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Cove Data Protection Release Update 2024.10

Oct 22, 2024 By N-able In N-able
The Cove Data Protection team is excited to announce that Standby Image Rollback is now available. This new capability allows users to quickly and easily rollback to an earlier version of Standby Image if the latest one is corrupted or compromised. With this release, we’ve also added Microsoft 365 Restore to Alternate User, improved the delta restore mechanism for Standby Image to Azure, and made several reliability updates and fixes.
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NinjaOne

Guide: Tips and Best Practices for IT Budgeting

Oct 19, 2024 By Lauren Ballejos In NinjaOne
Why is budgeting important for IT departments? IT budgeting plays a vital role in the success of modern organizations. By carefully planning and allocating resources, you can make sure that your IT department supports business objectives while managing costs effectively. This article provides tips on best practices for IT budgeting.
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auvik

Networking Basics: OSPF Protocol Explained

Oct 18, 2024 By Ethan Banks In Auvik
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is a standard routing protocol that’s been used the world over for many years. Supported by practically every routing vendor, as well as the open source community, OSPF is one of the few protocols in the IT industry you can count on being available just about anywhere you might need it. Enterprise networks that outgrow a single site will often use OSPF to interconnect their campuses and wide area networks (WANs).
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auvik

Introducing SNMP Poller History

Oct 17, 2024 By Lemna Manoharan In Auvik
Despite everyone’s best efforts, network failures happen. And when downtime means lost productivity, fast troubleshooting becomes an integral part of IT operations. So with the addition of SNMP poller history, Auvik providing users an archive for troubleshooting, analysis, and planning. When it comes to managing network issues, diagnosing the root cause is the first step. And often, there’s a gap between when an incident occurs, and when it’s reported. And herein lies a big problem.
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auvik

Network Time Synchronization: Why and How It Works

Oct 17, 2024 By Kevin Dooley In Auvik
When something goes wrong, you need to look through your log messages and figure out important things like which device saw the problem first. This automatically tells you where to start looking for the root cause. If your clocks aren’t synchronized, it becomes much more difficult to correlate log messages between devices. More generally, you want to know if the similar log messages you’re seeing are related to the same incident or if maybe some of them happened much earlier or later.
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MSP's Guide to Getting Started With Compliance as a Service

Oct 17, 2024 By N-able In N-able
In this episode of Beyond the Horizon, Stefanie Hammond steps in to interview Lewis Pope about the critical role of compliance in the managed services provider (MSP) landscape. They discuss how MSPs can pivot to offer Compliance as a Service (CaaS), the importance of internal assessments, and the challenges faced when implementing compliance strategies. Lewis emphasizes the need for MSPs to adapt to changing client demands, manage internal cultural shifts, and consider partnerships to enhance their compliance capabilities.
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auvik

How to Dig Deeper on the Network When You Don't Have NetFlow

Oct 17, 2024 By Ray Patel In Auvik
Bro, I ain’t got flow isn’t only heard at your local hip hop mic night. It’s a gripe from many network administrators who have inherited small environments, networks with lower-end gear, or who are in the trenches dealing with a time-sensitive issue and need to dig deep—now. NetFlow is a Layer 3 protocol that, over time, allows administrators to see how much traffic is being generated, by whom, and where that traffic is going.
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NinjaOne

Complete Guide: Overcoming IT Automation Challenges

Oct 16, 2024 By Lauren Ballejos In NinjaOne
In this article, you will learn about efficient practices in overcoming IT automation challenges. Organizations of all sizes can struggle with implementing and maintaining effective automation processes. While automation promises to streamline operations and boost efficiency, it often introduces unexpected hurdles that can derail even your most well-planned initiatives.
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auvik

What Are Network Alerts? Alert Management Guide

Oct 16, 2024 By Dana Krook In Auvik
It’s the middle of the workday and suddenly your IT team starts receiving calls: systems are slow, applications are unresponsive, and productivity grinds to a halt. Before you know it, you’re scrambling to pinpoint the issue and juggling complaints, all while the clock is ticking and downtime costs are piling up. The problem?
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