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Colin Smith takes you step-by-step through building a Windows Server in the Rackspace Cloud.

Rick Vanover recently profiled two disk-wiping solutions and detailed how they work with a series of screenshots. Which tools would you like to know more about?

VMware’s ESXi hypervisor offers a very important lab and training feature. Virtualization pro Rick Vanover shows how to set up nested ESXi.

By popular demand, this gallery will show how to wipe a hard disk with Darik’s Boot And Nuke (DBAN). IT pro Rick Vanover walks through the DBAN process.

If a hard drive needs to leave your possession, it may be a requirement to ensure there is no data risk. In this gallery, IT maharajah Rick Vanover shows how to zero out a disk with Active@ KillDisk.

Bill Detwiler asked TechRepublic members to send in photos of the worst server room messes they’ve encountered and they really came through.

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Jack Wallen explores 10 options for tools that you can use to create your own network diagrams, including five that are free.

Here are examples of network diagrams that received high ratings from IT pros.

Here is a summary view of Apple’s patent application for “Transitioning Between Modes of Input,” that might mean plans for touchscreen input on iMacs and MacBooks.

Here’s a collection of performance and monitoring tools for networks of every size and to fit every budget.

Michael Kassner takes you through the steps to best secure your iPhone.