Are Zombie Servers Eating Away at Your Profits? Recently, it was reported via a joint study involving researchers at Stanford University and TSO Logic that 30% of all data center servers don’t actually do anything. These “zombie servers” remain plugged in and continue to draw power while delivering no useful information. These 10 million-plus comatose servers were also the topic of a report recently released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The NRDC’s researchers determined that if data center facilities across the U.S. were able to implement the tools […]
Ashley Madison, Hillary Clinton, and Secure Data Destruction It’s been a tough year thus far for Hillary Clinton and the Internet dating site Ashley Madison. While these two names would most likely never be uttered together in the same sentence under normal circumstances, they both have experienced similar woes this year in the form of lackluster data management. Hillary Clinton and the Case of the Deleted Emails In the case of Hillary Clinton, her legitimacy as a trustworthy presidential candidate was put into question this year when it was revealed […]
Windows Server 2008 R2 End-of-Life Support Looms. The Time to Act is Now! It seems like we just went through this with Windows Server 2003, but we’ll soon be losing yet another popular Microsoft standby – Windows Server 2008 R2. End-of-life mainstream support for the system has already ceased as of January 13, 2015, but the big blow is still ahead. On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will be officially ending its support for Windows Server 2008 R2 editions. Although 2020 seems like it’s a ways off, updating an IT infrastructure […]
Computer Operating Systems And Their Personalities: What Does Your OS Say About You? If you’ve spent any time at all on social media sites, then you’re probably familiar with the ever-popular “personality quizzes” that get passed around. By now, you probably know which Harry Potter character you are, which Disney character is your arch nemesis, and other fun, but pointless facts. There’s even a quiz that will tell you which Golden Girls’-inspired cheesecake you should eat. But, as funny as those quizzes can be, there is something that can honestly […]
What are Man-In-The-Cloud Attacks? It seems like every week new data security risks come to the forefront of tech news. Most recently, the data security firm, Imperva, discovered that even our cloud-based storage partners aren’t as secure as we once believed. As it turns out, many of the top cloud storage providers are susceptible to side door man-in-the-cloud attacks. The most concerning news regarding this cloud computing security revelation is that data thieves can access your files without even needing your login and password information. As with most data security […]