Branch Office Management | IT Central By Richard J. Brown
It takes a strong command center to effectively manage your remote sites. Whether you have one branch or 1,000, there's no substitute for proper planning. We'll get you started by sharing best practices.
Review: Remote-Site Management Products | Technologies Bridging the Gap By Richard J. Brown and Gerard R. Sheehan
Availability of local support is one of the biggest challenges to remote-site management. We examine two technologies essential to supporting those sites--network protocol analyzers and remote-access and control software--and compare commercial products with their open-source counterparts.
Review: Session Initiation Protocol Phones | The Low-Cost SIP Phone Challenge By Peter Morrissey and Delwyn Lee
The cost of voice-over-IP phones is beginning to drop, thanks to widespread adoption of Session Initiation Protocol. We tested three budget-priced SIP phones. Find out which one got our top grade for its performance, voice quality and features.
Last Mile Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and Tim Wilson
This edition: Top 11 things SpongeBob could teach us about IT. Also, play the Logo Game, and Pizza Boxes for your laptops.
Quick Takes By NWC Editors
This edition looks at Highwall's Rogue Detection System 2.0, Array Networks' Array TM-X, Logicube's SonixR and StorageTek's Backup Resource Monitor Software.
Letters By NWC Readers
Richard Radcliffe thinks that times may be changing for Microsoft, thanks to credible competition from Linux systems.
FUDBusters: ITU Claims Spam Defeated in 2 Years By Tim Wilson
The Union says that, with the help of regulators and software makers, Spam could be defeated in 24 months. In the meantime, we've got a bridge to sell.
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