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Alex Tray

Texas
As seen in: Medium, Communications of the ACM, HackerNoon, freeCodeCamp, DEV Community, DZone, G2, Security Boulevard, DevOps.com, Data Driven Investor and
Covers:  Technology, Backup and replication solutions, Ransomware protection and recovery
I am a multi-certified system administrator and a cybersecurity consultant with over seven years of experience.
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What Is GDPR and How Does It Impact Your Organization - Crocoblock

What Is GDPR and How Does It Impact Your Organization - Crocoblock

crocoblock.com — The amount of personal data that organizations collect, process and store to support customer services has grown exponentially in the past decade. Consequently, the growing concerns about privacy and threats to personal data led regulatory authorities to take action. The EU adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2016 to replace the 1995 Data Protection Directive.
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What is Nutanix AHV and Why You Need Nutanix Backup | SmallBizClub

What is Nutanix AHV and Why You Need Nutanix Backup | SmallBizClub

smallbizclub.com — Large enterprise infrastructures can pose management challenges due to their complexity. The problem is especially relevant when you need to ensure that multiple data centers in different locations work together smoothly and seamlessly. Hyperconvergence helps to solve this problem.
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Data Backup: What Project Managers Should Know

Data Backup: What Project Managers Should Know

kanbanzone.com — When it comes to project management, a team is dependent on data created, gathered, processed and stored throughout the development cycles. Losing even a part of that data due to an incident, such as a ransomware attack or a hardware failure, can cause significant delays in project delivery.
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Legacy VM Backup vs. Native VM Backup | HostReview.com

Legacy VM Backup vs. Native VM Backup | HostReview.com

HostReview — Modern VMware backup solutions offer powerful backup and replication features for the enterprise data center environment. When we consider how far we have come with backup technologies and compare them with the legacy backup solutions of days past, we see the tremendous advantages of using a "native" VM backup solution over a "legacy" VM backup solution.
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How to Improve Employee Onboarding with Video Emails

How to Improve Employee Onboarding with Video Emails

sendspark.com — Global hiring is gaining popularity with the advent of sophisticated digital communication technologies. With that comes the need to use videos for employee onboarding. Many companies have crossed the threshold of effective onboarding. However, for many other organizations, this is an arena that they have never ventured into.
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The Role of Data Governance in Data Management

The Role of Data Governance in Data Management

tdan.com — Both data governance and data management workflows are critical to ensuring the security and control of an organization's most valuable asset- data. An experienced IT specialist understands the differences between the two, but there can still be confusion at a more granular level. Is the positioning of data governance vs.
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Disaster recovery guide for IT infrastructures

Disaster recovery guide for IT infrastructures

thinkmobiles.com — Modern organizations need complex IT infrastructures functioning properly to provide goods and services at the expected level of performance. Therefore, losing critical parts or the whole infrastructure can put the organization on the edge of disappearance. Disasters remain a threat to production processes. What is a disaster?
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Hyper-V Technology Overview

Hyper-V Technology Overview

Barchart — Want to use this as your default charts setting? Save this setup as a Chart Templates Switch the Market flag for targeted data from your country of choice. Open the menu and switch the Market flag for targeted data from your country of choice. Need More Chart Options?
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Container vs Virtual Machine: Differences, Pros and Cons

Container vs Virtual Machine: Differences, Pros and Cons

pctechguide.com — VMs and containers are two implementations of virtualization technology. This means that both VMs and containers help to optimize how resources are used. However, these two technologies achieve that differently, and the differences between them become clear when you take a deeper look. This post defines and explains the key differences between a container and a VM.
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Cybersecurity and Data Privacy for Remote Employees

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy for Remote Employees

yoh.com — With the emergence of the COVID-19 virus, employers are now compelled to pay more attention to cybersecurity and data privacy. The need to have employees work remotely is understandable. Still, organizations without a set plan to aid business continuity and solid asset management will face the threat of data breaches by hackers.
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Data Protection Methods for Federal Organizations and Beyond

Data Protection Methods for Federal Organizations and Beyond

InfoQ — The Federal Data Strategy describes a plan to "accelerate the use of data to deliver on mission, serve the public, and steward resources while protecting security, privacy, and confidentiality. This article covers what it is and how it can be applied to any organization.
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5 Best Practices for Cloud-Based Backup and Recovery in 2023

