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Previously, I discussed how rerouting data center host infrastructure should be part of next-generation DDoS solutions. In this blog, I will discuss how link availability solutions should also play a part. Traditional DDoS solutions offer us a m… Continue reading Simple to Use Link Availability Solutions
Companies, even large ones, haven’t considered disaster recovery plans outside of their primary cloud providers own infrastructure as regularly as they should. In March of this year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a massive failure which directly… Continue reading Disaster Recovery: Data Center or Host Infrastructure Reroute
When we think of DDoS protection, we often think about how to keep our website up and running. While searching for a security solution, you’ll find several options that are similar on the surface. The main difference is whether your organization… Continue reading DDoS Protection is the Foundation for Application, Site and Data Availability
This is something that I have struggled with for most of my working life. As a technology professional, it is my job to pick the best products and solutions or to dig deeper to marry that technological decision with one that’s best for my organi… Continue reading Should Business Risk Mitigation Be A Factor When We Choose Our Suppliers And Manufacturers?
Throughout the past four blogs in this series we have harkened back to some of the same key points. Today, we will recap. 1) Not everything that glitters is gold, so use your common sense. If you can’t find a physical world comparison, don’… Continue reading Marrying the Business Need With Technology Drive: Recapping It All
In the past 20 years I have often found myself looking for just the right technology tool to solve a specific problem. Most often I have been able to find something to fit the bill, but not the sought after, best-of-breed solution that promises to sol… Continue reading Marrying the Business Need With Technology Drive, Part 4: Use Tools to Save Some Time (They Do Exist)!
In part one of this blog series we discussed how there is oftentimes a lack of knowledge when it comes to infrastructure technology and knowhow in the relevant DevOps teams. This is not what was intended when “Agile” moved from being a pur… Continue reading Marrying the Business Need With Technology, Part 3: Re-aggregating the Tools
Today more than ever, the success or failure of our digital enterprise rests on whether our customer has a good user experience. No one wants to use something that is difficult to use or unreliable, and most of us don’t want to use something unl… Continue reading Using SLA Management to Save Time and Improve
One of the biggest challenges we continue to see in the evolving cloud and DevOps world is around security and standards in general. The general lack of accumulated infrastructure knowledge coupled with the enthusiasm with which DevOps teams like to e… Continue reading Marrying the Business Need With Technology Drive, Part Two: Security by Proxy or to Complicate
Several years ago, the monolithic approach to application development fell out of vogue because time to market became the key success metric in our ever-changing world. Agile development started to become the norm and the move to DevOps was born. … Continue reading Marrying the Business Need With Technology Drive, Part One: Choosing Your Cloud