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You would think a business knows what its critical applications are. Yet it’s fairly common during disaster recovery (DR) tests to discover that key applications and services have been [...]

One of the most important aspects of cloud planning is developing a monitoring strategy. Using the vendor’s monitoring tools is adequate when a business first shifts to the cloud but is rarely [...]

For many businesses, the infrastructure plans made last year didn’t match the infrastructure needs this year. The sudden increase in remote work placed unexpected demands on networks, security, [...]

By now, everyone knows the reasons for using cloud: reduced costs, reduced support, increased reliability, increased scalability, increased agility. Of the reasons not to use cloud, security [...]

Although clouds have blurred the network boundary, firewalls remain a first line of defense to protect the corporate network perimeter. What should a business look for when selecting a firewall? [...]

What tools do you think of when you think about security? Probably things like your firewall, intrusion detection software, data loss prevention software, antivirus software, a cloud access [...]

The good old days were a lot simpler than modern times. There was one big machine, and it lived in the data center. Then things became more complicated, with smaller machines in different places [...]

The business world continues to change in response to the COVID outbreak and work from home orders. Though initial predictions saw us back to work in June or July, we are now approaching half a [...]