I recently reached out to virtualization expert David Marshall in the latest of our series of blogger profiles. In addition to being a really nice guy, David has developed a substantial following through his blog (VMBlog at www.vmblog.com) and content on InfoWorld as well as his books on virtualization. So let’s get right…
In a previous post I discussed the imperative for bandwidth monitoring and management on networks with business-critical purposes and contention for resources due to popular, bandwidth-intensive streaming services—YouTube being the reigning giant. In this post I want to address a common need to efficiently manage the flow…
As IT admins and network engineers we all know the answer to why we need to migrate to IPv6. Let’s do a quick recap. The primary sources of IPv4 addresses are getting exhausted. Of the five regional Internet registries (RIR) in the world, the Asian major, APNIC, has officially declared in 2011 that they are out of IPv4.…
Last week we co-hosted a webcast presented by Randy Franklin Smith of ultimatewindowssecurity.com entitled "Auditing SharePoint Activity for Compliance and Security". For those of you who haven’t thought about it, protecting information by constantly monitoring logs and event data has been the primary course of action to…
For the next few weeks my travel schedule is going to be sort of crazy so I thought I'd provide everyone with an update and also a heads-up on some upcoming events where we might be able to talk in person. From October 8th thru 16th I'll be on vacation at about 11,000 feet in Colorado. If you're curious about exactly where…
Last week I was out in Vegas attending VMWorld. As usual, it was a great show. VMWorld is one of those shows that I feel like I just have to get to every year (in addition to Cisco Live and a couple of others in the DoD space). There's always a boatload of new technologies being talked about and demonstrated and it's a…
What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet - Juliet What's in a name? If we call it a private cloud Or a virtualized environment, it's still pretty sweet! - Julie in IT So, that private cloud you just set up might not actually be a cloud, after all. At least that's what Network World…
A quick Google search tells us that YouTube uses as much or more bandwidth worldwide than all other sites combined. And while YouTube uses optical carrier for long-haul and metro-link delivery of content, the endpoints requesting the content from within most company networks depend on shared T1 lines that handle all…
The marketing team here is hosting a survey and giving away some pretty sweet prizes. Well, I would never actually purchase a Wii myself, but if I won one I'd sure as heck play it :) Here's a link to the details. Help us out and take a few minutes to fill it out... Take a few minutes to share your thoughts in this short…
If you rely on a Huawei router or firewall configuration, you can use Kiwi Syslog Server to monitor and archive network activity. Read on to learn how. What is Syslog Again? Syslog is a standard used to log and route messages like router connection messages and firewall warnings in an IP network. The syslog standard…
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