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This blog is sponsored by Cisco and was originally posted on their blog by: Anthony Grieco September 26, 2018 We know adversaries have the expertise and tools necessary to take down critical infrastructure and systems that cripple entire regions. These critical systems are essential to our global economy, ...

Virtual Value — The Business Case for Virtualization Management The market for virtualization is growing: Recent predictions suggest steady growth in the data virtualization market over the next four years to more than four billion dollars, even as companies come to grips with the widening gap between critical IT jobs and the number of skilled professionals ...

In today’s world, we hear the word hacking very often. Sometimes we hear of celebrities, or even your neighbors' accounts were hacked. But do we know what hacking actually is? Not really, at least many people don't fully understand it. Whenever people hear the word “hacking”— Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or WhatsApp is what usually comes to mind. But it's ...

Summary – As a System Administrator, handling RAID arrays, you might have come across data loss situations due to RAID Controller/Card failure or any other reason leading to failed RAID arrays. In this article, we present an advanced RAID recovery software to date to rescue this situation. Read on to know more about the software utility, its features, ...

Netcat and Ncat are tiny but robust tools that are used for reading from and writing to network connections using the TCP or the UDP protocol. The two tools are feature-rich and can function both as clients and servers. Transformers , who has extensive experience in penetration testing ...

This blog is sponsored by Cisco and was originally posted on their blog by: Marc Blackmer September 13, 2018 I recently heard a news story about a survey in which people were asked whether they would prefer to the ability to fly or to be invisible. Sure, it was a silly question*, ...

Building Blocks: The Virtual Foundation of Effective Cloud Deployments Cloud computing is everywhere. From business networks to social services to the burgeoning IoT market, this former tech outlier is the now the go-to option for companies looking to compete on a global scale, secure networks and boost IT agility.The rapid rise of the cloud also has a secondary ...

Before I start, please let me say that I am not a Master of any of the above languages. I am still a neophyte in my quest to become prolific, as well as articulate in conveying the power of these 3 computer languages.At a very young age, I have always been excited about computers. The way they work, how ...

With the advancement of the technology, the PDF file format is the most reliable file format. It is the portable document format (PDF) which includes text formatting and images. It is independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.Sometimes it is required to limit access to a PDF for the security purpose. So, it can be done by setting ...

Apple computers are coveted as one of the world’s most valuable brands for a reason. Their computers are stylish, easy to use, and are owned and displayed as status objects across the world. However, one feature Apple computers are ...