Software Reviews, Opinions, and Tips

How to Use FTP on a Mac

June 11, 2019

IT professionals looking to use FTP on a Mac must fully understand what FTP is, the risks involved, and the tools available to help them increase efficiencies and keep sensitive information secure. To understand how to use FTP on a Mac, it’s important to fully grasp what FTP is and how it works. File transfer … Read more How to Use FTP on a Mac

4 Best Software Deployment Tools

June 10, 2019

Software deployment tools are an IT professional’s best friend. They elevate existing update services, automate deployment tasks, put security best practices in place, and monitor user activity and application functioning. Without these tools, IT teams spend hours manually deploying and tracking rollouts. This takes time and resources away from other important tasks. With so many … Read more 4 Best Software Deployment Tools

How to Boost Your APM Solution With Log Management

June 3, 2019

While everyone knows application monitoring is an essential part of running awesome software services, understanding whether you need application performance management (APM) or log management isn’t so straightforward. Both techniques involve collecting data that describe your application’s behavior, and both help you analyze that data. Despite the similarities between APM and log management, they serve … Read more How to Boost Your APM Solution With Log Management

Is OneDrive Secure? Microsoft OneDrive for Business Security Risks

May 30, 2019

Microsoft OneDrive for Business is a cloud-based storage platform designed to help you organize, access, edit, update, and send files across devices. In 2014, Microsoft launched OneDrive, a rebranding of its original storage platform SkyDrive, with a mission to simplify cloud storage for all. Many businesses choose OneDrive because it offers many opportunities to share … Read more Is OneDrive Secure? Microsoft OneDrive for Business Security Risks

The Ultimate Guide to Active Directory Best Practices

May 29, 2019

Security Groups, User Accounts, and Other AD Basics At many enterprises and SMBs that use Windows devices, IT teams are likely to use Active Directory (AD). Essentially, Active Directory is an integral part of the operating system’s architecture, allowing IT more control over access and security. AD is a centralized, standard system that allows system … Read more The Ultimate Guide to Active Directory Best Practices

What is SOX Compliance?

May 28, 2019

In 2002, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, named after its sponsors Senator Paul Sabanes (D-MD) and Representative Michael G. Oxley (R-OOH-4). Instituted “to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws,” the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (commonly referred to as SOX) established a stricter protocol for internal controls … Read more What is SOX Compliance?

Ultimate Guide to Network Monitoring

May 22, 2019

For enterprises around the globe, the ability to access the internet and harness network resources has evolved from a convenience to an absolute necessity. Connectivity keeps us informed, allows us to make decisions, turns ideas into tangible products and services, and keeps the world moving forward. Yet, as modern networks have grown in complexity, they … Read more Ultimate Guide to Network Monitoring

Best Active Directory Management Tools

May 15, 2019

For administrators managing assets across enterprise networks, Active Directory is one of the most important tools in their toolbox. It doesn’t matter how large or small your operation is—managing assets, users, and authorizations across your network can be a headache. While Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is pretty indispensable when it comes to keeping tabs on … Read more Best Active Directory Management Tools

Cloud Monitoring Basics: Page Speed, App Performance, Log Analysis

May 14, 2019

Monitoring user-facing software has always been important, no doubt about it. But with the unrelenting migration of software to the cloud, and the adoption of microservices and serverless architectures such as Function as a Service (FaaS), monitoring is now business-critical. These new ways of building modern software involve many moving parts, and developers need to … Read more Cloud Monitoring Basics: Page Speed, App Performance, Log Analysis

Edge Computing Is Changing DNS

April 2, 2019

Edge computing is the new black, and it comes in flavors. One of these flavors is the geo-proximate model, where workloads live in regional data centers, telco COs, or even in micro-data centers at the base of cell phone towers. Geo-proximate edge computing is heavily reliant on GeoDNS and other modern DNS tools.