5 Best Practices for Cloud-Based Backup and Recovery in 2023

Communications of the ACM — Effective backup and recovery strategies are paramount as businesses increasingly rely on digital technologies to store and process data. This is why I've written this article to discuss five best practices for implementing a successful cloud-based backup and recovery strategy in 2023.
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Cerber Ransomware Explained: How to Protect, Detect, and Recover | HackerNoon

Cerber Ransomware Explained: How to Protect, Detect, and Recover | HackerNoon

HackerNoon — Ransomware is one of the most dangerous threats for all industries and businesses nowadays. Ransomware attacks cause material losses amounting to millions of dollars per year worldwide. There are different ransomware families, and Cerber ransomware is one the most devastating. The typical behavior of Cerber is explained to help prevent and deal with this dangerous type of ransomware.
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Kubernetes vs Docker: Differences Explained - DZone

Kubernetes vs Docker: Differences Explained - DZone

DZone — Containerization has existed for decades but has seen increasing adoption in recent years for application development and modernization. This article covers two container solutions and their uses: Docker, which is the container engine solution, its container orchestration solution Docker Compose, and Docker Swarm, which is a cluster-container orchestration solution.
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VMware Backup Guide for Hyper-V Admins

VMware Backup Guide for Hyper-V Admins

DevOps.com — By: Alex Tray on At first glance, the Hyper-V and VMware virtual environments may seem similar, but upon closer inspection, a number of important differences between these two virtualization platforms become apparent. Initially, performing administration for VMware vSphere could present some challenges for administrators who are familiar with Hyper-V.
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Data Backup and VM Modernization: How-to Guide

Data Backup and VM Modernization: How-to Guide

Communications of the ACM — Data is everywhere; it is something that we all rely on. It is used by individuals and large organizations that collect and store hundreds of files a day. While a Virtual machine backup is an excellent solution to keeping data and user credentials safe, it could use a bit of updating.
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Enhance Your Business Continuity with Hyper-V

Enhance Your Business Continuity with Hyper-V

techplanet.today — In the era of numerous data threats and power outages, businesses go the extra mile to guarantee the continuity of their operations. Such precautions are vital for business survival and vitality as the longer the disruption in operation takes, the worse the chances for recovery are.
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Container Solutions: Kubernetes vs. Docker

Container Solutions: Kubernetes vs. Docker

IoT For All — Containerization has existed for decades but has seen increasing adoption in recent years for application development and modernization. We will discuss two specific container solutions and their uses: Docker vs. Kubernetes. First, we will discuss exactly what containerization is and then we will dive into the benefits of each solution.
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Hidden Costs of Data Backup: Top 7 Tips to Avoid Them | HostReview.com

Hidden Costs of Data Backup: Top 7 Tips to Avoid Them | HostReview.com

hostreview.com — Data backup is one endeavor that costs companies time, money, and effort. However, saving on costs is a noble goal every smart and responsible business should pursue. On the other hand, you must look for ways to avoid hidden and unnecessary data backup costs.
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Top 6 Points to Include in Your Business Data Backup Policy | DataDrivenInvestor

Top 6 Points to Include in Your Business Data Backup Policy | DataDrivenInvestor

Data Driven Investor — Data loss is a costly calamity that can strike any enterprise. Whereas you may not guard 100% against its occurrence, you can plan to survive it and recover lost information. This point is so critical that you should handle it proactively and not as a reacting firefighter.
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Common Data Encryption Methods by Alex Tray

Common Data Encryption Methods by Alex Tray

careerkarma.com — Data encryption is one of the most prevalent digital safety measures since it safeguards information and reduces the impact of cyber threats. Modern o... - by Alex Tray | in Beginners
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Cybersecurity Best Practices for Data Center Protection

Cybersecurity Best Practices for Data Center Protection

daniweb.com — The rise in data usage and exponential growth of remote work in recent years has increased the need for reliable data centers all around the world. Since data centers are critical for wide-scale networking, data storage, and information sharing, they require exceptional security measures to safeguard them from rapidly evolving physical and digital threats.
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Hidden Costs of Data Backup: Top 7 Tips to Avoid Them | HostReview.com

Hidden Costs of Data Backup: Top 7 Tips to Avoid Them | HostReview.com

HostReview — Data backup is one endeavor that costs companies time, money, and effort. However, saving on costs is a noble goal every smart and responsible business should pursue. On the other hand, you must look for ways to avoid hidden and unnecessary data backup costs.
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Common Data Encryption Methods

Common Data Encryption Methods

careerkarma.com — Data encryption is one of the most prevalent digital safety measures since it safeguards information and reduces the impact of cyber threats.
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