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Special Issue: Affordable IT Departments Columns |
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Affordable IT | Budget Beaters By Tim Wilson IT organizations are getting creative in cutting costs. Learn which strategies could pay off and which might carry too much risk for your enterprise. |
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Spending Vs. Saving | Talk Quick and Dirty to Me By Jonathan Feldman Learn how to decide when to do it on the cheap and when you need to bite the bullet and pony up for expensive, "big-bang" tools. |
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Desktop Management | A Suite to Fit Your Budget By Michael J. DeMaria Desktop management suites are becoming more complex. Fortunately, commoditization and freeware options can help keep your costs down. |
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Desktop Security | Fighting User Ignorance By Michael J. DeMaria Protecting your organization means guarding against attackers as well as internal problems. Tools are essential, but so is user education. |
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Patch Management | A Stitch in Time By Curtis Franklin Jr. No matter what system you're running, keeping your software current is crucial. We'll show you the best patch-management tools for your money. |
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Protocol Analyzers | Analyze Your Problems By Peter Morrissey You don't need to spend a fortune for an analyzer tool that can drill down into the problem and show you where to concentrate your resources. Here's how to easily and affordably sniff out any issues. |
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Network Monitoring | Ping Me... We'll Do Lunch By Bruce Boardman Discover affordable ways to monitor your systems and still have money left over to order take-out. |
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Network Configuration | Controlling Change, Cheaply By Bruce Boardman Lower end configuration-management apps may be bare bones and sans syntax, but you may discover they're all your organization really needs. |
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Storage | Storage Gets a Makeover By Don MacVittie New backup deals and options are plentiful, no matter the size of your organization. Disk-to-disk-to-tape appliances can be lifesavers. |
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White Boxes and Used Gear | Winning at Buying No-Names By Ron Anderson By asking a lot of questions before buying, you can make white boxes and used networking equipment work for you. |
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All-In-One Gateways | It's in the Box By Sean Doherty All-in-one gateway appliances are hot for SOHOs that need broadband WAN/LAN rolled into one. But they're not so easy to manage. Learn what to watch out for and how to cope. |
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Mobile and Wireless | Even Small IT Shops Can Cut the Cord By Frank Bulk With the right planning, any network can go wireless. Find out how the numerous 'lite' and freeware options can provide enterprise-class wireless connectivity. |
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E-Mail | Choosing a Mail Route By Ron Anderson You've got three choices when implementing an e-mail system for your business: build it, buy it or outsource it. Discover which one may be right for you. |
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Web Servers | Choosing the Right Web Server By Lori MacVittie Keeping your external Web site available 24/7 means building a reliable Web server environment. Here are your options. |
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Load Balancers | Take a Load Off Your Web Servers By Lori MacVittie Should you go with a software- or hardware-based load balancer? We give you the lowdown on selecting the right one for your organization. |
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Remote Access Security | Don't Open the Door to Strangers By Curtis Franklin Jr. Remote-access security is a priority. Here's how to find the system that works for any situation and any budget. |
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Last Mile Edited By Bradley F. Shimmin and Tim Wilson This edition: The top 11 worst patents imagined by IT professionals; IT uses for used yogurt lids; and the retro Encabulator. |
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Letters By NWC Readers Chad Chelius chimes, "Using open-source OS X printer drivers sure beats printing to a PDF file and then printing from a PC." |
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Industry Insights: Affordable IT | The Issue, the Section By Mike Lee Are you scrounging for spare change to pay for critical equipment and services? You're not alone. |
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BuzzCut: Improving California's IT Infrastructure | Pumping IT Iron By Peter Morrissey Despite being home to Silicon Valley, California's governmental IT infrastructure is in bad shape. But that may soon change. |
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BuzzCut: Gold Wire Deal Signals Market Shakedown | Everyone Wins By Bruce Boardman Gold Wire's acquisition by Intelliden benefits both its users and any enterprise looking for a more compact list of configuration-management tools. |
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BuzzCut: Wal-Mart Rolls Back Prices on Notebook PCs | Laptops, Boxers and Ammo By Tim Wilson The retail chain plans to develop its own line of inexpensive notebooks. |
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BuzzCut: FCC to Make VoIP Wiretapping Easy | VoIP on Tap By Michael J. DeMaria Wiretaps have proved effective in preventing and prosecuting offenders. Now it's time to be use these taps in newer communication methods. |
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FUDBusters: Lazy Employees, Security Violations? | Poorly Managed Cultures By John R. Vacca Managers are blaming employees for intruder and virus attacks. But who's really at fault? |
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