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You Think You've Really Destroyed That Data? Take A Look At What Got Recovered From Shuttle Columbia

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:31 AM ET | May 13, 2008

The loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew in 2003 continues to haunt many of us -- and, unexpectedly, has offered a lesson in the persistence of hard disk data.

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Hardware & Software | IT | Security | Storage

Data Center Conservation: Some Practical Tips

Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:37 PM ET | May 9, 2008

Jack Pouchet, the director of energy initiatives at Emerson Network Power, believes companies can reduce 50 percent of the power consumption in their data center, if they tried just a little. Is your small or midsize business interested?

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Green Business | IT | Operations

More On Disaster Recovery: Mind The Gaps In Your Plans

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:49 PM ET | May 7, 2008

We've talked a lot here about disaster recovery, and almost as much about planning for disaster recovery. In considering these, it's well-worth considering -- and looking for -- any hidden gaps or vulnerabilities that might bring even the best-laid plans to grief.

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Management Vendor Broadens Reach

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:51 AM ET | May 7, 2008

Systems and network management have been coalescing, so dividing lines between the two have become hard to discern. Consequently, it is not too surprising to see vendors in one of these areas moving more squarely into a new niche.

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IT | Management | Networking & Communications | Storage

10G Ethernet Moving from Fiber to Copper

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:20 AM ET | May 5, 2008

Faster speeds are something that IT departments constantly desire. 10G bps transmissions have been relegated to backbone switch connections but are starting to make their way into servers and storage systems because of less expensive cabling.

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How Prepared Are You For Disaster Recovery?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:21 PM ET | May 2, 2008

If your business got hit by a natural disaster that resulted in your "losing everything" -- would that "everything" include your company's digital records and history? It shouldn't.

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Interop Insight: Why Users Hate IT

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:27 PM ET | May 1, 2008

In case you haven't noticed, today's consumer products and applications routinely outperform -- and out "cool" -- their business counterparts. So no wonder users bristle when forced to make do with second-rate business solutions. But IT folks often make the situation worse.

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Apple | Company Size: 1-49 | IT | Internet/Web

Interop: Fixed/Mobile Convergence Coming to Your Company?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:39 AM ET | Apr 30, 2008

Employees no longer sit in their cubicles all day. Instead, executives move from place to place, visiting customers and clients. Figuring out how to reach these individuals has been a problem: Do you try their office number or their cell?

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Another Low Priced Video Conferencing System Arrives

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 01:56 PM ET | Apr 28, 2008

Many small and medium businesses have been interested in video conferencing but not able to justify purchasing these systems. In addition, picture quality has been an issue with many systems, so vendors are now trying to address those issues.

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Web 2.0 Expo: How To Build A Wiki That Doesn't Suck

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:14 PM ET | Apr 26, 2008

"The Web is littered with dead wikis," admits SocialText CEO Eugene Lee. Here's how to make sure your wiki doesn't add to the junkpile.

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Astaro Survey Sez Your Security Spending Seems Recession-Proof. Really?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:58 AM ET | Apr 25, 2008

The results of a recent survey of small and midsize business IT security spending plans are being interpreted/marekted as signs that your security spending is "recession proof." A closer look suggests something quite different.

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Family Feud Underscores Maturing WAN Optimization Market

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:43 AM ET | Apr 24, 2008

Unions between start-ups and their financial backers are often quite tenuous. This week, the partnership between one vendor and a hedge fund with 10% of its stock illustrated that as well changes occurring in the WAN optimization market.

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It's Earth Day. Time for Smaller Businesses to Go Green

Posted by Naomi Grossman 02:26 PM ET | Apr 22, 2008

It's Earth Day everybody. You know what that means: Time to think about ways to green your smaller business. It's the right thing, to do, it'll save your smaller business money, and bMighty has lots of easy ways for you to do it.

