Cisco Switches: One Switch Stack vs. Two Switch Stack By Stephanie Hamrick | April 26, 2017 | Comments Off on Cisco Switches: One Switch Stack vs. Two Switch Stack Many of the Cisco Switches people put into their data centers are the 3750 and 3850 switches. One of the main advantages of these switches is the fact that they can stack. Stacking reduces management of the switches and allows for easy first hop redundancy of all virtual interfaces. So why not always use one… Read More
Lowering/Reverting Domain and Functional Level from Server 2016 to Server 2012R2 By Stephanie Hamrick | April 20, 2017 | Comments Off on Lowering/Reverting Domain and Functional Level from Server 2016 to Server 2012R2 Recently, I started building up a new test lab with Microsoft Server 2016. In this lab, I had the domain and forest functional level set to Server 2016. This was fine until a few days later, when I needed to test an application that was not supported for functional domains and forest levels greater than… Read More
Small Business, Big Risk: Can Your Business Withstand A Breach? By Tim Foley | April 14, 2017 | Comments Off on Small Business, Big Risk: Can Your Business Withstand A Breach? Cyberattacks are occurring at an extraordinary rate. While large breaches on major corporations like Home Depot, Target, Sony, and eBay get the bulk of media attention, small- to mid-sized businesses quietly remain a very high risk for attack. Recent studies show that nearly 50% of SMBs reported a security breach within the past year. A… Read More