Author: Doug N
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How Can an IT Server Monitoring Service Improve Your Net Profits?
You might not think that an IT server monitoring service would have an impact on your net profits. IT-related costs often fall under operational expenses. As such, you have better control over these expenses and can look for different ways you can cut costs without affecting results. Before we get to reviewing some of […]
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How PA Server Monitor Can Monitor CPU Temperature
High CPU temperature is a common issue with laptops and desktops, and it shouldn’t be ignored. If a computer system routinely generates high temps—above 80°C is usually considered undesirable—it can begin experiencing poor system performance. Over time, heat may progressively damage CPU components in addition to causing the system to lock up or shut down. […]
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Why Use Active Directory Security to Improve Your Server Security?
How do you secure your network servers, laptops, desktops, and workstations? A good starting point is to have a checklist of how to enable security features on these devices. You also need to enable a server monitoring service to track specific events and generate event logs. Yet, your security tasks are never done. You […]
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Active Directory Security Best Practices Includes Monitoring for Signs of Compromise
Fun Fact: Most types of network and computer compromises could have been discovered much sooner if the organization had enabled proper event log monitoring using an appropriate server monitoring solution that alerted them to the issue. Without such a software application or not taking the time to configure it correctly, it takes much longer to […]
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Why Full Reporting Capabilities for Your Databases and Files Are Helpful
Do you know what files your employees access to? Do you know when they create new files? How about when they copy, move, or delete files? How confident are you that your databases are safe and secure from potential intrusions? These are the types of questions any business owner should ask themselves, especially now. […]
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Steps for Developing IT Organization Strategies for Your Business
Does your IT department perform re-actively to problems as they occur or are they proactive, attempting to head off problems before they occur? Sadly, many IT departments are reactive because they lack the proper IT organization strategies to use technology and apps to become proactive. Taking a reactive approach is ineffective and affects productivity […]
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How Active Directory Management Tools Help Quickly Find and Troubleshoot Issues
Active Directory is part of Microsoft Windows software environments primarily for networks where some sort of domain control is required. The service is much more than just authenticating and authoring access to network resources. Active Directory is also used to enforce various network security policies, enable various processes, and enable various services. Active Directory […]
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Supply Chain Safety – Our Measures
The IT world has been in shock as we’ve all learned about the Solarwinds hack (UPDATE: And now also the Kaseya hack). Network and server monitoring software inhabits a special niche where it often has full access to the servers and devices on the network in order to monitor all internal resources. Because of this […]
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Tracking Remote Employees’ Work Hours with Virtual Server Monitoring
With more people working from home due to the COVID-19 crisis, businesses of all sizes need to know when their employees are working. You need an effective way to track working hours and know what your employees are doing while they are working. One effective way to do this without having to invest in […]
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Top 12 Advantages of Effective IT Monitoring Software
As a company’s IT systems develop and overlap in function, it becomes increasingly important that they be carefully monitored at all times. Active network monitoring helps to ensure central servers and systems are functioning as intended, while also allowing business management staff to keep an eye on employee activity in the process. Although […]