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10 warning signs that your IT landscape needs to change

January 31, 2012 1:17pm PST

Is your shop burdened with old hardware, expired support contracts, an arthritic network, and pre-Columbian software? Sooner or later, something's gotta give.

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Grade your job poll results: Network Administrator

February 6, 2012 7:44am PST

Here are the poll results for grade your job: Network Administrator.

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Google is enduring harsh criticism about Google+ in search results

January 24, 2012 12:36pm PST

Google believes social networks give their algorithms more insight into exactly what people mean when they search for something, but at what cost?

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Audit and manage your network with Network Inventory Advisor

February 10, 2012 9:26am PST

Derek Schauland tests the ClearApps Network Inventory Advisor, an application to help you manage and audit your network assets.

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The impact of Facebook's IPO on enterprise computing

February 1, 2012 9:40am PST

Patrick Gray talks about what impact Facebook’s IPO may have for enterprise computing and the larger world of social networking and computing in general.

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Using the Network Dashboard Views in SCOM 2012

January 6, 2012 9:00am PST

John Joyner introduces the four new dashboards that are part of the network monitoring engine for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012.

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Deployment documentation best practices for consultants

February 16, 2012 3:16pm PST

Don't deploy a new firewall, VPN, server, SAN, wireless network, or other systems without properly documenting the installation.

3 Latest comment by Erik Eckel

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Google search plus your world isn't an invitation - it's a policy

January 17, 2012 12:30pm PST

Those who choose not to take part in Google's social network, or don't throw a lot of attention its way, could be knocked back by those who invest seriously in Google+.

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Controlling your network using Network Access Control

January 3, 2012 6:00am PST

Alfonso Barreiro looks at the various methods of implementing network access control (NAC) in order to keep unauthorized and non-compliant devices off your network.

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Using jperf to check network performance

February 21, 2012 9:19am PST

Scott Reeves explains how to use the GUI version of iperf for network monitoring and testing.

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Fixing Fedora's Wi-Fi with Wicd

January 3, 2012 7:24pm PST

If you've had trouble getting Fedora to connect to WPA2 Wi-Fi access points, then throw out NetworkManager and replace it with wicd.

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LogicMonitor: SaaS network monitoring

January 19, 2012 6:00am PST

Steven Trippe provides a detailed overview of the cloud-based LogicMonitor for network monitoring.

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Use kismon to view kismet log files

January 11, 2012 9:00am PST

Scott Reeves introduces a GUI front-end available to users of Kismet, the wireless network detecting tool.

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Around the Grounds: Telcos and Turnbull

February 8, 2012 7:20pm PST

Telstra's Next G network hits 13 million subscriptions, no Belle updates for Oz, and Malcolm Turnbull pans the NBN satellites.

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Windows Azure system administration: Geared for the system-impaired

January 10, 2012 6:00am PST

Ian Hardenburgh explains why developers of Azure applications can more easily manage their own applications without having to pass it off to system or network administrators.

Q&A

Printer logon script not running on Windows 7 Pro machines?

December 24, 2011 8:01am PST

Printer logon script not running on Windows 7 Pro machines? Hi, I created 2 GPO's (both logon scripts: 1 for mapping network drives, the other for installing our network printers). When I log into...

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How to setup Cisco Router?

December 27, 2011 9:19pm PST

How to setup Cisco Router? I have a Cisco 1841 Router with T1 and and a single server hosting my website. When I tried to browse to the website from inside the network it doesn't work, but it...

2 Started by beigemonkey  |  Latest comment by njcsamuels

Discussion Threads

NMap Network Security Scanner

December 30, 2011 7:44pm PST

NMap Network Security Scanner article root Nmap sample commands The various types of Nmap scans are explained and sample commands are provided here: http://dougvitale.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/nmap/

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tips for staying on top of tech

January 3, 2012 8:39pm PST

tips for staying on top of tech Bzzt! Wrong. "social networking' and "web 2.0" are terrible time-wasters, productivity destroyers, and privacy loss mechanisms. You're better off reading on-line...

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Multiple Networks on the same router?

January 4, 2012 7:45pm PST

Multiple Networks on the same router? Ok so I am having a problem personally with my computer and possibly my wireless router. I was messing with port forwarding and some other things a while back...

2 Started by Devonzorz  |  Latest comment by OH Smeg