bolt to simplify configuration management

  Bolt, Puppet's cross-platform automation tool, is designed to minimize the learning curve for ops teams, but users still need to grasp its primary commands and elements.Continue Reading

• A glossary of 10 essential network security terms

  This network security glossary covers both old and new key terms -- such as zero trust networks and microsegmentation -- that can bolster anyone's security vocabulary.Continue Reading

• An introduction to the 6 OpenStack orchestration components

  Cloud orchestration is a critical part of workflow simplification and task automation. If you prefer open source options, see what OpenStack has to offer.Continue Reading

• An enterprise guide to serverless computing

  Serverless computing can be a valuable technology if you use it properly. Learn the basic concepts, provider offerings and management considerations before you jump in.Continue Reading

• 5 DevSecOps interview questions employers are likely to ask

  To land that DevSecOps dream job, prepare to answer questions not only about specific IT and security tools, but about DevOps team culture as a whole.Continue Reading

• Learn how to deploy a Flask app to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

  Explore Elastic Beanstalk, the cloud service that automates web application provisioning on AWS infrastructure. Use this tutorial to model your own deployment with Python and Flask.Continue Reading

• How to copy files to Windows containers

  Once you've deployed Windows containers in your production environment, you can start copying data and files to them using one of three methods, depending on file type and location.Continue Reading

• 7 rules for effective data backup procedures

  If you're responsible for data backups on multiple systems, strong policies are highly recommended. This tip gives you seven rules to follow for effective data backup procedures.Continue Reading

• What's new in hybrid Azure services in Windows Admin Center?

  Trying to get the most out of Azure hybrid services? Discover Microsoft's latest developments to further centralize management in Windows Admin Center.Continue Reading

• How to build Azure Functions with PowerShell

  Follow along with Anthony Howell as he gives a step-by-step demonstration to help you use PowerShell to kick start your Azure Functions app.Continue Reading

• How do I get started with an Ansible playbook?

  An Ansible playbook boosts admin productivity when they manage configurations across machines. Learn how playbooks work and how to avoid live errors.Continue Reading

• Learn the basics of vSphere networking

  When you design a vSphere network, keep in mind redundancy, network isolation and consistent configuration. These qualities ensure proper network performance.Continue Reading

• Get to know the history of the VMware-IBM partnership

  An agreement between VMware and IBM has led to opportunities and innovation for both companies. However, with respective ties to AWS and Red Hat, the future looks unclear.Continue Reading

• Perform this infrastructure as code tutorial with Pulumi and AWS

  Learn the basics of an infrastructure as code deployment with this tutorial, which features the open source tool Pulumi, along with Python and AWS.Continue Reading

• Automate user and group creation with this AWS IAM tutorial

  Watch this 5-minute video to learn how to automate AWS IAM resources. See how to provision users and groups with CloudFormation templates, and manage IAM policies for permissions.Continue Reading

• Put your multi-cloud storage knowledge to the test

  Do you know what you need to about multi-cloud and storage? Use our quiz to find out about the technology's basics, as well as integration, management and migration issues.Continue Reading

• How to use Web Components with UI design tools

  What are Web Components and how can you best make use of them? Here's how the set of web APIs helps designers create and customize reusable modules for web apps and user interfaces.Continue Reading

• What key messaging patterns should enterprise architects know?

  An unknowable number of interactions occur to enable digitization. Applications must pass these messages according to a design pattern, and these two categories suit enterprise-scale apps.Continue Reading

• Considerations for a VMware Cloud on AWS workload migration

  Before moving a workload to VMware Cloud on AWS, think over your priorities regarding that workload's importance as well as technical considerations such as whether it makes sense in the cloud.Continue Reading

• The history of Docker's climb in the container management market

  When the concept of containers became stale, Docker brought containers back to the forefront by creating container management software, and the company continues to evolve.Continue Reading

• How AIOps monitoring eases modern IT challenges

  Operations teams can apply artificial intelligence to modernize their IT monitoring strategy for distributed architectures. Use this guide to learn the basics and get started.Continue Reading

• 5 NVMe-oF implementation questions answered

  Want to know more about implementing NVMe over fabrics, where it's useful and what to consider? Get answers to these and other questions surrounding this technology.Continue Reading

• 3 steps to prepare for Exchange updates

  If you dread the process of updating Exchange and the possibility that patches will break the servers, you can take control by putting best practices in place with three steps.Continue Reading

• Deploy Microsoft IIS server, .NET apps in Windows containers

  Instead of investing money in migrating your existing .NET applications to .NET Core to modernize them, deploy them in Windows containers with a simple script.Continue Reading

