“Zimperium Secures Connected Apps for Leading Medical Device Manufacturer”
Discover how Zimperium helped a major healthcare and pharmaceutical manufacturer secure their connected apps all while protecting patient data, complying with FDA security requirements and more.
A major healthcare and pharmaceutical manufacturer turned to Zimperium needing a single solution that could work across multiple platforms, including desktop and mobile devices, and was able to integrate with minimal impact on their software development lifecycle
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“Handy Keyboard Shortcuts for the Linux Bash Terminal”
Use these Linux Bash shortcuts for navigation, editing, command control, and easy access to history–all available in a free cheat sheet.
The Linux Bash (Bourne Again Shell) is a shell and command language that is known to most Linux users, since it’s the default shell in most Linux distributions.
A beginner Linux user may find the Linux terminal usage a bit hard to grasp, especially because it relies heavily on using your arrow keys to move around. Additionally, constantly re-typing the commands, each with a slight variation, can be annoying.
However, Bash comes with many easy-to-use keyboard shortcuts and history functions that ensure efficient use of the terminal. For making effective use of time, we have put together a list of the most commonly used Bash keyboard shortcuts.
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“99 Cryptocurrency Terms Explained: Every Crypto Definition You Need”
Interested in crypto? Here are the important terms you need to know to get a better understanding of cryptocurrencies.
Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that run on decentralized computer networks called blockchains. Some of the most important and widely accepted cryptocurrencies are Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, Cardano, Binance Coin and USD Coin.
Cryptocurrencies continue to grow, with new currencies cropping up all the time, and are here to stay. Their rising popularity is driven by the proven reliability of the top cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum.
If you wish to participate in cryptocurrencies, or simply want to know what they are all about, this cheat sheet covers the important terms you need to know and understand to be well-equipped for your crypto experience. Think of this cheat sheet as a series of guideposts for navigating the world of cryptocurrencies.
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“Why Faster Storage May NOT Fix It”
With all the myriad of possible hardware solutions to storage I/O performance issues, the question that people are starting to ask is something like: “If I just buy newer, faster Storage, won’t that fix my application performance problem?”
The short answer is:
Maybe Yes (for a while), Quite Possibly No.
In this article, we take a 10,000-foot view of just three issues that affect I/O performance to shine some technical light on the question and hopefully give you a more satisfying answer (or maybe more questions) as you look to discover IT truth.
Non-Application I/O Overhead
Data Pipelines
File System Overhead
These three issues by themselves can create I/O bottlenecks causing degradation to your applications of 30-50% or more.
The big picture is we have been focused on Storage Performance for a very long time and at all layers. We’ve seen lots of hardware solutions that were going to fix Storage slowness. And we’ve seen that about the time a new generation comes along, there will be reasons it will still not fix the problem. Maybe it does today, but tomorrow you’ll overtax that solution as well. As computing gets faster and storage gets denser, your needs/desires to use it will grow even faster. We are constantly looking into the crystal ball knowing the future presents new challenges. We know by looking into the rear-view mirror, the future doesn’t solve the problem, it just means the problems are different.
So yes, go ahead and buy that shiny new toy. It will help, and your users will see improvements for a time. But we’ll be there filling in those gaps and your users will get even greater improvements.
Users complained of sluggish MS-SQL performance and expensive upgrades were not an option.
Loan officers were complaining about sluggish performance of the most important application in the business: a loan origination system sitting on top of MS-SQL. Despite being supported by new Nimble hybrid storage arrays, Supreme Lending didn’t want to throw hundreds of thousands of dollars at new all-flash arrays to get better performance.
Since V-locity I/O reduction software is free to evaluate, it was a “no brainer”…to try the software on their most troublesome MS-SQL systems and see what it could do.
“We examined a couple server-side caching players including Pernix Data and Infinio, but since Condusiv’s V-locity does so much more than server-side caching, its proof of concept came out the clear winner on both performance and price. And we didn’t have to add any additional hardware, since we already had a good amount of DRAM,” said Chuck Keith, Director of Infrastructure, Supreme Lending.
