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Digital transformation is a term that has steadily gained interest over the past few years, but represents a process that isn’t nearly as new as the... Read More

Successful cloud migration requires an absolutely accurate analysis of an existing IT deployment. This includes the hardware, the software, all running services, and the interdependencies between... Read More

Introduction: Understanding is Powerful The modern tech ecosystem is comprised of a litany of tools, frameworks, solutions, and philosophies that seek to empower us in our work.... Read More

There’s currently an “Ops Identity Crisis” happening in our industry. Sysadmins, techops, DevOps, and SREs are all worried that they are automating their jobs away, which... Read More

What is a Software-Defined Data Center? A software-defined data center means Software-Defined Everything: All aspects of the IT stack have virtual rather than physical implementations. The... Read More

Consolidation & Optimization Data center optimization and consolidation is something that is often on the mind of those involved with the operations of large datacenters. The... Read More

Software wears out? In short, yes! Software doesn’t ‘wear out’ in the classical sense, but it does indeed have a limited lifespan. As technology evolves, there... Read More

Monitoring System Initiated Automatic Failover – Including a Nagios Example When running Device42 in a Warm HA (High Availability) configuration, in the event the primary instance... Read More

Introduction Your migration is about to hit its most exhilarating point. The Migration step proves out all the hard work and planning you’ve done prior. The... Read More

We’re proud to announce the Device42 “How-To” video series! Each short video answers a common question about Device42, or demonstrates a process within Device42’s Software. To... Read More