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As multifunction printers (MFPs) have increased their built-in features, they have long since moved beyond simple scanning and printing. They have now evolved into fully autonomous devices integrated into high-tech local and global networks, connecting users and organizations not only within a single office but worldwide. In this article, together with practical information security expert Luka Safonov, we will explore […]
Background In a medical organization, solutions based on PACS servers Orthanc and DICOM client Radiant were being implemented. During the setup, it turned out that each DICOM client must be described in the PACS servers as follows: Client name AE-name (must be unique) TCP port that automatically opens on the client side and receives DICOM studies from the PACS server (i.e., the server essentially pushes them towards the client […]
When a business operates with large data sets, the unit of storage becomes not an individual disk, but a set of disks, their aggregate, a necessary volume aggregate. And it must be managed as a cohesive entity. The logic of scaling storage with large block aggregates is well described using the JBOD example — both as a disk aggregation format and as a physical device. You can scale the disk infrastructure not only 'upward', cascading JBODs, but […]
You have probably already noticed that Visual Studio 2019 has been released. As expected, we have added enhancements for web development and Azure development. Serving as a starting point, Visual Studio 2019 provides new features to start working with your code, and we have also updated the creation experience for ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core projects to match the following […]
We know Solarwinds well and have been working with it for a long time. Many are also familiar with their products for network (and not only) monitoring. However, it is not as widely known that they offer around forty free utilities on their website that can help control network devices, manage infrastructure, databases, and even handle incidents. In fact, this software consists of separate […]
If you're involved in building medium to large Wi-Fi networks, where the minimum number of access points is several dozen, and for larger sites it can be in the hundreds or thousands, you need tools to plan such an impressive network. The results of planning/designing will affect Wi-Fi performance throughout the network's lifecycle, which, for our country, can often amount to around […]
In previous articles, we explored what IdM is, how to determine whether your organization needs such a system, what tasks it addresses, and how to justify the implementation budget to management. Today, we will discuss the important steps that the organization must take to achieve the required level of maturity before implementing the IdM system. After all, IdM is designed to automate processes, and automating […]
More good news from 3CX! Last week, two important updates were released: a new VoIP application 3CX for Android and a new version of the 3CX Call Flow Designer (CFD) development environment for 3CX v16. The new 3CX VoIP application for Android includes various improvements in stability and usability, particularly a new […]
Hello everyone! I work as a DevOps engineer in the hotel booking service Ostrovok.ru. In this article, I want to share our experience testing ansible roles. At Ostrovok.ru, we use ansible as our configuration manager. Recently, we felt the need to test roles, but, as it turned out, there are not many tools for this — perhaps the most popular is the Molecule framework, so […]
Hello everyone! I really want to dive straight into the topic, but it'll be more appropriate to share a little about my background: Introduction I am a programmer with experience in developing frontend single-page applications, as well as Scala/Java and Node.js on the server side. For quite a while (definitely a couple — three years), I held the opinion that Docker is a godsend and an amazing tool that absolutely everyone […]
The implementation of any IT solution in an enterprise begins with design. At this stage, the IT manager needs to calculate the number of servers and their specifications, ensuring that there are enough to meet user demand while optimizing the cost-quality ratio of these servers, and that the expenses for creating the computing infrastructure for a new information system do not incur serious […]
Good day to all! This time I decided to describe a situation that doesn't seem to be particularly well documented on the Internet, although there are some hints about it. Most of the information came from long, methodical digging through the code and the Mikrotik wiki. The task is to implement SMS management of multiple devices, for instance, turning ports on and off. There is: A secondary router […]