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Paul Korzeniowski covers networking issues for bMighty.com. As a freelance writer, Korzeniowski has been writing about IT issues for more than two decades. He has been on the staff of leading publications, such as ComputerWorld, NetworkWorld and InternetWeek. During this time, he has covered the emergence of many important technologies, including the convergence of voice and data, high-speed networks and Web-based applications.

During his career, he has written more than 10,000 published articles about IT issues. He has written for many trade publications, including Dark Reading, Byte and Switch, InformationWeek, Network World and Information Security Magazine. His work has also appeared in business publications, such as Business 2.0, Entrepreneur, Investor's Business Daily and Newsweek.

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Vendor Speeds Up its WAN Accelerator

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:58 AM ET | Jul 16, 2008

The Wide Area Network accelerator market has picked up steam as small and medium businesses try to move information more quickly over those connections. One leading vendor recently pumped its product line to gain more market traction.

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Networking & Communications | Technology/Telecom

Carriers Roll Out New TV Services

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 07:26 AM ET | Jul 14, 2008

So you wanna know what is on TV? Well, the nation’s largest carriers have begun making hundreds of channels (Is anything really on?) available to small and medium businesses as well as consumers.

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Networking & Communications | Technology/Telecom

Tips to Enjoy Your Summer Vacation

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:20 AM ET | Jul 9, 2008

Chances are that a few days away from the office will invariably include some office tasks, such as answering your email. Given the advent of today’s always connected technology, how does an IT executive get some well deserved down time?

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IT

Certification Process Comes to Wi-Fi Voice Products

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:59 AM ET | Jul 7, 2008

Voice over IP (VoIP) and mobility are two of the growing applications in small and medium enterprises. Consequently, a growing number of users desire to mix and match different vendors’ products and that process just became a bit easier.

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Mobile | Networking & Communications | Technology/Telecom

Backing Up Your Key Messages

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:51 AM ET | Jul 2, 2008

Email has evolved from a productivity improvement system to a mission critical application in many organizations. Consequently, companies are starting to require the same level of backup and availability with it as with other applications, such as their ERP system.

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Messaging

Mitel Retools Line Post Inter-Tel Acquisition

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 12:27 PM ET | Jun 30, 2008

Mitel, who has been quite successful in the small and medium sector, bolstered its IP PBX line. To ward off formidable competitors, the company added messaging, audio and web conferencing, and mobility applications and revamped its IP phones.

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Messaging | Technology/Telecom

Archiving Market Constricting as Size Gains Importance

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:31 AM ET | Jun 25, 2008

Messages, tracking them, collecting them, monitoring them, and archiving them may be the biggest challenge many IT managers face. Recently, a raft of products emerged to take on those different functions and now they are being rolled into integrated solutions.

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Messaging | Networking & Communications | Security

Gigabit Ethernet Switching for $40 a Port

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:20 AM ET | Jun 24, 2008

The move to commoditization occurs incessantly in high tech. Consequently, small and medium businesses now find themselves able to purchase managed Gigabit Ethernet links for the price of a good meal.

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Networking & Communications

Carriers Poised to Deliver Unified Communications Solutions?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:52 AM ET | Jun 18, 2008

Two giants have partnered to make it simpler for carriers to deliver unified communications solutions. Consequently, small and medium businesses may soon find it easier to cost justify and deploy such products.

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Messaging | Networking & Communications | Technology/Telecom

Time to Get Ready for 100G bps Ethernet?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:13 AM ET | Jun 16, 2008

Faster speeds are an ongoing desire among small and medium businesses. While many companies are now settling in with 10G bps backbone Ethernet links, the movement to 100G bps Ethernet has begun to take shape.

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Networking & Communications | Technology/Telecom

Consolidation Continues in WLAN Market

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:28 AM ET | Jun 11, 2008

Finding yourself a partner or you will find yourself out of business. Those may be the only two options left for wireless LAN suppliers. With the market constricting, one vendor found itself a Sugar Daddy.

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Mobile | Networking & Communications

Smartphone OS Market About to Become More Volatile

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:40 AM ET | Jun 9, 2008

From its early days, Linux was positioned as nice fit with mobile devices. The operating system has not had much success in that market to date, but that may soon change and create havoc in the smartphone space.

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Mobile

Management Tool for SharePoint Eases Compliance Concerns

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:34 AM ET | Jun 4, 2008

Information has become more dispersed as workers have moved from behind their desks into the field. As they use tools, like Microsoft’s Sharepoint, companies need to ensure that there are no security breaches, and one such tool recently arrived.

