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• Jeff Gallimore: Psychological safety for remote teams

  Can chatter about household appliances contribute positively to digital transformation? Jeff Gallimore thinks so. Here's his take on psychological safety for remote dev teams. Continue Reading

• Bolster remote IT management with these security tips

  The remote management of IT systems has become essential -- but admins need to uphold that responsibility in a way that doesn't compromise security. Continue Reading

• How to use ChatOps to automate network tasks

  Integrating team collaboration chat systems with network automation results in the ability to automate tedious workflows, enabling faster problem resolution and streamlined operations. Continue Reading

• Remote possibilities: Out-of-band management admin options

  COVID-19 puts added strain on administrators who need to compensate for lack of personnel in data centers, which leads to the need for a remote access strategy. Continue Reading

• Tips for attending virtual IT conferences like a pro

  The coronavirus pushed all physical gathering events into the digital realm for public safety. But this completely disrupts our prep patterns. Here are some tips to help. Continue Reading

• How do I audit a Kubernetes environment?

  IT teams should audit their Kubernetes configuration files to uncover -- and address -- coding mishaps and vulnerabilities. Fortunately, third-party and native Kubernetes tools automate the process.Continue Reading

• Admins eye on-premises and cloud hybrid IT management

  Most organizations now support a mix of on-premises and cloud infrastructure. This has vendors and analysts reshaping tools that can address hybrid IT requirements.Continue Reading

• 3 DevOps antipatterns to avoid at all costs

  A DevOps initiative is not a single task, but an evolution of an organization's technology, processes and culture -- and without a collaborative mindset, it will likely fail.Continue Reading

• 4 ways data center operations must adapt to the cloud era

  The role of the traditional data center has changed dramatically as enterprises adopt cloud services, but IT operations professionals can evolve to remain relevant.Continue Reading

• 5 key ways to avoid overspending on enterprise cloud adoption

  Companies that take a careful approach to enterprise cloud adoption aligned with business objectives can help optimize spending and get the most from cloud investments.Continue Reading

• 3 SaaS cost management tips for new-to-cloud usage

  When it comes to SaaS spending, IT must ensure that everyone from users to management is on the same page. Use these strategies to stay within your cloud budget.Continue Reading

• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)

  Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a Windows product that enables the management, deployment and security of devices and applications across an enterprise.Continue Reading

• Hyper-converged edge infrastructure targets carriers, ROBOs

  Hyper-converged systems provide a way to locally process IoT data and deliver streaming content at the network's edge while maintaining service and application performance.Continue Reading

• How to ensure a scalable SASE architecture

  Don't assume all SASE architecture is the same, especially when it comes to scalability. Enterprises should consider distance to vendor PoPs, office locations and agent onboarding.Continue Reading

• Cloud storage best practices in the work-from-home era

  Find out what data and applications are best for cloud storage, what design factors to consider and how to choose the right service to meet short- and long-term needs of remote workers.Continue Reading

• Learn SELinux commands for management and troubleshooting

  SELinux provides a more secure way to run Linux servers. Key commands for status, file management and troubleshooting can help you run SELinux smoothly on your infrastructure.Continue Reading

• Hybrid cloud vs. hyper-converged: Hybrid wins hands down

  When everything goes to cloud, why do you even need HCI? Who cares where server, storage, virtualization and networking are when IT adopts a 'run any app from anyplace' strategy?Continue Reading

• How a network segmentation strategy works with SD-WAN

  Legacy segmentation techniques are often unwieldy. But, as enterprises contemplate network segmentation with SD-WAN, they must understand their network environments and goals.Continue Reading

• Test your knowledge of microservices architectures

  Review microservices basics. Take this short quiz on microservices to find out how much you really know about this approach to application architectures and app development.Continue Reading

• Private cloud networking creates public cloud UX on premises

  Organizations can run a private cloud like a public cloud with the help of the right networking and security tools and achieve agility and flexibility on premises.Continue Reading

