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31 March 2020  — 3 min read
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31 March 2020  — 3 min read
Agentless vs Agent-Based Antivirus Software: Making The Right Choice
An ever-present challenge in business virtualization is keeping setups secure from intrusion. In a conventional architecture, antivirus and anti-malware solutions are essential for safeguarding and hardening against malicious attacks. The problem is that antivirus programs can be quite resource-intensive, diverting substantial computing resources away to handle malware scans. On a physical machine, this may only use a modest percentage of total computing performance capacity. On agent-based virtual machine configurations, however, this computing resource drain is often multiplied.
31 March 2020  — 5 min read
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31 March 2020  — 5 min read
Hyper-V Linux: The benefits and limitations
In my 20+ years of experience in the IT industry, I’ve seen few—if any—clients who use a Windows environment exclusively. It’s a heterogeneous world. The reality is, most organizations prefer to choose from a variety of operating systems, software, hardware and hypervisors; depending on what best suits the information needs of the organization.
31 March 2020  — 4 min read
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31 March 2020  — 4 min read
What is an SDN switch?
In the traditional IT environment, a network switch (also called switching hub or bridging hub) is defined as a piece of hardware that utilizes packet switching to receive, process and forward data between devices within a computer network. Today, with the global rise of server virtualization, traditional network switches are being gradually replaced with software-defined network controllers (SDN switches) that rely on the code as opposed to network bridges and hardware.
31 March 2020  — 5 min read
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31 March 2020  — 5 min read
Top 10 benefits of multicloud
With all the hype about private, public and hybrid clouds in business computing, the concept of multi cloud for IT services often gets left behind. But this can change.
31 March 2020  — 17 min read
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31 March 2020  — 17 min read
What is Hyper-V: The authoritative guide
Whether you’re just beginning to look into virtualization platform options for your company, or you’re a new Hyper-V user trying to get up to speed, it can be a challenge to find all the information you need in one place. That’s why we created this guide — to give you an all-in-one resource you can bookmark and refer back to as often as you need to, so you can get up and running on Hyper-V more smoothly.
31 March 2020  — 3 min read
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31 March 2020  — 3 min read
Hyper-V checkpoints: Why, when and how to use them
Before making changes in Hyper-V, whether it involves software configuration changes or a new software update, it's a good idea to first create a Hyper-V checkpoint.
31 March 2020  — 17 min read
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31 March 2020  — 17 min read
What is Azure? A complete guide
In a 2017 survey, Microsoft Azure was identified as the most-used public cloud, and the one most likely to be purchased or renewed, according to 28% of survey respondents — the highest percentage for any public cloud provider. With results like this, it’s no wonder the number of businesses interested in Azure continues to climb.
31 March 2020  — 5 min read
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31 March 2020  — 5 min read
Seven tips for Hyper-V monitoring that you'll wish you'd read sooner
Learn how to better manage your Hyper-V environment and improve performance. In this article, we’ll walk through how to optimally configure your VMs and servers. Then, we’ll provide a number of tips for Hyper-V monitoring.
31 March 2020  — 5 min read
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31 March 2020  — 5 min read
Hyper V vs VMware vSphere: Which solution Is right for you?
When it comes to IT planning and budgeting, you want to make sure you are getting the best return on your investment. With this in mind, we created this Hyper V vs VMware vSphere comparison to help you determine which hypervisor is right for you and your environment.
10 March 2020  — 7 min read
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10 March 2020  — 7 min read
Outsourced Backup: The Complete Guide for Businesses
If you just Googled “outsourced backup” you are already on to something, having at least heard that backup and recovery are essential to protect your organization’s most precious asset – your data. Of course, the topic is a minefield for businesses to investigate: Each organization’s needs and budget are different.
03 March 2020  — 5 min read
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03 March 2020  — 5 min read
How to Send Large Files Securely: Acronis Mass Transit
Communication and collaboration are key to modern business success. Without them, you risk slowed business growth and reduced productivity. That’s why it’s such a shock when you try to send large files, vital presentations, and last-minute project updates to your colleagues only to receive an error message from your email service.
02 March 2020  — 2 min read
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02 March 2020  — 2 min read
Why Service Providers Are Looking for Alternatives to Mozy – and Upgrade to Acronis Cyber Backup Cloud
If you're a service provider that previously delivered cloud backup for customers using a Mozy solution, then you know that Carbonite’s recent acquisition of Mozy is forcing users to transition to Carbonite Safe – and many are looking for other alternatives to Mozy instead. Note: This comparison is based on publicly available information about Carbonite product features, as of February 2020.