Tutorials

Tutorials

• How to install and configure vCenter Update Manager

  Follow these steps to install and configure VMware vCenter Update Manager, which can help solution providers with patching hosts and virtual machines.  Continue Reading

• How to manage Windows 7 user accounts and groups

  Whether your customers operate in a workgroup or a domain/Active Directory environment, user account setup and group memberships control their rights, permissions and roles.  Continue Reading

• Blockchain: Oil and gas emerges as consulting market

  Blockchain opportunities in the oil and gas sector are beginning to surface, attracting the attention of consulting firms and integrators such as Accenture, Deloitte and Quisitive.  Continue Reading

• The NVMe spec: A channel partner primer

  The NVMe spec has taken hold in storage systems and servers and is now targeting network connections via the NVMe over Fabrics spec, opening partner opportunities.  Continue Reading

• Application-aware firewall strategies for the channel

  With the emergence of virtualization and converged data center networks, it is crucial for systems integrators to educate their customers on application-aware firewall strategies.  Continue Reading

• CISSP practice quiz: Law, investigations, ethics

  Take this CISSP practcie quiz to ensure your knowledge of information security laws, investigations and ethics and in turn help you prepare for and pass the CISSP exam.  Continue Reading

• CISSP quiz: Business continuity and disaster recovery

  This CISSP quiz, which is a part of the SearchSecurityChannel.com CISSP Study Guide will test your knowledge of business continuity and disaster recovery best practices and help you pass the CISSP exam.  Continue Reading

• CISSP practice quiz: Access control and authentication

  This CISSP quiz, which is a part of the SearchSecurityChannel CISSP Study Guide will test your knowledge of access control and authentication and help you pass the CISSP exam.  Continue Reading

• Healthcare networking: Healthcare IT services guide

  Planning to offer healthcare IT consulting services? Make sure you know the ins and outs of healthcare networking and other healthcare IT services, which are covered in this comprehensive guide for networking solution providers and consultants.  Continue Reading

• CISSP practice exam: Physical security

  In this CISSP practice exam you can test your knowledge of physical security measures and threats in order to prepare for and pass the CISSP test.  Continue Reading

• CISSP practice test: Cryptography

  This CISSP practice test, which is a part of the SearchSecurityChannel.com CISSP Study Guide, will test your knowledge of cryptography and help you pass the CISSP exam.  Continue Reading

• Windows Server 2008 R2 features and backup guide

  Browse through the new Windows Server 2008 R2 features, and learn best practices for Windows Server 2008 R2 backup, which can help boost sales for solution providers.  Continue Reading

• Citrix XenServer guide: Hypervisor comparison and configuration

  When helping customers make decisions during a hypervisor comparison, Citrix XenServer licensing, Active Directory integration and other features are important factors to consider.  Continue Reading

• Snort Tutorial: How to use Snort intrusion detection resources

  In this Snort Tutorial, you will receive advice from the experts on Snort rules, installation best practices and unified output. You will learn how to use Snort, how to test Snort and how to upgrade to different versions of the intrusion detection ...  Continue Reading

• VAR guide: Wireshark, the open source network monitoring tool

  Your customers rely on you to monitor their networks to keep them safe and efficient. This VAR guide with Richard Bejtlich outlines the importance of Wireshark, the open source network monitoring tool, and why networking service providers that offer...  Continue Reading

• The director switch: Basic SAN switch, plus scalability and high availability

  One director-class switch can supplant multiple SAN switches and deliver scalability, high availability and a number of advanced features for Fibre Channel SANs.  Continue Reading

• HITECH Act and HIPAA: Guidelines for data security compliance

  Value-added resellers and security consultants can help healthcare practitioners comply with HIPAA by educating these SMBs during product sales, and by implementing risk analysis and management processes. This HIPAA Compliance Guide will help you ...  Continue Reading

• NAS systems implementation guide

  Use this NAS systems implementation guide to navigate the issues related to customers' existing or new network-attached storage systems, including techniques to curb the growth of data on their NAS and advice on how to size a NAS.  Continue Reading

• Web application firewall security guide: Stop vulnerabilities, threats

  This Web application firewall security mini guide offers a deeper look at how Web application firewalls work, how they can help protect your customers' environments, assist corporations in achieving compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data ...  Continue Reading

