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iSCSI Study Guide

iSCSI is a popular storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. Test your knowledge of the iSCSI terms you should know with this study guide. Continue Reading
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Pop quiz: Storage area networks (SANs)

SANs may be top of mind in storage circles, but do you understand the concepts well enough to speak confidently on the topic at client sites? Take our exam, evaluate your knowledge and pitch SANs to your next prospective storage customer with more ... Continue Reading

MicroScope: Time for change

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Barracuda enjoys MSP growth

The firm has seen its MSP business improve over the last year and there are no signs that will slow down in the short-term

Lenovo lifts lid on SME demands for more flexibility

The vendor has found that a significant number of staff working for SMEs would like to get access to mobile and cloud computing ...

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DOJ takes action against Dridex malware group, Evil Corp

The U.S. Justice Department indicts two alleged members of the Russian threat group behind the Dridex banking Trojan, known as ...

Session cookie mishap exposed HackerOne private reports

A security researcher used a mishandled session cookie to access private HackerOne bug reports with an account takeover attack ...

NSS Labs drops antitrust suit against AMTSO, Symantec and ESET

NSS Labs dropped its antitrust suit against the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization, Symantec and ESET, ending a ...

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Samsung V-NAND SSDs designed for high capacity, speed, efficiency

Samsung's V-NAND chip breaks through existing 3D NAND cell stacking limits with the industry's first 100+ layers in a move ...

Portworx ships backup, capacity management for containers

Portworx's storage product tacks on PX-Backup and PX-Autopilot for Capacity Management modules for enterprises building stateful ...

Computational storage for IoT and other potential use cases

IoT is the main application for computational storage. Another potential use case is inside scale-out server architecture, but ...

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4 SD-WAN vendors integrate with AWS Transit Gateway

Aruba, Cisco, Citrix and Silver Peak are among the first SD-WAN vendors to integrate their products with the AWS Transit Gateway.

Assess the Wi-Fi 6 features available in Wave 1 and Wave 2

Catch up on the different features available with the first wave of Wi-Fi 6, including OFDMA and Target Wake Time, and find out ...

3 networking startups rearchitect routing

Networking startups Arrcus, DriveNets and Volta Networks help service providers redefine routing in the data center and at the ...

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Review these Azure Service Bus best practices

When applications talk, you need to listen. Learn about Microsoft's cloud messaging service, its main features, best practices to...

Instill cloud change management best practices

Automation is essential to change management in the cloud. Discover the best practices that ensure your IT team is in sync and ...

How much cloud does an IT disaster recovery plan need?

It's not easy to get the right mix of traditional and cloud-based DR resources. Here's how to strike a balance between what's ...

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Amazon cloud database and data analytics expand

AWS expands its Redshift data warehouse capabilities including managed storage and query acceleration at the re:Invent 2019 ...

Vendors move away from open source database software licensing

While open source is a key to success for many database vendors, it can also potentially lead to a competitive threat from a ...

Oracle looks to grow multi-model database features

Decade after decade, Oracle continues to be relevant in the database market as it pivots to include an expanding list of ...

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Sisense analytics platform update features AI, data prep tool

Augmented intelligence features and an in-warehouse data prep tool highlight Sisense's latest update, its second since acquiring ...

Operation Fistula uses data to treat childbirth injuries

Aided by an analytics stack developed by Exasol, nonprofit Operation Fistula is working to end obstetric fistula in targeted ...

Automated tools broaden the future scope of data science

Automated data science tools may make their way into the data science process, but are unlikely to ever be able to do everything ...