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The PURE Joy of Flash
Until recently, the SSDs on the aspectra Shared ESX Farm were housed in the same storage as the HDD. The performance advantages of the SSD could therefore only be partially exploited. Thanks to the purchase of an all-flash array from Pure Storage,...
Zabbix Summit 2018
The Zabbix Summit 2018 took place in October in the lovely Latvian capital Riga, with workshops, presentations of real use cases, demos and integration examples. aspectra was part of it.
IT security in clouds inadequate
A study by the Ponemon Institute concludes that data in the cloud is insufficiently protected. This is not because the clouds do not offer appropriate protection. The problem is that they are not being implemented by customers.
Which IT certification will it be?
Whether food, refrigerators or cars: Certifications and labels attest that the products are eco-friendly, safe or "fair". Such attributes, in particular those pertaining to security, are also relevant for the IT. So what are the implications for the...
Guest post by Interxion: How are data centres classified against the Tier Classification System?
You may well have already come across the term "Tier" in connection with data centres. But just what really is meant by this? In data center geek-speak, it stands for "category of performance".
Why did aspectra enter into partnership with Akamai?
Akamai is one of the hidden champions of the Internet. At any given time, a large part of the world's Internet traffic flows through their networks. But what are the services offered by Akamai and why is aspectra an Akamai partner?
Cloud Connectivity — Part II: Managed Network Access
The outsourcing of applications to the public cloud poses challenges to the communication between users and applications, but also between hybrid applications, such as data in the data center and web applications in the cloud.
Deflecting cyber attacks before the front routers
Distributed denial of service attacks can not only paralyze servers and websites, but also open the door to cybercriminals. In order to reliably protect against massive attacks, multi-level concepts are needed.
Not all that glitters is GDPR
Microsoft's German Azure Cloud does not fully comply with data protection regulations - even though it is operated by the German T-Systems. This is the conclusion of the Magazine for Professional Information Technology iX.
Wanted: Linux Professional (m/f)
To complement our Linux team we are looking for an experienced, independent and motivated systems engineer (80-100%).
Would you like your tokens hard or soft?
The physical RSA token has been increasingly replaced by the software token over the last few years. Hardware tokens as key rings or software tokens as apps on your smartphone? What are the pros and cons for the user?
Why a Central Log?
A central log facilitates the analysis of the data and offers additional security against attacks. aspectra offers it to its customers free of charge in a basic configuration.
Cloud Connectivity — Part I: Use Cases
The outsourcing of applications to the public cloud poses challenges for communication between users and applications, but also between applications that operate in hybrid mode, such as data stored in a data center and web applications in the cloud.
Optimised DDoS protection
DDoS mitigation solution against new and evolving threats stops attacks already in front of our firewalls and front routers.
Managed Hosting
Outsourcing is here to stay, and managed hosting remains in high demand on the market. In recent years, the range of services behind the term "managed hosting" has changed dramatically.