vSphere 7.0 U1/U2 Important Upgrade Notice

VMware recently released a fairly important update to vCenter (details here: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2021/05/vmsa-2021-0010.html). Many folks are probably thinking: “Well, since I need to update vCenter anyway I might as well take the vSphere 7 plunge”. It’s a great thought but, like any release, please make sure you carefully read the release notes - especially if you [...]Read More »

Hardening Your Dell Storage Center (SC) – Compellent

08 June 2021
by: Rick Gouin
in: Dell Technologies,Midrange Storage,Security
Tags: ransomware
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Over the last year or so, I’ve helped multiple companies recover from ransomware events utilizing snapshots on their storage arrays. In several of these instances, the customer’s backups were compromised along with their production environment. A storage array can be a nice part of a recovery strategy, as they seem to be targeted less frequently [...]Read More »

New Dell PowerStore OS 2.0 Really is Future Ready

Dell just announced PowerStore OS version 2.0. It will be available for download on 6/10/2021. If you are new to PowerStore, check out this intro post here. As you can see, the platform launched a year ago was a little lean from a feature set perspective. Dell is rapidly filling out those capabilities and is [...]Read More »

Dell’s PowerStore reaches down market with new entry level PS500T

Dell is expanding the reach of the PowerStore mid-range storage platform further down-market with the introduction of the entry-level PowerStore 500T. This smaller system is aimed at competing with the lower-end storage requirements found in SMB or ROBO deployments. The system is supposed to come in around $30k for a base config with minimal storage. With [...]Read More »

Run a Windows 10 Instance in AWS EC2

01 April 2021
by: Rick Gouin
in: AWS
Tags: AWS, windows10
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You want a Microsoft Windows 10 instance in your EC2 environment. Maybe it’s for a jump box, maybe it’s for direct access to some RDS instances or other services. Whatever the case, you went to AWS figuring you’d launch a new Windows 10 instance, and then you realized: Windows 10 isn’t one of the choices. […]

Celebrating Women’s History Month

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Winslow Technology Group (WTG) would like to highlight the contributions of multiple trail-blazing women with a history of leading the way for others to follow. Women’s History Month started in Santa Rosa, California as a local celebration. In 1980, President Carter signed the Presidential Proclamation dedicating the week of […]

Hands-on with Continuous Data Protection in Veeam v11

I was able to get my lab/small production Veeam instance up to v11 this week – I also replicate my backups to an offsite vSphere host so I figured it would be a good time to test out the new CDP feature. I was able to get it set up without too much trouble, […]

Celebrating Black History Month: A tribute to key influencers within the technology industry

In observance of Black History Month, Winslow Technology Group (WTG) wanted to contribute a special blog in memory, honor of, and in justice to the Black men and women who have made meaningful impacts in technology, inclusion, and the elimination of bias and discrimination. In honoring these contributions, both past, and present, we ensure voices […]

What are you doing? Podcast by Michael Beach

This is the show for thought leaders who are investing in the next generation of leadership for their organization. These thought leaders are developing the emerging leaders who will take their organization to the next level and the level after that. This is ALSO the show for Emerging Leaders who want to become a part [...]Read More »

Managing Your Network Traffic – How to use VLANs in Dell OS10

12 January 2021
by: Daniel Johnson
in: Dell Technologies,Open Networking,Switches
Tags: Dell, open networking, VLAN
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Dell OS10 Basics Part 3 Dell OS10 is Dell’s latest switch operating system. It is built on a Linux core and is Dell’s offering in the Open Networking space. It is NOT intended as an upgrade for switches running OS6 (N-Series) or OS9 (legacy S-Series), however, any Dell S- or Z-Series switch with a “-ON” […]

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