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Internet/Web

Ready For Help From Big Brother?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 04:54 PM ET | Jun 2, 2008

Cybersecurity is an issue that impacts everyone. The bad guys do not care about whom they hurt as long as they take advantage of someone. So, sentiment is growing for private enterprises and the government to work together against the hooligans.

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Government | Security

Cellular Modems Move into the Mainstream

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 02:00 PM ET | May 28, 2008

What do you think was the hottest networking technology in 2007? Power over Ethernet switches? No. Unified Threat Management security systems? Guess again. VoIP phones? Nope. Try cellular modems, whose sales rose by an astounding 300% from year to year.

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Mobile | Networking & Communications

Exinda Tunes Up WAN Optimization Appliance Line

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 04:17 PM ET | May 27, 2008

WAN optimization was once solely under the aegis of large corporations. Recently, vendors dropped the prices points for these products from tens of thousands to a few thousand dollars, so interest among small and medium businesses is picking up.

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Networking & Communications | Technology/Telecom

Citrix Tries to Transition to The Virtual World

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 10:12 AM ET | May 21, 2008

Citrix has built a successful business by delivering solutions that minimize the amount of software that users run on their desktops. Because the industry is embracing virtualization, the company is in the process of dramatically retooling its lineup.

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Networking & Communications | Open Source | Technology/Telecom

Alcatel-Lucent Makes a Major Push into SMB

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:56 AM ET | May 20, 2008

Many small and medium businesses would like to deploy unified communications solutions. The problem has been that piecing together one of these systems can be difficult, time consuming, and expensive. Alcatel-Lucent is the latest vendor trying to change that.

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Messaging | Mobile | Networking & Communications

A Better Way to Ease Disaster Recovery Chores?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 10:19 AM ET | May 14, 2008

Every company fears an unforeseen event, such as a fire, flood, or hurricane but needs to be prepared for such catastrophic possibilities. Such preparation has been time consuming, tedious and often ineffective, so vendors are trying to streamline the task.

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Storage

Email Overload Drains Corporate Productivity

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 07:00 AM ET | May 12, 2008

How much time do your employees spend sifting through and responding to their email messages? Do you think they know how to perform that task well? What are some of the prime missteps that users often make?

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Messaging

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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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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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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Wireless LANs Gain Backbone Flexibility

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:29 AM ET | Apr 21, 2008

Has your business been bitten by the wireless bug? Would you like to swap out your wired backbone connections for wireless ones? Well, the time has come when such choices are possible.

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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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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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New Storage Reporting Features Focus on The Bottom Line

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:44 AM ET | Apr 10, 2008

How much money did this new product save the company? That question arises in just about every management meeting, so it would be helpful if you had an answer to it.

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Locking Down Stolen Laptops About to Become Simpler

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:47 AM ET | Apr 8, 2008

Mobility offers small and medium businesses a way to improve productivity. One downside is the difficulty in protecting sensitive information if a laptop computer is stolen or --more likely-- left behind as executives scurry from place to place.

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Security Market Gets Physical

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:53 AM ET | Apr 3, 2008

Historically, enterprise security consisted of putting a deadbolt lock on the front door. Hackers’ hijinks shifted companies’ attention to computer system breaches, but recently a sense of déjà vu has arisen as corporations are again focusing on physical security.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Security

GroundWork Enhances Enterprise Management Tool

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 07:03 AM ET | Apr 1, 2008

GroundWork became the latest open source supplier to deliver a more powerful system. The GroundWork Monitor manages thousands of devices and is designed to help network operations center staff, systems administrators, and network engineers.

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802.11n Price Points Drop, Features Rise

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:14 AM ET | Mar 27, 2008

The inexorable push to higher speed wireless LANs recently took a significant step forward. Wireless access points that support PoE (Power over Ethernet) and cost less than $1,000 are now in the product delivery pipeline.

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Tool Emerges to Automate Companies' Battle Against Identity Theft

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:26 AM ET | Mar 25, 2008

The problems associated with identity theft have become so great that the federal government is forcing corporations to put checks in place to prevent it. Now, help has arrived for businesses that have to comply with these new regulations.

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Unified Communications Vendor Tries to Tackle Deployments Challenges

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 08:51 AM ET | Mar 20, 2008

Unified communications promise to deliver substantial productivity improvements, but their acceptance has been hampered by the significant integration work that they usually require. Recently, vendors have begun delivering more plug-and-play systems, which should appeal to small and medium businesses.

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