“Right off the bat, MS-SQL reporting that used to take five to ten minutes dropped to 30 seconds with V-locity, and all user complaints about sluggishness disappeared. We couldn’t believe it,” said Keith.
“With V-locity I/O reduction software on our servers and Nimble storage for our backend, we feel we are getting best of breed performance at lowest possible cost.”
Download the full case study to read more about why Supreme Lending feels they are getting the best performance at the lowest cost!
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“Telestream Solves MS Exchange Timeouts and Boosts SQL with V-locity I/O Reduction Software”
Telestream application performance began to slow over time and users began to timeout from MS Exchange and get disconnected during peak load times.
Telestream virtualized 80% of their environment, and everything was running fine for about a year before things began to slow down – particularly with their most I/O intensive applications like MS Exchange, SQL, Jira, and more. However, the biggest pain point for Telestream beyond sluggish application performance was the fact that Exchange users were timing out and getting disconnected from the email server. Telestream was pushing the I/O boundaries of their infrastructure, causing queue depth and latency spikes, which ultimately resulted in users timing out and getting disconnected from Exchange.
Telestream had been briefed on Condusiv’s V-locity® I/O reduction software for virtual environments a year prior, but had no need to boost application performance at the time. However, after Telestream began to experience slowdown in their virtual environment, they thought there was no harm in evaluating the software.
“As soon as we installed V-locity and saw the Exchange timeouts disappear, and users were no longer getting disconnected from Exchange, that made our purchase of V-locity I/O reduction software a ‘no brainer,’” said Allie McLachlan, Systems Administrator, Telestream.
“The most eye-opening experience was finding out how badly our system performance was being taxed by small, fractured, random I/O from Windows write inefficiencies. We would have had no idea that was even an issue without trying V-locity to solve those root cause performance issues.”
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“Is the Smart Home Market Ready for a Makeover?”
The Matter protocol could transform the smart home — and the industry.
The smart home has existed – at least in theory – for many years and yet we’re still struggling to bring the concept to life. We want products that make our lives easier but having a high-tech home can be far from straightforward.
If we buy smart light bulbs, speakers, cameras, or appliances from different brands and each one comes with a corresponding app, connecting, controlling, managing, and updating all the devices can be frustrating. The mishmash of devices and apps we’re left with often means we fail to realize the potential of the technologies. We give up, and too many products gather dust in basements or fill recycling bins when they should be enhancing our environments.
Industry leaders have realized they have an opportunity to streamline the smart home experience. The Connectivity Standards Alliance has spent the past three years working with well-known brands to develop a new protocol, now called Matter, that changes the way devices are connected and configured so they can communicate with each other, as well as with apps and the cloud. It also improves the speed, security, and reliability of the connection.
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“Starting with Kotlin Cheatsheet”
A Quick Reference to the Essentials of Kotlin
Welcome to the Kotlin Cheatsheet! This document aims to provide you with a quick reference guide to Kotlin programming language. Whether you are a beginner getting started with Kotlin or an experienced developer looking for a quick reminder, this cheatsheet has got you covered.
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“Starting with Apache Tomcat Cheatsheet”
A Quick Guide to the Essentials of Apache Tomcat
This cheatsheet serves as a quick reference guide for developers and system administrators working with Apache Tomcat. It aims to provide a concise overview of the most commonly used commands and configurations, helping users navigate through the various aspects of deploying, managing, and troubleshooting Tomcat applications.
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“Unlocking the Potential of Technology Services Distributors (TSDs)”
JS Group and Channel Futures teamed up to study how the TSD market is changing and how it needs to evolve. This is an executive summary of a 40-page report.
Inside, you’ll find:
An overview of the macro trends that are shaping the tech services distributor market
Observations about challenges and opportunities facing TSDs, based on a survey of more than 200 vendors, partners and TSDs.
A listing of 16 influential TSDs and the unique value they bring to the market
Our team will contact you with more information on the full report.
