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Lessons learned from supporting a remote workforce
Here are my top 3 lessons learned from supporting a remote workforce since March.
Decade-old vulnerability found in Linux Sudo bug
Get patching, Linux users! A vulnerability in the popular Linux Sudo package could grant privileged root access on affected systems.
SUNBURST SolarWinds Orion IT management platform security advisory
If your organization is using SolarWinds Orion, the CISA ED advises its immediate shutdown and partnering with an organization that conducts incident response to assess impact.
Goodbye CentOS, hello CentOS Stream
From now on, there will be no CentOS Linux — just CentOS Stream. Here’s how it will affect the IT industry.
The downside of scaling up
The ability to quickly and easily provision resources (either automatically or manually) in the cloud is one of the most famous cloud benefits. People often leverage this ability to address performance issues or sudden increases in demand reactively. But this...
Get your 2021 IT budget right
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
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
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.
Your disaster recovery plan has to work
It’s important to have a disaster recovery plan, but it’s equally as important to make sure that it works. Here’s how.
iDRAC vulnerability puts Dell EMC PowerEdge systems at risk
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
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
No one wants to deal with building their own data center anymore. But cloud isn’t the only alternative.