• Manage containerized microservices with a service registry

  It's easier than ever to spin up a containerized app, but that ease has created a problem: How to keep track of containerized microservices. Turn to service registries and orchestrators.Continue Reading

• 7 steps to retiring storage hardware safely and efficiently

  Organizations put a lot of thought into the storage equipment they purchase. The decision to retire that same hardware should get just as much consideration.Continue Reading

• Essential mobile app development tools and programming languages

  Learn about the tools available for hybrid and native iOS and Android mobile app development and testing, as well as the programming languages developers use.Continue Reading

• How public cloud vendors tackle confidential computing

  Confidential computing is an emerging cloud technology, and the major cloud platforms have all addressed it with different strategies around usability and scale.Continue Reading

• 6 tools to know for private cloud monitoring and reporting

  Cloud reporting helps admins address capacity issues and reduce outages. Effective tools should include role-based dashboards and track virtual and physical hardware.Continue Reading

• Set your strategy to get the right liquid-cooled data center

  As data center rack densities increase, liquid cooling's benefits are becoming more apparent. Before purchasing, IT teams must consider technology type, cost and upkeep.Continue Reading

• Tips for a smooth DevSecOps transformation

  DevSecOps is a natural progression of DevOps and spreads security responsibilities to other IT teams. Where to begin? Here are core concepts, helpful tools and ways to learn more.Continue Reading

• Top 6 complexity challenges of operating a cloud at scale

  It's not unusual for enterprises to scale their applications to meet demand, but they need to be aware of the associated cloud complexity issues. Look out for these six common problems.Continue Reading

• Managed SAN services aim to ease storage chores

  Offloading SAN management to an MSP partner could free IT admins from an infrastructure component that sometimes gets short shrift among other data center priorities.Continue Reading

• What's involved in VPN maintenance and management?

  Before an organization's VPN is up and running, IT teams must address four important aspects of VPN maintenance and management to keep abreast of transforming security concerns.Continue Reading

• Tips and tools for home network security monitoring

  Homes now have more connected devices, which could become targets for hackers. Consequently, work-from-home employees should take certain steps to safeguard their networks.Continue Reading

• 3 dramatic ways to increase developer productivity

  Developers work best when distractions are at a minimum, yet most organizations simply aren't doing their part to reduce them. Be brave and try these three aggressive methods.Continue Reading

• 4 alternatives to end-to-end testing microservices

  Microservices architectures deserve better than end-to-end testing. See how methods like contract testing, subsystem testing and more can fill the end-to-end test void.Continue Reading

• Private LTE networks grow as 5G comes into view

  Private LTE networks deliver secure cellular connectivity in localized enterprise or industrial spaces, with private 5G networks and newly available spectrum bands soon to follow.Continue Reading

• Is the SD-WAN home office here to stay?

  Debate over how to do SD-WAN has shifted with the dramatic rise in remote workers. But the need for home-based SD-WAN won't go away when the pandemic ends.Continue Reading

• SAN management best practices for optimizing performance

  SANs consolidate resources and provide a high-speed network for storage traffic, but that doesn't mean you're off the hook when it comes to performance management.Continue Reading

• How to manage technical debt in IT organizations

  "Debt" is a scary word even without "technical" before it. We can't help you with dollars and cents, but we can share what IT technical debt is and how to create a debt reduction plan.Continue Reading

• Evolving DevOps roles demand Kubernetes, CI/CD skills

  The rapid rate of change in IT coupled with the newness of many DevOps practices and technologies creates barriers for those who seek a career in DevOps. These skills can open the door.Continue Reading

• How to approach Agile team organization

  Should an Agile team have an architect? Does cross-functional mean constantly changing? How do teams set velocity and quality? Get the answers to set up and lead Agile teams.Continue Reading

• How to calculate project completion times

  Good project managers deliver on schedule, despite the challenges they encounter. Become a time and resource management pro and deliver on the expected completion date.Continue Reading

