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U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Hobbled by Dial-Up
(News) U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Hobbled by Dial-Up
FCC Net Neutrality Proposal Is 'dramatic Shift' in Policy
(News) Some critics say new net neutrality rules at the U.S. FCC would bring harmful regulation to the Internet.
FCC Chairman Calls for Formal Net Neutrality Rules
(News) FCC Chairman Calls for Formal Net Neutrality Rules
Automated Tool Tracks Business Hardware and Software
(How To) Network Inventory Advisor saves time from manually maintaining a list of PC software and hardware details, even alerting you if an employee makes a change.
Broadband Carriers Clamor for Stimulus Funds
(News) Broadband Carriers Clamor for Stimulus Funds
Smartphone Tool Improves IT Response Time
(How To) Rove Mobile Admin could reduce your technology downtime by letting IT workers manage issues from a smartphone.
Hi, I'm Michael Scalisi
(News) Hi, I'm Michael Scalisi
Small-Business Network Security 101
(Reviews) Small-Business Network Security 101
Alcatel-Lucent Will Team With HP to Sell Telecom Products
(News) Alcatel-Lucent and Hewlett-Packard plan to jointly market their products to businesses looking for converged IT and communications systems.
Welcome To Tech Inciter
(News) Welcome To Tech Inciter
Google, VMware Argue Over Private Clouds
(News) In a budding argument between Google and VMware, Google is downplaying the benefits of private clouds while VMware says Google's online applications aren't ready...
Free Network Management Tool Saves on Software
(How To) The ad-supported Spiceworks IT Desktop manages medium- and small-business networks at no cost.
Mobile Devices a Headache for Enterprise Management
(News) Mobile Devices a Headache for Enterprise Management
Use OpenDNS To Protect Your Business Network
(How To) Use OpenDNS To Protect Your Business Network
Putting Wikis to Work
(News) Putting Wikis to Work
Block Quake Live to Boost Office Productivity
(How To) Free shooter Quake Live plays in a browser; keep this web app off work PCs.
Riverbed to Buy Mazu for Analysis Tools
(News) Riverbed will acquire Mazu Networks to add application performance analysis to its capabilities.
Surges, Outages, and Blackouts – Oh My!
(News) Ever been relaxing at home, in front of the television or working on your computer when suddenly the power went out? It's...
Four Ways to Cut Data Center Power Consumption
(News) Easy ways to 'fight the power.'
Log In and Configure a Router
(How To) Use your default router settings to gain access before configuring a network.
Kace Launches IPhone Management Software
(News) Kace Networks has released an add-on module for its Kbox appliance that can manage iPhones used on a corporate network.
Storing Your Data in Their Cloud
(News) Are you ready to store your data online in a service hosted by a third party provider?
How to Set Up a Cross-Platform Network
(How To) If your employees use a collection of Macs and PCs running OS X, Windows, and Linux, don't worry: These three operating systems can communicate on a single network.
Intelligence on Tap
(News) Network taps aren't just esoteric plumbing.
Inside Symantec's Security Operations Center
(News) For Symantec clients, the Symantec Security Operations Center is the front line in the fight against network attacks. CSO toured the facility for an overview of how the services work, and for a look at some of the latest threats on the internet today.
Five Innovative Ways to Cut IT Costs
(News) Tough choices lie ahead for IT departments. Get ahead of the curve with five cost-cutting tactics designed to hurt less.
Google, Microsoft Push Modular Data Centers
(News) Experts question energy efficiency claims.
End-to-end App Management - the Network Perspective
(News) You might believe, and with some real justification, that the term "end to end" is only used by vendors who custom-fit the...
One Google Data Center Idea That Really Floats
(News) Google, which has been building out its data center inventory for the past few years, is literally floating its latest idea...
Why IT Should Get in the Facilities Business
(News) Energy savings throughout the company can be cut if IT applies its technology know-how to managing facilities.
Check Point IPS-1 Fills a Gap in Its Product Line
(News) Review shows a strong security product with weak ties to other CheckPoint management tools.
Microsoft signs on to MIT Kerberos Consortium
(News) Microsoft has joined the MIT Kerberos Consortium, an organization that develops the widely-used network authentication standard. It joins Apple, Google and Sun on the consortium's executive board.
Likewise Opens Windows Networks to Linux, Macs
(News) Open source software connects non-Windows systems to Active Directory, free of charge.
Sun sets date for Ops Center release
(News) Sun Microsystems announced a pair of release dates for xVM Ops Center 1.0, its new virtualization management console.
Nokia Siemens adopts 'green' policy to cut costs
(News) Nokia Siemens announced an energy-efficient mobile network equipment package, the first announcement of more to come that show a commitment to improving the energy consumption of its network gear, the company said.
IBM to turn data centers into 'computing cloud'
(News) IBM Corp. said it plans to release new products next year that will allow organizations to make wider and more efficient use of the computing resources in their data centers.
NAC's dirty little secrets revealed by early adopters
(News) Early network access control adopters are attracted to the technology for very specific reasons that often don't include the main reason NAC technology was brought about in the first place: endpoint checking.
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