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The Consolidation of Networking Tasks in Engineering

Kentik

The major cloud providers made it very easy for non-network engineers to handle basic networking operations, such as setting up VPNs and configuring firewalls. These advanced network engineers are responsible for designing and implementing complex network infrastructure, such as data center and service provider networks.

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What is Your Security Automation Strategy? Mindful or Mindless?

Firemon

For example, automation of firewall configuration updates is very straightforward but not so much the access control rules that govern who and what should have access to which network resources. FireMon’s vision of automation pivots around: Automation of security at scale across physical, virtual, cloud firewalls, applications, and users.

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Infrastructure Engineer: Key Duties, Skills, and Background

Altexsoft

An infrastructure engineer is a person who designs, builds, coordinates, and maintains the IT environment companies need to run internal operations, collect data, develop and launch digital products, support their online stores, and achieve other business objectives. System administration. Key components of IT infrastructure.

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2023 MSP Benchmark Survey: Where Executives Differ From Their Tech Partners

Kaseya

About 63% of respondents identified themselves as general-purpose MSPs, 19% identified themselves as network- and data-center-focused, while managed security service providers (MSSPs) increased year over year to 18% of the respondent base. Most respondents (63%) are technicians, while the remaining 37% are executives.

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Top 5 Network Security Challenges in 2020 and Beyond

Firemon

According to Gartner, between now and 2023, 99% of firewall breaches will be caused by misconfigurations rather than firewall flaws. Firewalls are hard to manage because networks are complicated and getting more complicated by the month. Many organizations focus their firewall management activities on permitting access.

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50 Best HIPAA-Compliant Cloud Storage Solutions

Datica

The ADrive cloud storage solution liberates your system administrators from the tasks and costs associated with the operation of on-premise storage systems. Optional mirroring to various data centers for extra protection. Key Features: Firewall and intrusion prevention service. Unlimited bandwidth.

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