Hardware sourcing used to be simpler. Most teams bought what the OEM listed as new and planned deployments around those available models. But over the past few years, shifting supply chains, tighter capital budgets, and frequent lifecycle changes have made that approach feel increasingly restrictive. These pressures have widened the [...]
Mid-market and enterprise IT teams are expected to keep environments stable, secure, and scalable while stretching every dollar as far as possible. It’s a balancing act that gets harder every year as lead times fluctuate and product lifecycles accelerate. Many organizations don’t realize there’s an OEM-backed sourcing option that rarely [...]
Many IT directors and systems admins returned to the office only to find themselves with a long list of challenges to address – like projects they had to put on hold or server and storage equipment suddenly nearing its end-of-life timeframe. Now, because of COVID-related supply chain delays, it’s harder [...]
Managing DNS servers may seem like a basic task for a network administrator, but there are plenty of opportunities for things to go wrong. Without a reliable DNS, business applications such as email, web services, and VoIP cannot function. Poorly managed or improperly configured DNS servers can cause network slowdowns [...]
The ProLiant Servers from Hewlett Packard Enterprises have become some of the most used servers in the world. They’re known for being reliable and scalable, making them an excellent choice for businesses of all sizes. HP Enterprises began producing the ProLiant Server Gen 8 in 2012. Two years later, Gen [...]
Summit's Field Guide to Transceivers is a straightforward guide that covers everything an IT pro needs to know about transceiver technologies.
