Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Weekly Update: P2P, IT trends, Offshoring PM and more...

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

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Blog Post: You Know You're a Sysadmin When....
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Blog Post: Monitor P2P network use or loose federal funding
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Blog Post: Horror on Weekend Street
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Event: International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and...
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Popular Q&A: How can I map an external drive?
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USING SAN WITH VMWARE TO FACILITATE STORAGE AND SERVER CONSOLIDATION
By NetApp
This technical case study reviews how the combination of VMware software and NetApp storage solutions provide...
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A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR BROAD ADOPTION OF REAL TIME COLLABORATION
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For organizations seeking prescriptive guidance for driving business advantage from instant messaging applications...
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MOVING TOWARD MORE EFFECTIVE PRINT MANAGEMENT
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Learn about the five key steps of successful print optimization, from assessment to implementation to ongoing...
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BACKUP AND RECOVERY BEST PRACTICES FOR MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER 2007
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Backup and recovery operations are a critical activity. With messaging commonly viewed as a mission critical...
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FAX IN EVOLVING VOIP ENVIRONMENTS
By Captaris
As organizations continue to build out and expand their new IP infrastructure, VoIP is moving into wider adoption with...
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SIX WAYS HP HELPS IT SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES
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Many companies have been talking about being green lately, but HP's been quietly doing something about it for years...
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FOUR WAYS HP PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS CAN HELP INCREASE IT AVAILABILITY
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So many IT projects, so little staff. That's the problem for an increasing number of IT teams as they work to meet the...
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CRM YOUR SALESPEOPLE WILL LOVE
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NAC: MANAGING UNAUTHORIZED COMPUTERS
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Unauthorized endpoint computers pose significant security risks to organizations. Where underlying network-based...
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NETWORK FAXING WITH CASTELLE NETWORK FAX SERVERS
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YOU KNOW YOU'RE A SYSADMIN WHEN....
Posted by Dru (SysAdmin, Technical Writer, Technical Trainer) Comments(18)
I had a chance to start reading Time Management for System Administrators yesterday while waiting...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/616452

Recent Blog Entries

MONITOR P2P NETWORK USE OR LOOSE FEDERAL FUNDING
Posted by Dan Morrill (Security Project Manager) Comments(1)
This makes for an interesting threat, monitor educational networks for P2P traffic, or loose all...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/616477

SCHNEIER PODCAST ON SECURITY TRENDS AND GENERAL ECONOMICS OF IT & SECURITY
Posted by DaveB (Lecturer)
I've just listened to a great podcast by Bruce Schneier at an educause conference where he...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/616453

HORROR ON WEEKEND STREET
Posted by Robert Gerace (CEO) Comments(1)
It takes time to clean up a network. Before you have time to get it all cleaned up, if it exists in...
http://www.ittoolbox.com/da/616478

IT OUTSOURCING AND THE INNOVATION DILEMMA
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Many IT leaders enter into outsourcing arrangements with an expectation that the outsourcing...
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HOW CAN I MAP AN EXTERNAL DRIVE?
By ITtoolbox as adapted from Wireless-Networks-L discussion group
How can I map an external drive? I have the Mac address, the IP address and the port.
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BROCADE -- last edited by Ben Foster
Brocade is a well known network storage product and services company based in San Jose,US. The...
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