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Everything I Needed To Know About IT I Learned From Logan (Part Three)

(This is the third part of a series. You can find Part One here and Part Two here.) It behooves me to remind you that there are many spoilers beyond…

Is Collaboration Something I Should be Thinking About?

Over the past few years, we have seen an ever-changing landscape when it comes to technology. When I first started in IT, my company decided on IBM for everything. Servers,…

Can I Deliver Value through Responsiveness and Efficiency?

I don’t know how many times in the past 15 years I have heard people say, “My computers running slow! I need an upgrade.” Everyone, even your colleagues in the…

Everything I Needed To Know About IT I Learned From Logan (Part Two)

(This is the second part of a series. You can find Part One here.) It behooves me to remind you that there are many spoilers beyond this point. If you…

DevOps Wrap-Up

Welcome to the final post in my series on DevOps. If you’ve been following along, you know the content generated several questions. In this post, I will consolidate those questions…

Why do I Have to Think About Business Continuity?

You’ve probably heard about the importance of business continuity and disaster recovery. Today, more businesses have business continuity plans than ever before. With so many businesses looking to secure their…

SDN, Network Management, and You

The industry has been busy discussing the nature of SDN, or software-defined networking. They are wondering if SDN is Openflow. Or maybe it just programs the network through open APIs, which can be anything…

Configuring and Monitoring the Next Gen Network

In Intent-Based Networking – A Must for SDN, an article published on this site, Faisal Khan makes the very valid point that “SDN is about making networking more flexible and agile through programming…

How to Hyper-converge Effectively

Hyper-converged offerings are gaining popularity, and more vendors are entering the arena. Everything is software-defined; therefore, the technology cannot be separated like in a converged offering. This can bring a…

The Benefits of Integrating Monitoring with ITSM Solutions

When you evaluate a monitoring solution for your environment, consider the solution’s ability to integrate with other applications and services. Most notably, a monitoring solution should be able to integrate…