• Why development team membership should change regularly

  Static development teams might be hurting your company. But too much reorganization can cause chaos. Here's how to strike a balance that keeps teams engaged and innovative.Continue Reading

• COVID-19 puts IT infrastructure spending in flux

  As the pandemic continues, research firms state that organizations must realign IT budgets to support projects that maintain operations and put nonessential initiatives on hold.Continue Reading

• Unlocking the 'better normal' with hybrid cloud services

  Kalyan Kumar breaks down why companies looking toward their digital transformation journey should consider a hybrid cloud approach, minimizing business disruption.Continue Reading

• Threat identification is IT ops' role in SecOps

  IT operations teams can take steps to improve security as part of their daily tasks. Learn about the ways to identify threat incidents and reduce false positives.Continue Reading

• How to craft a cloud testing strategy

  As more applications and workloads ascend to the cloud, organizations need to validate performance, functionality and other metrics. Here's a primer on testing in the cloud -- and on the cloud.Continue Reading

• How to solve storage latency issues when deploying NVME-oF

  The storage network is key to solving latency problems. Get the big picture on NVMe-oF issues and the roles of performance monitoring and high-performance interconnects.Continue Reading

• How Lean value stream mapping cuts delay, boosts efficiency

  You have a backlog, work in short sprints, and track metrics on test coverage and defect rates -- so why does it still take so long to move code to production? Try visualizing it.Continue Reading

• Best practices to maintain VPN security

  Enterprises looking to maintain VPN security should focus on proper endpoint security and authentication, VPN server security and documentation for security policies.Continue Reading

• 4 ways to minimize test automation maintenance

  Test automation maintenance is inescapable. Here are four ways to reduce maintenance and ensure software testing is as effective as possible.Continue Reading

• COVID-19 and the cloud: How to maintain systems resilience

  Kishore Durg explains how enterprises can leverage systems resilience to ensure that they don't experience any cloud disruptions during the pandemic.Continue Reading

• Adjust these 4 server BIOS settings to improve performance

  You can configure BIOS settings to get more productivity out of servers, but some high-performance settings could increase power consumption or put reliability at risk.Continue Reading

• Adopt and secure the cloud in a work-from-home world

  Set up a remote work infrastructure with the cloud. This article highlights cloud adoption strategies for beginners, tips to reduce latency and the benefits of cloud backup.Continue Reading

• 3 SD-WAN cloud connectivity options to explore

  Enterprises can connect their SD-WAN infrastructure to cloud providers' platforms using three methods: back-to-back access, private PoP connections and internet VPN.Continue Reading

• Collaboration is key to earning cloud computing cost savings

  Many organizations turn to the cloud for greater flexibility and dynamic scalability, but IT and financial teams must work together to address the complicated pricing scenarios.Continue Reading

• Styles, protocols and methods of microservices communication

  As application architectures grow in complexity, messaging must become a priority. Review the two types of microservices communication and the primary protocols involved.Continue Reading

• Data center storage adoption reacts to pandemic pressures

  Read on to learn how data center and storage administrators use cloud services, remote management and automation to overcome today's COVID-19 challenges.Continue Reading

• Memory management techniques improve system performance

  Prior to using memory management strategies, admins should familiarize themselves with approaches to ensure they implement techniques suited to their specific circumstances.Continue Reading

• Implement simple server monitoring with PowerShell

  Administrators who build a server monitoring framework with PowerShell can develop their own customized checks for deeper insights into their environment.Continue Reading

• Storage optimization strategies for time-series data stores

  Storing time-series data should depend on how the data is used and its age. Discover tips for saving data for comparative analysis, machine learning and other purposes.Continue Reading

• Modern HCI environment shaped by evolving IT priorities

  Hyper-convergence simplified deployment and scaling of IT resources over the past decade, but modern IT is far more complex than it once was. HCI vendors evolved, but have you?Continue Reading

