As of this writing, we are about three months into the COVID-19 epidemic. You’ve been working from home for at least a quarter. Some of your... Read More

If you missed the end-of-life (EOL) deadline for Windows Server 2008, you might think that you have bigger problems to deal with. Unfortunately, this task remains... Read More

It is a fact of life in the world of remote data center management that networks go offline and they need to be brought back online.... Read More

If you’re starting to get a data center up and running, it’s likely that you’ll begin organizing it using openDCIM. This is a free, browser-based data... Read More

Unplanned outages are the worst. One quarter of all companies report that an hour of unplanned downtime now costs between $300,000 and $400,000 – and 15... Read More

The Complicated History of CMDBs The one thing all Configuration Management Databases (CMDB) have in common is that for them to be of any use, they... Read More

Container adoption is making dramatic jumps from year to year. In 2018, fewer than 20 percent of IT organizations had begun to investigate containers, but that... Read More

It wasn’t long ago that cloud computing seemed poised to eliminate physical data centers. Gartner predicted that by 2025, 80% of enterprises would shut down traditional... Read More

If your business model involves storing customer data in the cloud, you’re strongly incentivized to meet SOC 2 compliance standards. This AICPA (American Institute of CPAs)... Read More

One of the first questions I’m asked about Device42 is where does the name come from. Readers of this blog will, of course, know that the... Read More