Our Response to WannaCry Ransomware Attack
Many of you have asked how Sovereign’s architectural approach to security is positioned to help protect your organization from worm-based ransomware, such as the WannaCry variant. Below is a high...
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Thankfully We Are Not Defined By a Name
A buzz word to some, a sleep-aid to others, SERVICE MANAGEMENT is the questionable subject of this post. These 2 words are life changers for IT careerists. SERVICE – tends to make one think of...
View ArticleVeeamON 2017 Recap
I had the chance to attend VeeamON this year for the first time, which took place at the convention center in New Orleans from May 16–18. This three-day event was as much about the new product...
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5 Advantages of IT Leasing Every CIO Should Know
Sovereign Systems has partnered with XfinAM to provide financial strategies to enable technology solutions for our customers. Read their guest blog below offering insights into leasing options: 5...
View Article4 Free Community Veeam Tools and Utilities
I wrote last about attending VeeamON 2017 in New Orleans and you can view that here. As I was deep in various sessions or talking with peers and Veeam folks, several things stuck out in my mind as...
View ArticleEverybody stay calm, Xi got this!
Um… what? Well, I am just getting back from Nutanix .NEXT and man there are some great things that Nutanix is going to be rolling out to Enterprise IT. Two of the new things that are happening is the...
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Improvements to XtremIO with X2
The customers have spoken and Dell EMC listened! Dell EMC announced the next generation XtremIO, the X2, at Dell EMC World. The first generation XtremIO is a great platform with unmatched performance...
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Log Insight and Alerting When There Are No More Logs for Insight
Logging is an extremely important and, in some cases, essential part of a successful data center. That’s why you use a tool like Log Insight to aggregate, query, and alert on them. There are a variety...
View ArticleA CIO and Three Envelopes
An incoming CIO replaces a recently fired CIO. On his way out, the former CIO hands the new CIO three envelopes and tells him, “When you reach a crisis point, open these envelopes, one per crisis.”...
View ArticleBringing Agility to Network Security (devsecops) with VMware NSX
Software-defined is everywhere. There is no lack of information available detailing every feature, all the amazing benefits, and why organizations should adopt software-defined solutions. For most of...
View Article4 Free Community Veeam Tools and Utilities
I wrote last about attending VeeamON 2017 in New Orleans and you can view that here. As I was deep in various sessions or talking with peers and Veeam folks, several things stuck out in my mind as...
View ArticleEverybody stay calm, Xi got this!
Um… what? Well, I am just getting back from Nutanix .NEXT and man there are some great things that Nutanix is going to be rolling out to Enterprise IT. Two of the new things that are happening is the...
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Improvements to XtremIO with X2
The customers have spoken and Dell EMC listened! Dell EMC announced the next generation XtremIO, the X2, at Dell EMC World. The first generation XtremIO is a great platform with unmatched performance...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Log Insight and Alerting When There Are No More Logs for Insight
Logging is an extremely important and, in some cases, essential part of a successful data center. That’s why you use a tool like Log Insight to aggregate, query, and alert on them. There are a variety...
View ArticleA CIO and Three Envelopes
An incoming CIO replaces a recently fired CIO. On his way out, the former CIO hands the new CIO three envelopes and tells him, “When you reach a crisis point, open these envelopes, one per crisis.”...
View ArticleBringing Agility to Network Security (devsecops) with VMware NSX
Software-defined is everywhere. There is no lack of information available detailing every feature, all the amazing benefits, and why organizations should adopt software-defined solutions. For most of...
View ArticleAutomate Log Insight agent installation from vRA
Hi, all, short blog post today to inform you of some new community content. Logging is a pretty important thing these days (well, almost all days), and being able to implement that into your CMP is...
View ArticleVMworld 2017: Day 1 Recap
Well, today was the first full day at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas for all attendees. The prior two days were just for partners and known as Partner Exchange. But today was the first full regular day that...
View ArticleVMworld 2017: Day 2 Recap
Day two was a little slower on the release/announcements side, but there were still a few things mentioned both at VMworld, and also press releases that weren’t spoken at the conference. I’ll give you...
View ArticleVMworld 2017: Conclusion and Final Thoughts
I wrote last about the first two days of VMworld 2017 and then nothing else. There’s a good reason for that since day three contained no general sessions. Day four consisted of three different speakers...
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