• Software as a Service application implementation study guide

  Test your knowledge of Software as a Service and get information on SaaS tools and business intelligence services.  Continue Reading

• A guide to selling managed WAN services

  WAN services offerings provide a revenue opportunity for MSPs and VARs as more companies seek reliable service to branch offices while fighting staff shortages and reduced budgets. In this guide to WAN services for the channel, you'll learn about ...  Continue Reading

• VMware ESX and ESXi Server management study guide

  This study guide tests your knowledge of VMware ESX and ESXi and covers performance monitoring tools and troubleshooting methods. Take the quiz to find more learning resources.  Continue Reading

• A guide to selling managed services: VoIP and unified communications

  In this guide to selling managed services in VoIP and hosted unified communications and collaboration, VARs can learn how to capitalize on these fast-growing markets by becoming service providers.  Continue Reading

• ITIL guide: Best practices, implementation and training

  This Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) guide has all you need to know about ITIL best practices, implementation, certification, training and tools. Learn about the ITIL framework and IT change management from our compilation of ...  Continue Reading

• Data center power and cooling study guide

  Use this study guide to test your data center power and cooling knowledge.  Continue Reading

• Wireless LAN study guide

  With more and more companies turning to wireless LANs (WLANs) for their networking needs, channel professionals must be up to speed on this ever-changing technology. Before choosing a WLAN solution, you'll need to evaluate what kind of capacity ...  Continue Reading

• Business continuity, disaster recovery plan best practices: CISSP Study Guide

  Test your knowledge of business continuity and learn about disaster recoverry plan best practices in this part of our CISSP Study Guide, geared towards the CISSP certification exam.  Continue Reading

• How to install a certificate on a Windows Vista client

  Learn how to install a certificate onto a Windows Vista client after downloading the certificate from the enterprise certificate authority.  Continue Reading

• Law, investigations, ethics: Security incident response management

  The CISSP exam covers 10 domains, one of which is law, investigations and ethics. In this section of the SearchSecurityChannel.com CISSP Study Guide, you will ensure your knowledge of law, investigations and ethics and security incident response ...  Continue Reading

• Network security architecture design, security model: CISSP Study Guide

  Test your knowledge of security architecture design and security model in this part of our CISSP Study Guide, geared towards the CISSP certification exam.  Continue Reading

• Infosec and enterprise risk management framework: CISSP Study Guide

  Test your knowledge of information security and enterprise risk management and learn how to create a sucessful risk management framework in this part of our CISSP Study Guide, geared towards the CISSP certification exam.  Continue Reading

• How to publish the Certificate Revocation List

  Learn how to publish the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) during the setup of a Vista VPN running on Windows Server 2008 in this part of our VPN setup guide.  Continue Reading

• Enterprise application security best practices: CISSP Study Guide

  Learn more about enterprise application security best practices and test your knowledge of application security in this CISSP Study Guide.  Continue Reading

• Secure authentication and access control best practices: CISSP Study Guide

  Test your knowledge of access control in this part of our CISSP Study Guide and learn secure authentication and access control best practices.  Continue Reading

• Cryptography tutorial: CISSP study guide

  The CISSP exam is made up of 10 domains, one of which is cryptocraphy. This domain section of the CISSP Study Guide will act as a cryptography tutorial and will let you test your knowledge of cryptography with our resources and a quiz written by ...  Continue Reading

• Physical security measures: CISSP Study Guide

  The CISSP exam is made up of ten domains, one of which is physical security. Test your knowledge of physical security measures with our resources and a quiz written by author and Logical Security's president Shon Harris.  Continue Reading

• CISSP Study Guide: Training to pass the CISSP exam

  CISSP certification can give channel partners an edge over their competition by giving their employees credibility with certified expertise. Our CISSP Study Guide can help you prepare for and pass the exam with help from security expert and author ...  Continue Reading

• iSCSI storage vs. Fibre Channel storage: A SAN tutorial

  iSCSI storage systems and Fibre Channel storage arrays are both used in storage area networks (SANs). Get help deciding which may be better for your customers in this tutorial.  Continue Reading