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Green Business | IT

Web 2.0 + Business = Enterprise 2.0 (Coming Soon, if the IT Guys Let it in)

Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:52 AM ET | Apr 22, 2008

A new report by Forrester Research predicts that enterprise spending on Web 2.0 technologies is going to increase dramatically over the next five years. But before you IT guys get all a-"twitter," we're not talking about consumer Web 2.0 here: We're talking Enterprise 2.0, and it's not your teenager's Facebook.

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Hardware & Software | IT | Technology/Telecom

Keeping Up With The Linux Kernel

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 08:06 PM ET | Apr 17, 2008

Linux kernel development is a serious, and very complicated, process. You don't have to be a programmer, however, or even a Linux power user, to appreciate the end result -- especially when a new version of the Linux kernel hits the street.

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Hardware & Software | IT | Linux | Open Source

Sweets For The Cheats: Like Passwords For Chocolate

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:05 AM ET | Apr 17, 2008

It's silly -- and sexist -- season again, as a European security conference lets us know, as it does every year, just how easy it is to acquire passwords from workers. Namely, how many passwords can you get in exchange for a bit of chocolate?

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Business & E-Business | IT | International | Security

What Are Your Employees Doing on the Road?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 08:56 AM ET | Apr 17, 2008

Trust can be a trait that takes long time to develop but can be quickly broken. If your company trusts its employees to use the Internet judiciously on the road, then it may be time to rethink that position.

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CEO Spam Scam: Phishing For Big Fish

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:19 PM ET | Apr 16, 2008

A new targeted spam campaign uses fake federal subpoenas to trick CEOs into clicking on a malware link. One source indicates that 15-20,000 spams went out. And amazingly, about 10 percent of the recipients responded!

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Deal With That IT Bully…Or Else

Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:59 AM ET | Apr 16, 2008

Nearly everyone in IT has, at one time or another, come across the IT bully -- that IT guy who not only thinks he knows more than everyone else and needs to let everyone know it but is also rude, crude, and nasty. Resolving to let your IT department handle the IT bully on their own is a big mistake, unless you want to end up with an IT department of one.

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For Those Looking to Get Free of Vista, There's Help

Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:39 AM ET | Apr 15, 2008

Apparently, smaller businesses are quite passionate about Windows XP. But the reality is if you are in the market for a new machine, chances are you're going to get Vista -- whether you like it or not. Help, though, is just a few clicks away.

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Hardware & Software | IT | Linux

Remote Workers Take their Office Communications on the Road

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 07:24 AM ET | Apr 15, 2008

Chances are that more of your workers are mobile than those of your larger competitors. Consequently, it is important that your employees are able to access company resources in a seamless, easy-to-use manner as they travel.

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Thumbs Down: Flash Drives Are Bigger Threat Than Many Of You Know

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:00 AM ET | Apr 14, 2008

The sheer convenience and affordability of flash drives is matched -- and more than matched -- by the threat potential they possess. And that's according to one of the drives' leading manufacturers.

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XP Users get Passionate and Try to Save Their OS. Do Smaller Businesses Feel the Love?

Posted by Naomi Grossman 10:52 AM ET | Apr 14, 2008

Microsoft plans to end full support of Windows XP in just a year and will stop selling XP at the end of June. But a Web petition to save XP is gaining momentum -- and getting attention. Who knew XP-users had such passion for their operating system? Or such hatred for Vista?

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Hardware & Software | IT

Web 2.0 To Force Changes In Web Metrics

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:30 PM ET | Apr 11, 2008

Is your company's Web site doing its job? Are you sure? What with the rise of Rich Internet Applications, AJAX, and other Web 2.0 technologies, how can you tell?

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Business & E-Business | IT | Internet/Web | Internet/Web | Strategy/Analysis/Biz Dev

Bots Gone Wild: Handful Of Botnets Run A Million Machines

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:34 AM ET | Apr 10, 2008

How many botnets does it take to grab a million computers and use them to send out billions (and billions and billions) of spams a day? Less than a dozen, according to one security expert.

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