Creating a world where Applications and Infrastructure perform better together

Virtual Instruments’ vision is to create a world where applications and infrastructure perform better together. Today, we offer real-time infrastructure performance monitoring, analytics and storage validation products that provide breakthrough application workload visibility to Global 2000 enterprise companies and service providers. We offer the best infrastructure instrumentation and performance analytics for the business-critical data center. In early 2016, Load DynamiX and Virtual Instruments merged. With the addition of the Load DynamiX Enterprise solution to the Virtual Instruments portfolio, IT managers and teams are empowered to more intelligently evaluate and transition to new storage architectures, such as flash, cloud, software-defined, virtualized and converged infrastructures.

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R3D Consulting is an independent management and information technology consulting firm founded in 1996. It has offices in Canada, the US and Europe. An organization’s competitive advantage is derived from a combination of the collected knowledge and expertise inside the organization and the operating environment within which it is applied.

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Achieving pervasive security above and below the OS

whitePaper | October 11, 2022

Keeping business data secure is a challenging task, complicated by the proliferation of endpoints operating outside of the organizational network and the constant evolution of threat vectors

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EMERGING TRENDS IN WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE

whitePaper | November 30, 2022

5G, the fifth-generation cellular technology, is being deployed around the world. 5G is a transformational technology designed to provide significant flexibility and support a variety of use cases. This paper describes the emerging infrastructure trends of wireless networks for 4G, 5G, and beyond 5G. These trends provide even more opportunities to service providers for network deployments, network customization, and network optimization. These key trends include (i) spectrum trends, (ii) densification & coverage extension methods, (iii) virtualization and cloudification, and (iv) network customization and intelligence.

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Top 5 Things to Ask Your Data Center About Compliance

whitePaper | January 14, 2020

Choosing the right colocation partner is critical, especially when it comes to compliance. When you’re outsourcing your data center needs, understanding your colocation provider’s compliance, security, availability and integrity are of upmost importance. A colocation provider mitigates risk through physical and environmental controls from an operational and security standpoint. Ensuring proper maintenance and operation of critical infrastructure, along with upkeep and continual improvement of a physical security program, are part of a comprehensive compliance program. This new report from Iron Mountain provides details on what the company sees as five of the top things to ask your data center provider about compliance:

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Dell Trusted Infrastructure

whitePaper | October 27, 2022

Physical and software-defined systems, multicloud environments, edge devices and as-a-service delivery define the infrastructure of the modern era — and this is changing everything we know about cybersecurity and cyber resiliency. At Dell, we believe IT security should embrace a Zero Trust approach using continuous updates and improvements in how we design, build and deliver secure IT solutions and services.

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Best Modern Practices for Cable Field Testing and Troubleshooting

whitePaper | September 30, 2022

To ensure both the cabling system and installation workmanship meet high-quality standards, cabling should be tested according to industry standards, such as international ISO/IEC, TIA (used in the Americas and some parts of Europe), or other regional standards. However, testing and configuration complexity, including testing parameters and new link models, can introduce challenges for field operators in obtaining warranty certification.

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Zero Trust Maturity Model

whitePaper | June 13, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) leads the nation’s effort to understand, manage, and reduce cybersecurity risk, including by supporting Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies in evolving and operationalizing cybersecurity programs and capabilities. CISA’s Zero Trust Maturity Model (ZTMM) provides an approach to achieve continued modernization efforts related to zero trust within a rapidly evolving environment and technology landscape. This ZTMM is one of many paths that an organization can take in designing and implementing their transition plan to zero trust architectures in accordance with Executive Order (EO) 14028 “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity” § (3)(b)(ii),1 which requires that agencies develop a plan to implement a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA). While the ZTMM is specifically tailored for federal agencies as required by EO 14028, all organizations should review and consider adoption of the approaches outlined in this document.

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