• Choosing a processor: Multi-core and 64-bit considerations

  Multi-core, 64-bit or 32-bit processor -- what's best for your client's shop? This guide gives channel professionals the information they need to help clients choose a processor.  Continue Reading

• Penetration testing tutorial for service providers

  Penetration testing provides a complete picture of your client's security posture. In this series of tips by SearchSecurityChannel expert Russell Dean Vines, ethical hackers learn how to sell their services, protect themselves from risk and conduct ...  Continue Reading

• IP network design: A learning guide

  The heterogeneous nature of modern applications has made the design of IP networks more challenging than ever before. This Learning Guide delves into the various aspects of network design to help value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators ...  Continue Reading

• Windows Server 2008 Tutorial

  Windows Server 2008 is scheduled to be released in February, 2008 and so far many industry experts have given it the thumbs-up. Start preparing to help your customers upgrade now with the tips, tricks and information included in this tutorial. ...  Continue Reading

• Editing the snort.conf file for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

  The final step in setting up Snort for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is editing its snort.conf configuration file. Learn how to teach Snort about your home network, external networks, the path to the Snort rules and to tell Snort to output to the MySQL...  Continue Reading

• Snort hardware and network requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

  Learn the basic hardware and network requirements for running Snort on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, including where to set up a Snort sensor and how to secure it.  Continue Reading

• Linux systems integrators guide

  Linux systems integrators have to know how to migrate to Linux from another platform, install SUSE and Red Hat and manage the system so that customers can still get their work done. This guide will give you the Linux tools you need to support the ...  Continue Reading

• Software licensing how-tos for virtual server environments

  Software licensing agreements pose new challenges in virtual server environments where virtual machine cloning and insufficient licensing is common. Let this guide help you understand how to license virtual products for your clients.  Continue Reading

• Server room design and data storage facility planning guide

  Server room and data storage facility planning is a daunting task for any professional. As a value-added reseller, you can help design and maintain the brains of an enterprise -- the data center. Using the expert advice and strategies discussed in ...  Continue Reading

• Maintain physical security of the router

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• Establish Ingress and Egress address filtering policies

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• Disable IP source routing

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• Disable IP directed broadcasts

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• Set up effective storage strategies

  Prepare customers to properly handle ongoing storage capacity issues by setting them up with solid, well-tested storage strategies. This guide will help you address potential business concerns, identify storage needs and develop strategies.  Continue Reading

• How to set up a Windows VPN: Hardware requirements

  A Windows-based virtual private network requires specific hardware and software. This tip describes those requirements in detail for value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators who build VPNs for their customers.  Continue Reading

• Five steps to capacity planning, step 1

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• Information Security Certification Guide

  This guide provides a comprehensive listing of available vendor-neutral information security certifications.  Continue Reading

• Vendor Information Security Certification Guide

  This guide provides an overview of the many vendor-specific security certifications available to value-added resellers, systems integrators and consultants.  Continue Reading

• CISSP Study Guide

  Resources, tips and strategies for preparing for -- and passing -- the CISSP exam.  Continue Reading

• SUSE Linux 10 network configuration tips

  To configure SUSE Linux 10, the second step is to set up the network interface card (NIC).  Continue Reading

• Configuring a SUSE Linux 10 default gateway

  The SUSE Linux 10 router and gateway can be configured easily following these Linux setup steps.  Continue Reading

• Setting up a SUSE Linux 10 host name and DNS addresses

  A SUSE Linux 10 machine's host name and DNS address can be easily configured following these Linux setup steps.  Continue Reading

• Adding a new user for SUSE Linux 10

  This SUSE Linux 10 guide offers users an easy to follow walk through for user creation.  Continue Reading

• Changing the default SUSE Linux 10 runlevel

  SUSE Linux 10 allows you to customize the runlevel so that the services that load while the system is booting are only the ones which are useful to a customer.  Continue Reading

• SUSE 10 Linux root partition

  After the swap space has been created, you need to configure the root (/) partition for SUSE 10 -- the most important data partition on any Linux or Unix system  Continue Reading

• Primary and extended partitions for SUSE Linux 10

  In this section, learn how to create the partitions needed to install SUSE Linux 10.  Continue Reading