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Try one of these alternative OSs to keep that old machine alive
Insight Using alternative OSs like MINIX and ELKS can breathe life into these dinosaurs.
Power up technology to lessen bills
Insight Rising energy prices are showing no signs of abating, but data center owners and telcos can look to technology to lessen the burden of energy bills.
Tags: Servers, Power supplies, surge suppression, Data centers
10 steps to network compliance
Insight Network compliance may seem like a chore, but it is a chore that will help companies know their IT structure more intimately, as well as better deploy and upgrade its IT systems.
Tags: Operations
Beware the zealot in IT management
Insight Being a Microsoft or Java fanatic may be admirable in some IT roles. IT development management isn't one of them.
Tags: IT Management
Staying alive in a 'resilient organization'
Insight In a crisis, companies with sound business continuity plans will see returns on investments and outperform less-effective firms, writes risk management expert.
Tags: Security Management, Business security, Security implementation/standards, Data backup, disaster recovery, Disaster recovery
Playing catch-up with Google
Insight At a previous company, Steve Berkowitz didn't have enough resources to take on Google. Now, at Microsoft, he has all the firepower he could ask for. But the challenge remains ever daunting.
Tags: Search
Rocky road ahead for IPv6
Insight Almost two years ago, it seemed like IPv6 was ready for network prime time and would replace IPv4 as the dominant network protocol on TCP/IP networks--read: the Internet and most LANs. It was not to be.
Get prepared for the Internet-based application revolution
Insight This guide helps you sort through the current maze of acronyms associated with implementing Internet applications.
Does Microsoft's settlement fever signal IP offensive?
Insight comment Microsoft's US$536 million settlement with rival Novell is certain to raise eyebrows, as the agreement is another in a closely packed string of settlements that the software giant has reached with opposing litigants in the past year.
Tags: Patents
Easy e-commerce ahead?
Insight This article reviews Microsoft Commerce Server 2002. It is used as a whole-Web management tool for e-commerce sites, enabling real-time electronic payment authorizations and member-editable, user-personalized content.
The skills to pay the bills
Management Learning the right skills to keep on top of the game in software development is a thorny topic. We examine the skills, both technical and soft, employers are seeking in 2005 and beyond.
Tags: IT training
Use VLAN trunking and gigabit Ethernet for smarter multihoming
Insight There are many types of devices in the typical data center that require multihoming (multiple network adapters) to tie in to multiple network segments. As the number of those systems increases, it becomes more and more difficult to provide the network infrastructure (due to the sheer number of Ethernet connections that need to be provided) from the perspective of cost, space, and wire management.
Serial ATA getting serious
Insight Two years after the debut of Serial ATA, this technology has continued to excite as well as frustrate vendors adopting it. Here's one vendor's view and expectations for this technology's next iteration.
Mercury bridges the gaps
Insight Chief technology officer Oren Ariel talks about the gaps that he is still working to fill in Mercury's business technology optimization strategy.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Leadership techniques, Change mangement
Spying on the spyware makers
Insight one-on-one Harvard student Ben Edelman hasn't made any friends at spyware and adware makers, thanks to his work publicizing how the programs work.
Tags: Data security, Security
