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A two-tier topology provides the freedom to upgrade the core network and various security and performance tools independently. Source: The Why and How of a Two-Tier Network Monitoring Topology | Network Computing

Organizations need to be mindful of how much space they use in the cloud because an employee could easily run up a bill with just one data-heavy project. Source: Cloud storage is a great tool, but it can spin IT budgets out of control – TechRepublic

If you can step back and establish security practices that address each of the two types of vulnerabilities, you’ll go a long way toward simplifying security. Source: Simplifying Security by Stepping Back | Network Computing

Cisco, Dell, HPE, and others are ramping up efforts to deliver usage-based pricing models and managed services for on-prem servers, storage and networking gear. Source: IT vendors push on-prem, pay-per-use hardware | Network World

Commentary: Cloud was supposed to kill open source, but it seems to be doing the opposite. Source: How open source learned to stop worrying and love the cloud – TechRepublic

If you’re confused by what “edge computing” actually is, marketing and hype could be to blame, according to a new Forrester report. Source: When it comes to edge computing, it’s all relative – TechRepublic

A growing number of CIOs are committing most if not all of IT to the cloud to improve security, flexibility, and agility — and to free up teams to focus on innovation and enhancing IT services. Source: Cloud or bust: IT leaders go all in on cloud computing | CIO

Oracle has wooed some key customers to its public cloud software, but can it differentiate itself from competing services offered by Amazon.com, Microsoft, and Google? Source: Are Oracle’s cloud gains enough to make it a contender? | CIO

Commentary: Cloud is the future, but getting there may require a healthy dose of making it look like the past. Source: Cloud wars: Who can make cloud the most boring? – TechRepublic

No industry has been pummeled by the global chip shortage like the automotive industry, but few haven’t felt any pain. So, how has the pain manifested in the data center industry, which exists solely to ensure computer processors can go on crunching numbers, uninterrupted? Source: How the Chip Shortage Is Affecting the Data Center Industry […]