by Gina Rosenthal | Aug 11, 2020 | Career, Melissa Palmer
If you are looking to learn more about a specific technology, you may be considering a home lab. Home labs come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and there is no hard and fast rule as to what the best home lab options are. The most important thing to know when...
by Theresa Miller | Aug 4, 2020 | Current Status, Podcasts, Theresa Miller
#CurrentStatus Episode 52 is about Home Network Improvements specifically how we can better improve our home networks, things to consider from both a home and work perspective. Phoummala Schmitt, Theresa Miller, Ross Smith and Al Rasheed discuss home network upgrades...
by Gina Rosenthal | Jul 28, 2020 | Gina Rosenthal, Storage
The future for storage admins is a topic near and dear to my heart. I was a storage admin, I helped build, teach, and write the curriculum and exams for EMC’s Proven Professional Program. What will happen to storage admins in the future? With automation and cloud...
by Theresa Miller | Jul 21, 2020 | Current Status, Holly Lehman
I don’t know about you, but anytime a get a new piece of equipment to improve my home office I am always excited when I hit the “order now” button. You get your new item, unbox it and start to get it all set up and the fun begins when you realize you set it all up...
by Gina Rosenthal | Jul 16, 2020 | Melissa Palmer, Platforms, Strategy
Are you having trouble finding the perfect computer? You aren’t alone, many people do. If you want to start building your own PC there are a couple basic things you should know about before you get started picking out components. We’re going to bring...
by Gina Rosenthal | Jul 7, 2020 | Gina Rosenthal, Storage
I was fortunate enough to be a delegate in the Tech Field Day Extra “PowerUp” event, where the Dell Technologies Storage and Data Protection teams shared their rebranded products from their portfolios. The products all have the “Power” name in them so now they match...
by Theresa Miller | Jun 30, 2020 | Cloud, Solarwinds
Most enterprises have taken to a cloud-first deployment strategy. This approach leaves administrators with infrastructure on-premises, workloads in the cloud, and applications deployed in a hybrid cloud fashion. Though cloud deployments simplify many elements of...
by Theresa Miller | Jun 16, 2020 | Current Status, Podcasts, Theresa Miller
Current Status is back at 7pm est on Thursday evenings! This podcast was started several years back, and took a rest until now! The format is very casual in tone and has always included a variety of topics and guests from the tech industry. The primary goal has...
by Gina Rosenthal | Jun 9, 2020 | Melissa Palmer, Strategy
Unfortunately, disaster recovery, most often just referred to as DR, is something that every IT department has to deal with at some time or another. Whether an organization was hit by a disaster without a plan, a disaster with a plan that didn’t quite work, or...
by Gina Rosenthal | Jun 2, 2020 | Gina Rosenthal, Strategy
Microsoft Build was held in May 2020 as a 2-day online event. They announced a lot of stuff, and I’ll share the things that really grabbed my attention this blog post. If you want the entire list of announcements, you should really consult the Microsoft Build...