• Use cases for object storage ramp up to meet emerging demands

  Computational and storage advances are expanding the role of object storage beyond traditional HPC and cloud to emerging data analytics, machine learning and deep learning use cases.Continue Reading

• IT staffing trends evolve during a trying 2020

  Surveys indicate few IT pros should be concerned about layoffs due to COVID-19. But other factors, such as reskilling, training and the new WFH reality, are having a profound effect.Continue Reading

• On-premises STaaS shifts storage buying to Opex model

  Storage as a service enables organizations to access on-premises storage in various ways, such as pay as you go, subscription buying and metered payments. Learn the pros and cons.Continue Reading

• Examining hyper-converged infrastructure costs and savings

  There are several factors to consider when calculating HCI costs, including licensing, storage, networking and CPU types. In addition, costs might include support contracts.Continue Reading

• Managing VPN bandwidth requirements, speed and overhead

  Companies are relying on IPsec VPNs to connect their remote workers. But determining how much VPN bandwidth you need is just one consideration; VPN overhead is another.Continue Reading

• 5 critical capabilities for multi-cloud data management

  Organizations face increasing challenges managing data across multiple clouds. Find out the features to look for in your multi-cloud data management products and services.Continue Reading

• Agile FAQ: Get started with these Agile basics

  Check out these tips on Agile basics for a quick catch-up or a great head start on maximizing the value of using Agile methods in your organization.Continue Reading

• Top 5 cloud news stories of 2020 -- so far

  As cloud outages and acquisitions rolled on in early 2020, it seemed like the news cycle would never slow down. Review the top news articles to prepare for the rest of the year.Continue Reading

• Data center storage continues to evolve

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• Decomposing a monolithic database for microservices

  When breaking up a monolith, it's critical to decompose your database alongside your new distributed services. We explore how to do this and avoid creating a distributed monolith.Continue Reading

• 4 FAQs to help master KVM management

  When it comes to managing KVM, admins should do their homework and research common questions to better understand the technology and ensure peak performance.Continue Reading

• Navigate service discovery in a microservices architecture

  Microservices move rapidly, making streamlined service discovery a must. Learn more about the specific types of discovery approaches and how to determine a strategy.Continue Reading

• Perform a NSX-V to NSX-T migration with Migration Coordinator

  Learn how you can migrate from NSX-V, VMware's NSX for vSphere, to NSX-T, the primary version of NSX. An automated move or greenfield migration depends on your current setup.Continue Reading

• Windows Server System Insights steers admins from trouble

  The predictive analytics feature in Windows Server 2019 gives administrators a heads-up to potential problems to avoid the scrambling when help desk tickets start to pile up.Continue Reading

• WFH technologies prosper with ongoing remote access needs

  The work-from-home cat is out of the bag, and many skeptical executives have now seen its benefits, boosting markets for technologies like VPN, VDI, HCI that make it all possible.Continue Reading

• Build an effective IT asset disposal process

  Whether vendor guidance or internal analysis prompts asset disposal, managers must decide how to transfer data, map hardware-supported workflows and reduce downtime.Continue Reading

• IT asset retirement in the data center

  Is your data center equipment starting to show signs of aging? These performance metrics can evaluate hardware health and help you decide if assets should be maintained or retired.Continue Reading

• Effective QA practices for RPA bot maintenance

  Effective RPA QA ensures your bots don't go haywire. Learn how RPA bots fail, effective QA workflows to fix them, and how, when and where human testers should get involved.Continue Reading

• The ins and outs of Google Cloud Anthos on NetApp HCI

  Combining NetApp HCI with Anthos from Google enables enterprises to more easily implement and maintain a hybrid cloud infrastructure that supports modern applications and more.Continue Reading

• Create a data archiving process for your growing data sets

  Archiving is a must due to mounting data and operational requirements. Discover how archives are tiered, how long to keep archival data, and potential costs and savings.Continue Reading