• Avoid runaway cloud migration costs

  Cloud computing means you'll contend with ongoing costs. Cloud migration itself, however, doesn't need to be a budget-busting experience. A good plan pays big dividends.Continue Reading

• The ins and outs of VMware security products and features

  Application control, anomaly detection and VM encryption are some of the ways VMware incorporates security in products such as NSX, AppDefense, vSAN, vSphere and ESXi.Continue Reading

• What is NetOps? Start with these 5 common questions

  This compilation is an essential starting point for NetOps novices. These five common questions explore what NetOps is, how it can benefit networks and its effect on network teams.Continue Reading

• Step-by-step tutorial to install Git Integration for Jira

  If your team uses Jira and desperately needs more streamlined and comprehensible project updates, check out this video overview of the Git integration add-on.Continue Reading

• Windows and Linux: What systems administrators need to know

  The lines between Windows Server and Linux continue to blur. Discover what Windows administrators need to know to get up to speed with these new Linux features.Continue Reading

• Ask these 5 questions before deploying cloud HA

  IT teams can build HA into their organization's cloud apps, but is it worth it? And how much is too much? Ask these and other critical questions before architecting for HA.Continue Reading

• Know the tools needed to bake cloud HA into apps

  The cost for HA might outweigh the benefit for many cloud apps. But, before you can debate the need to architect a highly redundant system, you need to know the tools at your disposal.Continue Reading

• Essential hyper-converged backup, data protection questions to ask

  Procure a hyper-converged infrastructure, and you'll need to protect the data residing in that environment. Ask and answer these questions to determine the best HCI backup approach for your organization.Continue Reading

• Build a GitOps pipeline with this Kubernetes, Jenkins X tutorial

  Follow the steps outlined in this video tutorial to establish a GitOps deployment workflow with Google Kubernetes Engine, GitHub and Jenkins X.Continue Reading

• Tech communities offer more than just a quick fix

  IT professionals who join tech meetups and online communities might find there's more than just troubleshooting help available when they invest their time in a group.Continue Reading

• Can you ace this quiz on Windows Server 2019 HCI?

  With each new server release, Microsoft gives administrators a whole new slew of features to learn. Challenge yourself on how well you know the Windows Server HCI features.Continue Reading

• 5 critical features that put the 'AI' in AIOps tools

  Don't fall victim to AI-washing in the IT systems management market. Instead, know what to look for in a truly 'intelligent' operations platform -- starting with these 5 capabilities.Continue Reading

• Effective data management to combat the coming data apocalypse

  Data management and storage are evolving to deal with the coming datasphere explosion. Learn what's happening with unstructured, IoT and cloud data, as well as storage tiering.Continue Reading

• Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute

  Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute is a service that provides a private connection between an organization's on-premises infrastructure and Microsoft Azure data centers.Continue Reading

• Build a successful Apache Mesos installation on Linux servers

  As Apache Mesos gains traction for container orchestration, admins should try it out and evaluate its capabilities. Use this tutorial to set up the necessary software and avoid the pitfalls that plague the process.Continue Reading

• An 802.11ax survival guide: Expectations for the Wi-Fi standard

  This 802.11ax survival guide has the information you need for the newest Wi-Fi standard, including various expectations, device advice and available features.Continue Reading

• What are the differences between KVM, Virtuozzo and OpenVZ?

  These virtualization platforms are related, but they vary in terms of whether they're open source or commercial products and the types of instances they provide to run applications.Continue Reading

• Review QA fundamentals with this software testing quiz

  Software testing occurs throughout the development life cycle, and these tests require a deft hand to execute well. Check your knowledge of the fundamentals to see where you stand.Continue Reading

• The vSAN stretched cluster type spreads HCI love for HA, DR

  VMware vSAN stretched clusters enable admins to spread hyper-converged infrastructures across two physical locations. Learn more about them and their benefits.Continue Reading

• Colocation vs. cloud: Quiz yourself on these workload expansion options

  Colocation or cloud? Data centers have plenty of expansion options beyond building a new facility. Learn about each option -- and test your knowledge -- with this quiz.Continue Reading

• System administrator resources you'll actually use

  The learning resources available for IT administrators are more plentiful than the technology that admins manage. How do they sift through the inundation of information?Continue Reading

• 5 storage class memory technology terms you should know

  SCM will define the future of memory and storage. Get to know some of the key technologies you'll be hearing a lot more about in the next few years.Continue Reading

• What is a class diagram?

  A class diagram is an illustration of the relationships and source code dependencies among classes in the Unified Modeling Language (UML).Continue Reading