Mary E. Shacklett, President, Transworld Data, Author at NetworkingNexus.net

Mary E. Shacklett, President, Transworld Data

Author Archives: Mary E. Shacklett, President, Transworld Data

The Risks of Using an Unsecured Network and the Best Way to Protect Your Users and Company

IT departments and individual users must practice safe, trusted, and secure Internet habits to avoid the risks of unsecured networks and keep cyber villains out.

Leveraging Network Support with Non-IT Personnel

As networks move to the edge, IT can’t always move with them. How do you maintain them? Here are tips to enlist paraprofessionals to help.

Cloud Risk Management’s Time Has Come

The risks and stakes are growing as companies transfer more IT to the cloud. But are those companies really ready?

The Network’s Growing Strategic Role

Networks are no longer a back-office function. It’s time for network managers to assert strategic leadership.

Network Courses and Certifications to Consider for 2024

There are many network courses that can address your present job's priorities and help you gain the needed skills to keep pace with industry changes and new technologies.

QoS in the Era of Pervasive Video and Edge Apps

With the explosion of edge computing and more mission-critical applications like video and telecalls, is it time to revisit your network quality of service?

Creating a Network Budget Strategy

Developing and managing a network budget is hard work for network professionals, who often get hit with new projects that they know nothing about. Is there a better way to manage network spending?

Is It Time to Clean Up Your Network Management Tool Bench?

Network management tool sprawl is getting in the way of network management. It’s time for IT to do something about it.

Network Automation: Where Does it Work?

Network automation tools abound. But getting them to work together is hard work.

The Internet of Moving Things: How to Deploy IoT on the Move

The Internet of moving things presents a different set of network building and orchestration conditions and challenges compared to stationary IoT.

SASE Implementation: Five Steps to Take Before You Go Live

SASE can fill in your edge security needs, but implementing SASE requires planning and coordination.

How New Chip Innovations Will Drive IT

Technology never stands still, and computer chip innovations are no exception. It’s time to revisit IT’s strategic roadmaps for what’s coming.