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May 09, 2008
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April 17, 2008
Disaster recovery objectives are a key driver of storage consolidation in a Storage Area Network (SAN). To enable high availability and...
Will ISO standardization change what format organizations use internally? Will they be more likely to upgrade to newer formats sooner as a result?
Until recently, North American wireless carriers had been reluctant to introduce unlimited voice and data plans. But competit...
Microsoft’s recent move into the Rich Internet Application (RIA) space with Silverlight has generated a lot of buzz and compa...
Enterprises with small branch offices and teleworkers often make significant investments in infrastructure and application li...
The steep performance requirements associated with applications that leverage real-time voice and video are having a signific...
When designing the corporate Web site, IT brings a unique set of skills and expertise to the table. Follow these recommendati...
Enterprises considering a transition from Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to Exchange Server 2007 will need to plan the possib...
Softphones are IP telephony desktop applications which have increased in popularity in recent years due to their functionalit...
HP Data Protector is sometimes called the best backup solution that no one’s ever heard of. This is in part because HP market...
Usability benefits can be gained without going to the full extent of formal usability testing. Use t...
Once you have defined the tasks for usability test participants to complete in the “Informal Usabili...
Regardless of where analysts come from, they share certain characteristics that transcend training i...
Microsoft recently held its annual "Convergence" conference, focused on its line of enterprise busin...
Selection Advice
A help desk knowledgebase tool can improve both quality of service and efficiency of IT service operations. This editable template includes all the...
Strategy and Planning
Enterprises continue to face the challenge of rapidly deploying high-performance applications across network infrastructures. Cross-functional teams...
Management and Staffing
Info-Tech finds that IT departments run into the same classic issues in getting the business on board when planning enterprise application projects....
IT Projects are characterized by changing technologies, uncertainty, and shifting business needs and objectives. Review core project management...
Wikis have broken free from the confines of the consumer market and are gnawing their way into the enterprise world. Analyze the range of potential...
Xandros Linux is gaining attention following volume consumer sales of the Asus Eee notebook featuring Xandros Desktop, Xandros' acquisition of...
Info-Tech sees increased interest in thin client deployments as the technology that supports the back end evolves with virtualization. With more...
SharePoint 2007 has given rise to a new set of issues concerning data backup and recovery. While the latest release of SharePoint has improved its...
A storage area network (SAN) is a critical requirement for providing virtual servers with high availability and dynamic provisioning. However, the...
Virtualization and consolidation are moving enterprises towards more powerful machines and multi-socket multi-core x64-based servers provide the...
Some business applications require stringent service levels on a 24x7 basis. Regrettably, the network management infrastructure required to support...
Many IT professionals may not recall the FCC’s Carterfone Decision, which provided “open-access” to public telephone networks. Almost forty years...
In the vast majority of situations, enterprises rely on Value Added Resellers (VARs) to purchase LAN equipment. Similarly, many organizations use...
Implement and Integrate
An enterprise security policy is a document of too much importance to be without. It defines not only the overall stance that the enterprise will...
Surfing the Internet, accessing e-mail, and utilizing VPN connections while flying the friendly skies could soon become a reality. In-flight...
IT projects are a normal aspect of small and mid-sized enterprise (SME) life. To increase the chances for ongoing IT project success, review core IT...
Wikis are no longer just a consumer technology. There are a growing number of business-oriented wiki solutions that address the needs of many small...
Small enterprises looking at Linux will find that Novell’s SUSE offering is suited for standard Linux roles as well as office-worker desktop...
Small enterprises running Windows applications and needing high availability should consider migration to Windows Server 2008. Improved clustering...
Even though malware has been surpassed as the most significant threat that enterprises face, it has not been eliminated and indeed, continues to...
Trends and Predictions
Studies of IT security threats as a whole routinely show that internal threats are the most damaging. These same studies also illustrate that...
