In your IT career have you ever Googled an issue or symptom only to find out you are the only person ever to see that issue? Not a good feeling,…
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Today we’re reviewing an oft-over looked network connector, the Direct Attached Cable! The Direct Attached Cable (DAC) has transceivers pre-built into them. They come in both SFP+/SFP28 form factor as…
Now that we’ve talked about twisted pair, let’s move into something a little more advanced: transceivers. Transceiver Overview Transceivers are modules that plug into slots on switches to allow for…
Teams. We’ve been talking about it for a while now because it’s Microsoft’s new phone system. However, Teams is much more than that … with or without the dialing. In…
No, we don’t have law degrees either. However, since we have control over the technology our teammates use, we need to ensure we have it set up in a way…
Cabling is one of the most basic parts of most IT environments, but its ubiquity leads people to make assumptions about it and take it for granted. This blog series…
I’ve never actually touched a computer with a physical turbo button, but once upon a time it was common for computers to have a physical switch that would allow a…
If you’ve been in IT for more than a few years, you’ve experienced The Next Big Thing in the industry. Several times. If you’ve been around since 2010 you, no…
Welcome back to our backup power blog series! If you’re joining us for the first time, feel free to go back and check out our previous posts: Backup Power Series:…
Welcome back to our series on everything backup power for your IT environment. If you’re seeing this series for the first time, hop on back to the first two posts:…
Welcome to our second installment in our backup power series. Check out our first post on why you want a well-maintained UPS! What’s a UPS? Well, the easiest answer is…
Electricity is one of the things that IT most commonly takes for granted, which is kind of amusing since all of IT is basically just corralling power to different places…