Data Center
Network, server, and storage administrators get valuable advice and best practices to help meet the challenges they face in keeping systems connected, available, and running at high efficiency.
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Skype: Telepresence for the masses
Video conferencing accounted for 28 percent of all Skype calls last year. Michael Kassner discusses why Skype should be considered a telepresence platform and how the multimedia technology of Skype has improved.
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Small office and home data protection options with ioSafe
Home offices as well as the small business can still protect data in a robust fashion. In this TechRepublic blog, IT pro Rick Vanover showcases ioSafe storage solutions.
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Simplify hardware and software registration with these practical tips
Avoid some of the most confusing and potentially drastic issues with managing your hardware and software with these simple tips from IT expert Rick Vanover.
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TeamViewer: Secure remote access and a lot more
Does an app that shares desktops, sets up unattended remote control, facilitates online presentations, allows online audio/video collaboration, and provides VPN capability interest you?
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Tech blogs, transparency, and vendor FUD: Who can you trust?
As end users increasingly rely on blogs and other social media, we have to step back and think about who is doing the talking. IT guru Rick Vanover shares his perspectives on tech bloggers and disclosure.
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Tech Day gives a peek into the future of storage
This week in Colorado Springs, a lot of information about the future of storage for networks and virtualization is being made available. IT pro Rick Vanover wraps up some of the latest information from the event.
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TechEd 2011 day 1 keynote: Cloud, devices, music, and magic
John Joyner offers a recap of the TechEd North America 2011 keynote address by Microsoft's Robert Wahbe, in which he focused on cloud computing and devices.
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The issue of remote access software and vigilance
Protecting the network from the inside out is a task of eternal vigilance. In this blog post, Rick Vanover takes a look at some particular tools that are used for console access over the Internet and their position in network policy.
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The future of push e-mail
In a somewhat surprising move, search giant Google has licensed Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync protocol for use with its Google Sync service. What does the future of push mail look like?