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  Cloud data storage policy

  Third-party cloud-based file storage applications such as Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive have all contributed to the success of business cloud data storage. These products have brought proven flexibility and ease of data access to users and businesses alike while ensuring security of confidential information. Cloud data storage offers many benefits to consumers and companies ...

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  Year-round IT budget template

  If you set up your IT budget the right way now, you can manage spending all year — and save a lot of time and effort when next year’s budgeting chores roll around. This Excel template includes tabs to help you track spending, monitor unplanned purchases, categorize expenses, and record key data like recurring payments, ...

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  Hiring kit: Human resources specialist

  Recruiting a Human Resources Specialist with the right mix of industry knowledge, organizational awareness, experience and technical expertise will require a robust screening process. This Hiring Kit from TechRepublic includes a salary range, job description, interview questions and a want advertisement. This will provide an adjustable framework your business can use to find, recruit and ...

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  Hiring kit: UX specialist

  A poor user experience can damage your company’s reputation, impede business growth and even lead to failure. That’s why it’s so important to work with a talented UX specialist who can ensure that your website and applications are visually appealing and user friendly for your target audience. This TechRepublic Premium hiring kit will help you ...

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  IT email templates: Security alerts

  All company communication needs may vary but certain standard template messages can come in handy for IT staff to keep employees up to date on “need to know” informational bulletins. These bulletins may be one-off or regularly scheduled communications to help raise awareness about your technology processes, accepted procedures and best practices or to explain ...

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  Job description: MongoDB administrator

  Open source database program MongoDB has become a hot technology, and MongoDB administrators are in high demand. This job description will help you identify the best candidates for the job. From the job description: The MongoDB administrator will help manage, maintain and troubleshoot the company databases housed in MongoDB. They will create scripts to automate ...

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  Job description: Business information analyst

  The business information analyst plays a key role in evaluating and recommending improvements to the company’s IT systems. This job description outlines the skills, experience and knowledge the position requires. From the description: Business information analysts help identify customer requirements and recommend ways to address them. They engage in IT projects from development to testing, ...

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  Equipment reassignment policy and checklist

  This policy provides guidelines for reclaiming and reusing equipment from current or former employees. It outlines the steps that must be carried out by authorized individuals before this equipment can be considered safe to reassign. The following checklist will help ensure that all the appropriate steps are taken for equipment reassignment. From the policy: ASSET ...

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  Cloud data warehouse guide and checklist

  Choosing a vendor to provide cloud-based data warehouse services requires a certain level of due diligence on the part of the purchaser. This Cloud Data Warehouse Guide and the accompanying checklist from TechRepublic Premium will help businesses choose the vendor that best fits its data storage needs based on offered features and key elements. From ...

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  Security risk assessment checklist

  Organizations, regardless of size, face ever-increasing information technology and data security threats. Everything from physical sites to data, applications, networks and systems are under attack. Worse, neither an organization nor its managers need to prove prominent or controversial to prove a target. Automated and programmatic robotic attacks seek weaknesses, then exploit vulnerabilities when detected. As ...