Essential Guides

TechTarget editors have curated a collection of “essential” articles on key IT topics. These articles have been packaged into guides which offer our readers comprehensive, problem solving content to help inform and guide their research.

Editorial

Enterprise records management strategy guide for GRC professionals

In this guide, find the latest enterprise records management strategies your organization needs to bring information governance into the big data age. Continue Reading

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What CIOs need to know about hardening IT infrastructure

Infrastructure hardening is an ongoing, proactive way of life for CIOs and their IT teams. Here, we provide guidance to ensure ...

Enterprise architect job still requires IT in critical role

Jeanne Ross offers advice to existing and aspiring enterprise architects and discusses the latest trends as she reflects on 26 ...

Holy Grail still elusive in enterprise architecture strategy

MIT's Jeanne Ross discusses why enterprise architecture projects succeed and fail and what companies can do to better align ...

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Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare is going GA

Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare pulls together Microsoft products such as Microsoft 365, Azure and Microsoft Dynamics as well as ...

To combat COVID-19, healthcare IT experts use what they have

Two healthcare systems share how they met the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. One lesson learned? Squeeze more value out of ...

Finding a new HHS CIO means navigating tricky waters

When HHS launches its CIO search, it will look for someone who is both politically savvy and technically skilled, an executive ...

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An introduction to Alibaba cloud offerings

Learn about the fourth largest public cloud provider with this look at some of Alibaba's core computing, networking, storage and ...

The cloud shared responsibility model for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS

The shared responsibility model defines cloud security, but it changes for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. Get to know the ins and outs of ...

Microsoft's Azure Arc reaches GA milestone

Microsoft has delivered a key component of Azure Arc -- the ability to manage Windows and Linux-based virtual and physical ...

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6 tools to know for private cloud monitoring and reporting

Cloud reporting helps admins address capacity issues and reduce outages. Effective tools should include role-based dashboards and...

Set your strategy to get the right liquid-cooled data center

As data center rack densities increase, liquid cooling's benefits are becoming more apparent. Before purchasing, IT teams must ...

Liquid cooling vs. air cooling in the data center

The quest to maintain operating temperatures for increasing computing densities has firms transitioning from air cooling to ...

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Key steps in the feature engineering process

Feature engineering is key to machine learning algorithms. Read on to learn how those features are created and chosen to increase...

Talend evolves enterprise data integration efforts

The CTO of Talend outlines the path the data integration vendor has taken in recent years as the market for big data has evolved ...

Ahana releases managed Cloud for Presto service

New Ahana cloud system brings a managed service to market that integrates data management and visualization capabilities to aid ...

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Cybersecurity testing essentials for mergers and acquisitions

Before moving forward with an M&A, conduct some cybersecurity testing to ensure your company knows how the acquired company ...

IBM: Ransomware attacks surged in Q2, ransom demands rising

IBM Security examined several concerning ransomware for this year, as well as an exponential increase in ransom demands and ...

Critical IIoT security risks cloud IoT's expansion into industry

The convergence of IoT with industrial processes increases productivity, improves communications and makes real-time data readily...