Jenna Phipps

Mobile device management software remotely controls all of an enterprise’s mobile devices used for work or data processing. It’s particularly important for companies that have multiple remote office locations or work-from-home employees. Without a unified endpoint management or MDM solution, enterprises are limited in their ability to provide flexible remote work environments and further their […]

Cyberstorage, listed in Gartner’s recently released Hype Cycle for 2021 Innovation Trigger section, is a rare term, but it’s not an entirely new one. The words “cyber” and “storage” have been brought together before, most notably in Acronis’s cyber protection solution for data storage. Acronis uses the Five Vectors of Cyber Protection — safety, accessibility, […]

Remote monitoring and management software allows enterprises and managed service providers to control devices and networks across geographically disparate locations. RMM software is particularly helpful for businesses with many remote offices and employees and MSPs with many clients. In increasingly remote work environments, keeping networks and devices connected is one of enterprises’ largest needs. RMM […]

Bottom Line CrystalDiskMark is one of the most popular benchmarking tools for computer and external drives. It’s open source, free, and one of the best free drive benchmark software choices. CrystalDiskMark performs good low-queue reads and provides multiple test modes for drives. The software allows users to test SSDs, including NVMe drives — a useful […]

Data lakes and data swamps are similar approaches to data storage, compiling structured and unstructured data in one repository. Large enterprises are most likely to use lakes and swamps because they need to hold enormous amounts of data, even if they don’t know when or why they’ll need it. Data lakes and swamps cost less […]

What is Risk Management? Risk management software automates and centralizes risk analysis, internal data and reports, and assessments for organizations. Businesses run many risks, including: IT and security threats Mishaps with financial records, such as inaccurate audits Sales and deals Human mistakes Failure to comply with regulations Risk management tools comprehensively handle all potential dangers […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies improve automation and efficiency in data centers and storage infrastructures. Some AI-influenced networks and systems still require heavy human interaction, but recent advances in intelligence have increased the amount of work that artificial systems and machines can perform, as well as their accuracy. One of these innovations […]

MSP software consolidates monitoring for managed service providers. MSPs use these solutions to manage multiple client infrastructures, systems, and devices. Using both managed service providers and MSP software differs from the “break-fix” approach, which is the practice of soliciting IT assistance only when something goes wrong within company infrastructure. Instead, MSP software takes a proactive […]

Managed service providers perform an arsenal of outsourced tasks, including cloud deployment and migration, advanced data analytics, and IoT and network installation. Managed services can take place on premises or in the provider’s data center. When companies don’t want to design or manage their own IT infrastructure, managed service providers handle administrative IT tasks for […]

Container software provides an environment for containerized applications to run with a variety of features including storage, automation, and management. By isolating applications from the surrounding environment, containers and container software provide greater flexibility for workloads in data centers: they can run on more servers. Containerization, which has grown in popularity in the past few […]

Solid state drive benchmarking tests SSD performance under a variety of workloads. SSD owners that want to monitor their drive can use benchmarks to observe, read, and write rates and other performance metrics. For enterprises such as Samsung and Western Digital, which sell SSDs, benchmark tests reveal the speeds at which their SSDs read and […]

In modern enterprise data centers, where flexibility is important, being able to rapidly configure or provision hardware can help prevent bottlenecks. Bandwidth demands also vary. Composability, or composable infrastructure, can improve networking speeds: data center networks must handle a variety of workloads, some high performing and some not. Data center CPUs struggle to quickly process […]