Get your 2021 IT budget right

by Eric Dynowski | Nov 3, 2020 | Cloud

Follow these recommended steps to get your tech budget right in 2021. Start by looking at your existing IT spend, line-item by line-item.

Listen to this podcast featuring Kurt Mackey, CEO of Fly.io

by Chris Rechtsteiner | Sep 15, 2020 | Network

Listen to this new podcast interview with Kurt Mackey, CEO of Fly.io, a platform for running app servers close to users.

AWS Bottlerocket – A Quick, 9-Item Primer

by Chris Rechtsteiner | Sep 1, 2020 | Cloud

Check out this quick, 9-item primer on AWS Bottlerocket, a new open source Linux-based Operating System (OS) that’s purpose-built to run containers.

iDRAC vulnerability puts Dell EMC PowerEdge systems at risk

by Evan Ruffini | Jul 29, 2020 | Security

SCTG is taking steps to mitigate a vulnerability (CVE-2020-5366) in the iDRAC9 controller onboard Dell EMC PowerEdge 14th-Generation servers.

SIGRed: What you need to know about Microsoft’s latest vulnerability

by Evan Ruffini | Jul 14, 2020 | Security

Security researchers have discovered a 17-year old bug in Windows Server that allows a hacker to gain Domain Admin rights to your system. Here’s what to do.

Why everyone says data centers are dead

by Tom Kiblin | May 18, 2020 | Data Center

No one wants to deal with building their own data center anymore. But cloud isn’t the only alternative.

ServerCentral Turing Group Provides Managed IT Services to Essential Chicago Businesses

by Chris Rechtsteiner | Apr 28, 2020 | News

In light of rapidly changing business conditions, ServerCentral Turing Group (SCTG), today announced its Essential Chicago initiative to provide managed IT services to Chicago essential businesses for the remainder of 2020. The company’s Essential...

VMware releases vCenter security advisory

by Evan Ruffini | Apr 14, 2020 | Security

VMware announced a vCenter security vulnerability rated 10 out of 10 on the CVSS v3 scale due to the likelihood and ease of an attacker exploiting it.

Fighting the coronavirus with computers

by Paul Armenakis | Apr 7, 2020 | Data Center

COVID-19 research is performed in labs — but not the kind you might think. Thanks to the biomedical research platform Folding@home (F@h), computer labs operating out of regular people’s homes are actually running the complex calculations that will help scientists understand the coronavirus. Here’s how to get involved.

Secure your backups in 5 steps

by Jamie F Pechak | Apr 1, 2020 | Disaster Recovery

To secure your backups, start by combining a local NAS or USB backup with a remote cloud backup (e.g., AWS or Google) for remote employees using storage.