Toward zero days of cyber exploits
By Davina Armstrong-Cruz The modern workforce has changed in many ways over the years: from how we access data, to what devices we use, to perhaps the biggest change—the priority we must give to cybersecurity. Over the past several years, zero-day exploits and other cyberattacks have increased across all industries. Factors that may heighten security […]
Top Ten Reasons to Choose Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery
Cyberattacks endanger data-driven businesses – and today all businesses are data driven Dedicated hardened digital vault with physical and operational air gap Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery has a secure digital vault that is physically and logically isolated from the product and backup network with an operational air gap. Critical data is protected within […]
Three starting points for the zero-trust roadmap
Written by: Jenni Barber, Sterling With cyberattacks increasing at an exponential rate from 2020 to 2021, make sure you are proactive and prepared, with risk mitigation, incident-response plans, and a Zero-Trust cybersecurity model in place. Don’t fall into the ransomware trap and become a statistic of cyber breach. Three starting points to protect your […]
Trading Technical Debt for Managed Services in the Cloud
A GovLoop interview with Billy Downing, Cloud Architect, Sterling There’s no disputing the integral role technology plays in supporting nuanced government work. What is up for debate, however, is how much of that tech infrastructure agencies can and should maintain themselves. “Agencies are not in the business of managing infrastructure,” said Billy Downing, […]
Disaster Recovery with VMware VCDR
Written by: Nathan Bennett, Cloud Architect In the early months of 2021, Mother Nature decided to send unusual weather patterns across the U.S. Record-low temperatures were registered across multiple states, as well as intense rain, ice, and snow. In my home state of Texas, we found out how underprepared we were. I’ve always joked with […]
The Cybersecurity Pandemic
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Raging alongside the coronavirus pandemic that has threatened our lives globally has been another scourge, ongoing, threatening our well-being globally and costing us dearly, but with no vaccine. There’s no doubt we’ve been occupied societally with a life-or-death virus, and we’ve had to leave this tech plague – cybercrime – mainly to IT specialists, but […]
SaltStack vRealized
by Nathan Bennett At the beginning of October, VMware acquired the company SaltStack. The VMware blog post about the purchase indicated that the reason for the acquisition was “to bolster Software Configuration Management and Infrastructure Automation”. With products like VMware Cloud Foundation, vRealize Automation, and vRealize Operations, you might find yourself questioning this acquisition based […]
Sterling Unveils State-of-the-Art Solution Center
North Sioux City, SD, December 16, 2020 – Sterling, an award-winning technology reseller, has unveiled an ultramodern solution center housed within their North Sioux City, SD headquarters. Known as the Client to Cloud Solution Center, this high-end technical demonstration lab offers an innovative virtual setting in which Sterling’s solutions architects supply test runs of the cutting-edge technology solutions from the market’s top Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). The Sterling […]
Is the Project Pacific Promise fulfilled on vSphere with Tanzu?
by Nathan Bennett vSphere with Tanzu Since the announcement on September 15th, the focus has been on vSphere with Tanzu. The question is whether this truly delivers on the “Pacific Promise”. In 2018, Pat Gelsinger announced that he was embarking on a journey with Project Pacific. This journey would end with a vSphere integration with […]
Microservices vs Monolithic
written by Hitesh Kumar What is Microservice Application Architecture? Microservice application architecture comprises a combination of small and self-sufficient services where each service is self-contained. In microservice architecture, every service must be deployed as a single business component and operated independently. This architecture has become a popular choice for application implementation in the […]