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Tom Hollingsworth

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Writer at Gestalt IT

Organizer for Tech Field Day. CCIE. Scruffy-looking nerd herder. Networking engineer. Independent Network Analyst. Snarky blogger. Nerd.

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  • 1 week ago | techfieldday.com | Tom Hollingsworth

    Compliance reinforces the state of security in your organization. However, compliance in and of itself is not security. In this episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Jack Poller and Milou Meier as they discuss the nuance between securing your organization and ensuring compliance. They discuss the challenges with audits and the “checkbox” mentality that has become common.

  • 2 weeks ago | techfieldday.com | Tom Hollingsworth

    The first Security Field Day event of the year is finally here! We’re excited to bring you Security Field Day 13 live from Silicon Valley. This event combines a number of trends in the cybersecurity and data protection spaces to bring you information you need to keep your users safe and sound. This event will kick on on Wednesday, May 28 with Dell Technologies. They are returning to discuss how their approach to integrated security helps keep your infrastructure safe from endpoint to cloud.

  • 1 month ago | techfieldday.com | Tom Hollingsworth

    Modern Wi-Fi connections rely on more than just raw throughput to measure performance. The complexity of wireless as a medium makes the user experience more varied and creates difficulties in troubleshooting. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Keith Parsons, Rocky Gregory, and Ron Westfall as they discuss the state of Wi-Fi and how performance works. They talk about the challenges with properly designed wireless networks and how data sheets make assumptions about the environment.

  • 1 month ago | techfieldday.com | Tom Hollingsworth

    The definition of traditional security technologies must evolve to meet new use cases. Networks that use virtual constructs to segregate traffic are just as air gapped as physical separation. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Carole Warner Reece, John Osmon, and Jason Gintert discuss why the standard for hyper secure systems has always been physical separation.

  • 2 months ago | gestaltit.com | Tom Hollingsworth

    Half a century is a long time for an IT business, and Microsoft is justified in making a lot of noise to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. The celebration brought together three Microsoft CEOs: Gates, Balmer, and Nadella. Microsoft CoPilot isn’t quite as old as the company, but it was still at the center of the celebrations. Many Microsoft products have come and gone over fifty years. Is CoPilot going to be one of the keepers? This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown.

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RT @danielnewmanUV: The outlook for 2025: A sit down with @YahooFinance to look into the crystal ball for the year ahead. We talked: 1. A…

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Tom Hollingsworth @NetworkingNerd
24 Oct 24

RT @_JonMyer: Hey #CFD21 Delegates... what do you think of Platform9's Private Cloud Director? https://t.co/nqWmAopi3z