What is bandwidth? Bandwidth is measured as the amount of data that can be transferred from one point to another within a network in a specific amount of time. Typically, bandwidth is expressed…
What is Active Directory? Active Directory (AD) is a directory service for use in a Windows Server environment. It is a distributed, hierarchical database structure that shares infrastructure i…
What is SNMP? SNMP stands for Simple Network Monitoring Protocol. It is a protocol for management information transfer in networks, for use in LANs especially, depending on the chosen version.…
What is WMI? WMI stands for Windows Management Instrumentation. Designed by Microsoft, it is an infrastructure for the standardized management of data and information that is device independent. Si…
What is VPN? A virtual private network extends a private network across a public network and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing device…
What is MQTT? MQTT stands for Message Queuing Telemetry Transport. It is a lightweight messaging protocol for use in cases where clients need a small code footprint and are connected to unreliab…
What is packet sniffing? Pa cket sniffing is the practice of gathering, collecting, and logging some or all packets that pass through a computer network, regardless of how the packet is addressed…
What is CCTV? closed-circuit television CCTV stands for closed-circuit television and is commonly known as video surveillance. “Closed-circuit” means broadcasts are usually transmitted to a limite…
What is TLS? TLS is short for Transport Layer Security. It is a form of security protocol that offers high levels of privacy, as well as data integrity when it comes to communication using networ…
What is IIoT? I saw a recent magazine article outlining six steps to take to implement the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). It was mostly political – form a team, get buy-in from a C-level e…
IPv6 IPv6 is the newest version of internet protocol formulated by the IETF, which helps identify and local endpoint systems on a computer network and route online traffic while addressing the probl…