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“When you peel back business issues, more times than not, you will find that the root cause is directly tied to data problems,” says Matthew Minetola, CIO at Elastic®. In today's world, all companies, new and old, are awash in data from multiple sources — stored in multiple systems, versions, and formats — and it’s getting worse all the time.

Cove Data Protection includes several plugins we refer to as data sources (or datasources/sources), for example, Exchange, MsSQL, and MySQL. However, if you are running software we do not have a datasource for, you must ensure the resulting restore will be consistent and error-free.

Microservices architecture is a software development approach where an application is built as a collection of small, loosely coupled, independently deployable services. Each service focuses on a specific business capability and operates as an autonomous unit, communicating with other services through well-defined APIs. This architectural style is often used in the context of DevOps to create more efficient, scalable, and manageable systems.

In the constantly changing cybersecurity landscape, staying one step ahead of malicious actors is crucial - and understanding the intricacies of your networks is an integral part of that. A tool that can help you do this has earned its reputation as a cybersecurity stalwart - Nmap. Nmap, short for Network Mapper, holds the keys to unlocking valuable insights in your network infrastructure.

One of the more important parts of organizational strategic planning for IT departments is IT budgeting. While this can be challenging, creating and following this budget can provide teams with guidance, drive innovation, improve efficiency, and contribute to accomplishing organizational goals on schedule. There are a lot of components to consider in a good IT budget, including hardware, software, services, and personnel costs.