• To get results in low-code development, collaboration is key

  To capitalize on the efficiency of a low-code tool, a business will need to organize a team that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish. That's not easy to do.Continue Reading

• Examples of low-code projects show stumbles and successes

  Can business staff and software developers really work together on a low-code project? It's not easy, but it can be done.Continue Reading

• How the cloud fractures application delivery infrastructure ops

  Within a single IT organization, traditional network teams may clash with cloud teams over application delivery infrastructure operations and management.Continue Reading

• 5 critical help desk KPIs to track and manage

  IT operations teams shouldn't view help desk KPIs in isolation, but rather as a set of closely related metrics that work together to track the user experience and costs.Continue Reading

• Is SCCM in Azure right for your organization?

  System Center Configuration Manager still has a long life, which was further underscored by Microsoft supporting deployments of the endpoint management tool to Azure.Continue Reading

• Compare the 2 common types of technical debt

  While enterprises often incur technical debt inadvertently through inexperience or poor management, sometimes, developers will plan technical debt to establish a market presence.Continue Reading

• How Azure, AWS, Google handle data destruction in the cloud

  Data destruction is a topic that has been poorly covered until recently. Regardless of which cloud service provider you use, this review of the top three CSPs' data destruction documentation should improve your due diligence.Continue Reading

• Cloud lock-in fears aren't as prevalent as you might think

  Enterprises are using multiple clouds, but not because they're afraid of lock-in. See why they're being smarter about cloud selection and forgoing portability in favor of speed.Continue Reading

• Establish S3 bucket security with proper access control

  Misconfigured S3 buckets can put your sensitive data at risk. Learn to configure secure S3 buckets and block public access with this guide.Continue Reading

• What should be on your cloud audit checklist?

  Although strenuous, audits are a critical part of a cloud compliance strategy. Learn about the different types of cloud audits to better prepare for your next review.Continue Reading

• Lessons learned: Strategies to adjust IT operations in a crisis

  Curious how other businesses adjusted their IT operations strategies in light of COVID-19? Look back at these five recent SearchITOperations news stories to find out.Continue Reading

• Edge computing and 5G bring the edge to remote workers

  As remote work increases, edge computing services must extend to employees' homes. While 5G could help, internet connectivity must improve to enable edge access before 5G prevails.Continue Reading

• How experts run shift-left and shift-right testing

  It's time to eliminate the testing bottleneck. Perform tests early and late in the SDLC to keep software moving -- and cut down on defects.Continue Reading

• Take control of Hyper-V power management for cost efficiency

  Organizations can better manage Hyper-V power consumption through various means, such as using Hyper-V power plans, server cores and SCVMM capabilities.Continue Reading

• How to hold effective Agile sprint planning meetings

  Successful Agile sprints aren't about 10x developers or all-night testing sessions. It all comes down to how you plan. Here's how to plan sprints that run in an effective way.Continue Reading

• Storage class memory could benefit VDI storage, remote work

  SCM has the potential to meet IOPS and latency requirements of VDI workloads, but it isn't clear if it's worth the extra cost. We look at some possible ways this could happen.Continue Reading

• MLB uses NetBox automation for network configuration backup

  Major League Baseball used NetBox in tandem with its network automation project to streamline its configuration backup process and keep its infrastructure systems in sync.Continue Reading

• How to prevent and recover from server failure

  Hardware, software and facility issues can lead to server failure. With the right protocol and preventive maintenance, you can reduce failure amount and troubleshoot time.Continue Reading

• 5 containerized storage tips to keep in your back pocket

  Interested in data storage containers? Ensure you get the most out of a containerization strategy and don't miss out on any benefits because of common misconceptions.Continue Reading

• Explore API documentation basics and best practices

  API documentation should be easy to understand -- but how do you accomplish this? Use this quick guide to learn key API documentation components, noteworthy tools and best practices.Continue Reading