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The concept of a data warehouse originated a couple decades back as an answer to the sprawl of storage arrays and NAS boxes. Organizations needed a way to corral their data in one centralized location. These days, data warehouses can exist on premises, heavily virtualized, in the cloud, or in some kind of hybrid arrangement. However it is done, a data warehouse is essentially a...

The first step to discovering potential application security vulnerabilities is to conduct static code reviews. However, once deployed, the application is exposed to new threats such as cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection, weak authentication, and more. Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) tools enable you to spot these risks. Read more: Best Server Security Tools Top DAST Tools There are many different DAST tools on the global market,...

Many businesses rely on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to provide remote access to company resources. Here, we discuss the best VPN solutions for businesses, as well as important features to consider. Read more: Best Server Security Services Best VPN Services ServerWatch reviewed many VPNs. Here are our top picks, in no particular order: Ananda Networks Value Proposition Ananda Networks targets small and medium businesses, as well as enterprises. Its service...

Server backup software has been a backbone of IT technology for decades. As a result of its staying power, it rarely gets the attention it deserves. For many years, backup was relegated to the status of IT drudgery; it was something that had to be done, but never ranked high in CIO priorities. But the recent rash of ransomware incidents elevated its status once again....

Bottom Line: Many Linux administrators have started out their careers using the open source Nagios platform, and with Nagios XI they can extend that experience with a full featured, commercially supported platform. A key differentiator for Nagios is the expansive community of users that have created all manner of plugins that extend the capabilities of the platform. Nagios is the vendor name as well as the name...

Bottom Line: Datadog is all about providing organizations with data and insight into how their applications are working (or not). The Datadog service key differentiator is its ability to provide a layered set of data visualizations, helping organizations to correlate root cause and performance issues across multiple sets of disparate metrics. Server applications including web server, operating system and database application servers are supported by Datadog,...

While the term "software defined" appears in the product pages of many enterprise IT vendors, it doesn't always mean the same thing. HPE adopted the phrase "composable infrastructure" to describe their Synergy platform, which is an evolution of their blade system line of products. The secret sauce of composability is also software-based and consists in the form of HPE OneView. HPE announced version 4.1 of...