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The winners of our 22nd annual TechTarget Storage Products of the Year contest have been announced! Congratulations to the companies that took Gold, Silver and Bronze in our 4 categories. Backup and Disaster Recovery ?? Gold: HYCU, Inc. R-Cloud ?? Silver: Commvault Data Protection Platform ?? Bronze: Zerto 10 Cloud Storage ?? Gold: Pure Storage Evergreen//One ?? Silver: CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform 7.5 ?? Bronze: Portworx by Pure Storage Enterprise 3.0 Disk and Disk Subsystems ?? Gold: Infinidat InfiniBox SSA II F4316T ?? Silver: Dell Technologies PowerStore with PowerStoreOS 3.5 ?? Bronze: Western Digital OpenFlex Data24 NVMe-oF Storage Platform 3200 Series Storage System and Application Software ?? Gold: Hammerspace Release 5 ?? Silver: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage powered by HPE Alletra Storage MP ?? Bronze: Dell Technologies VxRail VD-4000 Learn more about the winners here: https://bit.ly/48yHGoX #StoragePOY #DataStorage #CloudStorage #DisasterRecovery

Is your company using gamification properly? Gamification uses game-like features to make non-game tasks and activities more fun and interesting. It includes aspects such as collecting badges, acquiring points to move up on leaderboards and earning rewards. Companies can apply gamification in areas like education, marketing, employee training, health, wellness, and customer engagement. A gamification strategy can encourage people to participate more. To implement gamification effectively, company leaders must consider the target audience, their motivations and the context of its overall use. https://bit.ly/41zm4pY #HR #Strategy #Gamification

Web application security is like learning to ride a bike -- expect to struggle before getting it right. Web apps are a common target for attacks, so it's best to learn from prior incidents to improve controls. Learn why having a web app incident response plan in place is key to surviving cyberattacks with this chapter from Malcolm McDonald's "Grokking Web Application Security." ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/3FtB2qb By Kyle Johnson #WebApplicationSecurity #WebApplication #IncidentResponse #Cybersecurity

?? ? How an organization authenticates users and devices is a critical piece of the cybersecurity puzzle, and IT teams have different digital authentication options. Get to know the various forms of digital authentication, and which ones help protect your organization against cyberthreats. ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/3QZ3FOn By Andrew Froehlich #Cybersecurity #Authentication #Cyberthreats

???? As wireless technologies continue to evolve, it's essential to evaluate the different types of wireless networks, including: - WLANs - WMANs - WPANs - WWANs Each wireless network offers unique capabilities for different use cases, from personal and small-scale connections to large-scale global connections. ???? ?? Read more: By David Jacobs and Nicole Viera #WirelessNetworks #WirelessNetworking #Wireless #WLAN #WPAN #WMAN #WWAN

When it comes to data security, the devil is in the details. One critical detail organizations shouldn't overlook is a succinct, yet detailed, data security policy. Learn how to create a data security policy that protects data from unauthorized access and meets compliance regulations. ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/4bKD3du By Paul Kirvan, Hon FBCI, CISA #DataSecurity #SecurityPolicy

?? Wi-Fi standards differ based on frequency bands, spatial streams and maximum data rates. The emerging 802.11be -- or Wi-Fi 7 -- standard offers the most significant improvement in Wi-Fi capabilities. Compare the 802.11ac, 802.11ax and 802.11be to find out the difference in speed, capabilities and advancements in wireless technology. ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/3FkGZWf By Lee Badman #WiFi #WiFi7 #WiFi6 #WiFi5 #Wireless

Budgeting for data storage can be part of an organization's larger budget -- but make sure every line item is included. The downloadable template here can help. ?? Read: https://bit.ly/3NxNeXC By Paul Kirvan, Hon FBCI, CISA #DataStorage #Budget #DataManagement

High energy consumption continues to be an issue for data centers with the rise in AI use. Discover how companies are trying to reduce their data center energy consumption, such as by moving to the cloud and implementing green initiatives. Read: https://bit.ly/43f4f1Z By: Jacob Roundy & Paul Kirvan #DataCenter #GreenInitiatives #Cloud #AI

Network teams use automation and standardize network designs to: ?? Improve network configurations. ?? Simplify management and operations. ?? More easily implement changes within their networks. Learn more about how to use automation and network standardization! ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/4hROtyA By Charles Uneze and Terry Slattery #Networking #NetworkAutomation #Automation #NetworkConfiguration #NetworkManagement