PURPOSE The purpose of this policy from TechRepublic Premium is to provide guidelines for appropriate entry, presence and operations conducted within your company’s data center. This policy can be customized as needed to fit the needs of your organization. From the policy: DATA CENTER ACCESS POLICY DETAILS The following guidelines should be implemented: The data ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this policy from TechRepublic Premium is to provide guidelines for the appropriate use of ethics involving AI. This policy can be customized as needed to fit the needs of your organization. From the policy: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY DETAILS The business and employees responsible for administering AI must research and obey all ...

PURPOSE With proper planning and management, providing effective after-hours technical service and support can deliver a significant competitive advantage. Here are six recommendations from TechRepublic Premium for effectively structuring technical service and support during non-traditional work hours. From the guide: 1. PROPERLY PRIORITIZE AFTER-HOURS SERVICE The most important step to properly delivering effective technical service ...

PURPOSE Developing and maintaining a team of motivated and effective technical support professionals is challenging, but the rewards can prove significant. Certainly, there’s no substitute for a capable help desk team dedicated to assisting end users. Organizations typically don’t achieve goals if users struggle or employees don’t know how to maximize investments made in applications, ...

PURPOSE Do you go through a yearly ritual of cleaning out your inboxes because you’ve exceeded your allotted mailbox space, or you find rooting through that collection of missives to be so daunting that you’d rather just mass delete everything and start all over, only to have to go through the very same ritual in ...

PURPOSE When you evaluate cloud platforms, you need to compare features, costs, benefits, limitations and implementation details. TechRepublic Premium takes a look at the three biggest players — Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. From the cloud platform spotlight: AMAZON WEB SERVICES SUMMARY Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon, has led ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this policy from TechRepublic Premium is to provide procedures and protocols for supporting effective organizational asset management specifically focused on electronic devices. This policy can be customized as needed to fit the needs of your organization. From the policy: ASSET CONTROL POLICY DETAILS Definition of assets Assets can be defined both ...

PURPOSE Microsoft developed a scripting language called PowerShell to assist Windows administrators with repetitive or mundane tasks. (TechRepublic Premium’s first Windows administrator’s PowerShell script kit can be found here.) To introduce you to PowerShell — or to further your existing knowledge base — TechRepublic Premium has assembled these PowerShell commands and scripts for common workstation ...

PURPOSE This Mobile Device Security Policy from TechRepublic Premium provides guidelines for mobile device security needs in order to protect businesses and their employees. This policy can be customized as needed to fit the needs of your organization. From the policy: REQUIREMENT FOR USERS If using a company-owned device, ensure that all mobile device use ...