Data centers represent a significant investment and asset to an organization, usually serving as the center of operations to enable business success via technology. While investment in cloud services remains a strong alternative to on-premises data centers, many organizations nevertheless choose to implement or retain a full or partial presence of in-house server rooms. This ...

Whether it flows through business transactions, customer activity, employee productivity or the Internet of Things, data is the lifeblood of most modern businesses. Data leads to information and information leads to better business decisions. Gathering data in a usable framework that can be accessed by decision-makers in a standardized manner is the role of the ...

A company’s data center serves as the veritable lifeblood of an organization. A data center houses the systems that run critical services that permit access into and out of the company’s networks and other elements the business needs to function correctly. The purpose of this policy, written by Scott Matteson for TechRepublic Premium, is to ...

Choosing a vendor to provide cloud-based data warehouse services requires a certain level of due diligence on the part of the purchaser. This cloud data warehouse guide and checklist from TechRepublic Premium will help businesses choose the vendor that best fits its data storage needs based on offered features and key elements. From the guide: ...

Useful and actionable information is the engine of success that drives the modern business enterprise. Properly collecting, storing and processing business data is what provides the fuel for that success engine. The database administrator is responsible for determining how data will be collected, structured and stored so that it can be accessed and processed when ...

Natural and man-made disasters can jeopardize the operations and future of any company today. Hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist or cyberattacks are just a few examples of potentially crippling threats. As a result, the development of a disaster recovery plan is a must to ensure ongoing business processes in the wake of a crisis situation. This ...

Backup routines are the lifeblood of information technology. Protecting an organization’s data is a computer professional’s highest priority. Whether it’s hackers, disgruntled or confused users, a fire or flood, hardware failure or just thunderstorms threatening the information you’re charged with protecting, a solid backup routine is at least a best practice if not a best ...

Checklists standardize processes. Standardizing processes enables consistent results, improved efficiency and client satisfaction. It’s a potent combination and one you can readily incorporate within your organization. When you need to order a new server, TechRepublic Premium’s New Server Checklist can help. It’s designed to prevent many common errors that are easily overlooked, expensive to fix ...

Virtualization allows for applications, operating systems and networks to be operated in a logical ‘sandbox,’ reducing the need for physical hardware. The host platform for virtualized resources can be located on-premises or provided by a cloud services operator, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud. This policy from TechRepublic Premium provides guidelines for implementing ...

Among the surest method of jeopardizing employment within information technology is botching a server migration. Don’t let your career suffer a setback due to an easily overlooked detail. Instead, plan server migrations carefully and employ a checklist, like the accompanying spreadsheet from TechRepublic Premium, to ensure critically important details aren’t missed. From the checklist: HOW ...

Employees, data and resources are three of the biggest assets in any given organization. With concepts such as mobility and cloud access becoming nearly ubiquitous, the ability of company staff to protect and recover data and/or resources spread out across disparate environments is especially vital for continued success. This policy from TechRepublic Premium provides guidelines ...

Organizations, regardless of size, should have a disaster recovery and business continuity plan. Such a plan helps IT pros create policies that address critical elements and processes that should be considered and implemented before a crisis occurs. This plan from TechRepublic Premium provides a roadmap that organizations can follow. From the policy: DISASTER PLAN IMPORTANCE ...