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Tech Optimizer

December 11, 2024

EDB Brings Cloud Agility and Observability to Hybrid Environments with Sovereign Control

EnterpriseDB (EDB) has introduced advancements to its EDB Postgres® AI platform, enabling enterprises to implement secure, adaptable AI-driven applications within a sovereign, hybrid framework. The platform offers a unified interface for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads, facilitating quicker AI project development. A recent EDB study found that over 56% of organizations are deploying mission-critical workloads in a hybrid model. The EDB Postgres AI platform features a Hybrid Control Plane for centralized management and automation, enhancing application performance and database health monitoring. The AI Accelerator allows enterprises to test and deploy generative AI applications within the Postgres environment, automating the data pipeline. The Analytics Accelerator improves high-performance analytics and offers near real-time OLAP capabilities. PostgreSQL version 17 is now available across EDB products, supporting various deployment environments. EDB serves over 1,500 customers globally, providing high availability and compliance controls.

Tech Optimizer

November 26, 2024

Business Choice 2024: The Best Security and Privacy Brands for Work

Endpoint security is crucial for corporate cybersecurity, focusing on protecting individual employees and their computers. IT departments rely on security software and remote-access VPN services to mitigate risks from compromised systems and unauthorized data access, especially for remote workers. In 2024, Bitdefender is recognized as the top security suite for work-from-home environments, winning the Business Choice award. Trend Micro received a Readers’ Choice Award, while Norton outperformed Microsoft in satisfaction. Malwarebytes is preferred for standalone antivirus options. For IT-managed security software, Bitdefender retains its title for the second consecutive year, with Microsoft experiencing a decline in ratings. GlobalProtect, from Palo Alto Networks, is the top-rated remote access VPN, excelling in most categories except reliability, where SonicWall is a close competitor. Cisco is the preferred IT-managed VPN brand, rated higher by IT managers than by users, outperforming SonicWall in reliability, ease of use, and internet speed. The PCMag Readers’ Choice survey for Antivirus and Security Suites and VPNs was conducted from September 10 to November 4, 2024.

Winsage

October 20, 2024

Installing PDQ Using Winget on Windows 11 or 10

PDQ Deploy and PDQ Inventory are enterprise-level IT solutions for software deployment and asset management, beneficial for IT administrators in large-scale environments. To install PDQ on Windows 10 or 11, users can utilize the Windows package manager, Winget, which requires administrative privileges. Steps for installation include: 1. Verify Winget installation by executing the command winget. 2. Search for PDQ packages using winget search PDQ. 3. Install PDQ Deploy with winget install PDQ.PDQDeploy. 4. Install PDQ Inventory with winget install PDQ.PDQInventory. 5. Confirm installation by running winget list PDQ. 6. Keep PDQ updated using PLACEHOLDERc41f1f0325 and PLACEHOLDER4c7c64418c. 7. Uninstall applications with PLACEHOLDERef3b3482e0 and PLACEHOLDER3f5d6ecf63.