The non-profit IT trade association, CompTIA, recently released a study reporting that eight in ten organizations say their business operations are impacted by gaps in the skill sets of their IT staffs. The fast-pace of technology change and a lack of training resources are listed as the biggest factors contributing to the skills gap. The [...]
What qualifies a site as "remote" to you? Researchers at DARPA (the US military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) recently announced that they want to create a massive system of unmanned sensors and systems to monitor and track the even the most remote regions of the Arctic. With retreating ice expected over the coming decades, [...]
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week wireless carrier executives discussed the challenges of meeting an exploding demand on their networks as the number of users and their appetite for bandwidth continue to grow. The service providers' concern is that while they are seeing doubling in wireless data needs, they are not expecting [...]
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..." This well-known line most likely did not refer to the networks that today's IT shops have to deal with, but it's not far off when it comes to network management. As everyone struggles to find the right combination of spending, manpower and [...]
A recent congressional hearing focused on getting rid of duplicate IT systems - a significant potential source of savings considering the 2011 overall federal spending on IT was over $79 billion. The two organizations under the microscope were the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy, with 2013 IT budget requests of $37 billion [...]
Uplogix enables a small IT team to support a 24x7 operation where the network is as important as the fresh food. Retail Customer Case Study How one of the largest independent food retailers in the United States Controls IT costs with local management Network is critical for everything from fresh produce to store management This [...]
When adding redundant hardware, be ready for twice the cost of maintenance. When talking with someone for the first time about Local Management, sometimes they jump to a quick objection that goes something like this: "I don't need out-of-band access for my network infrastructure. I have a redundant architecture." Sometimes people go on to detail [...]
The code was validated, the hardware inspected, and the paperwork completed months ago. Now Uplogix has the final approval for the FIPS 140-2 Certification. No longer are the Uplogix 430 and 3200 Local Managers "In Process" with NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) for accreditation of cryptographic modules for secure communication on government [...]
As 2011 closes, the long drought in Uplogix' hometown of Austin, TX has subsided enough to lower the burn ban, enabling us to celebrate with this photo! It's hard not to look back at the end of a year, and for Uplogix, 2011 has been an eventful year. Some say that time in small companies [...]
A recent article by the Cisco Innovators Program likened managing a network today to being on a wild ride. With administrators strapped in and riding through: " A steep climb in Internet traffic and network access from smartphones and tablets Increased traction in cloud services and virtualization The growing popularity of IP voice and video [...]
