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Create a scalable remote management strategy
A scalable remote management strategy ensures that your remote administration tools will keep working for you as the network grows. Although IT administrators often feel as if they're at work 24/7, most actually do leave the office from time to time. Unfortunately, though, network problems often don't...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Servers, Deb Shinder, Operating systems, Desktops, server, remote control program, Apple Macintosh, Build to Scale Newsletter, Strategy, Desktop, Terminal Services, Network, Microsoft Windows 2000, Remote Desktop, VNC, IP, Web Remote, Enterprise Version, Networking, Software, Hardware
Technical articles 2006-01-13
Build a scalable Public Key Infrastructure
For authentication within your organization, you may want to set up your own private PKI. Here are some options for doing so. Authentication of a user's identity is critical to computer security, whether the issue is accessing resources within a LAN or conducting e-commerce transactions over the...
Tags: Netscape Certificate Server, Novell Certificate Server, PKI, Authentication/Encryption, Deb Shinder, Digital security, Network security, SECURITY, certification authority, Build to Scale Newsletter, Difference, Certificate, Certificate Service, OpenCA, Networking
Technical articles 2005-09-27
Building scalable Web services
Hosting your own Web servers is a big step up for most small and medium businesses, but it's important to plan for growth and future functionality right from the beginning. When your business is small and your IT personnel resources are limited, having your ISP or an off-site...
Tags: Web, Servers, Deb Shinder, Web servers, firewall, server, Web server, Web service, DMZ, Build to Scale Newsletter, Internet, Hardware
Technical articles 2005-09-19
Building scalable authentication solutions
A small business with only a few users and little sensitive data can get away with the default authentication methods built into most operating systems. But as the business grows, authentication requirements change. Authentication is the foundation of computer and network security. Authenticating the identities of users allows...
Tags: Deb Shinder, password, authentication, Build to Scale Newsletter, Security
Technical articles 2005-09-06
Create a scalable video conferencing solution
One way to maintain "face time" in business without incurring outrageous travel expenses is to use technology to bring people together, even when they're widely dispersed, with video conferencing. With fuel prices through the roof, it's becoming increasingly cost prohibitive to fly colleagues in from remote offices for...
Tags: Deb Shinder, Corporate communications, Tools & Techniques, Cellular phones, video-conferencing solution, video, Build to Scale Newsletter, SIP, H.323, Network, Video Conferencing, Problem, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), VOIP, Networking, Marketing, Emerging Technologies, Telecommunications
Technical articles 2005-08-30
Scaling up with mobile connectivity
As your business grows, more and more of your network users are likely to want to connect remotely with a growing diversity of devices. The problem is how to make e-mail and other corporate resources accessible to those who need them while maintaining control and security. For many of...
Tags: WAP, Advertising & Promotion, Deb Shinder, Wi-Fi, Cellular phones, PRODUCTIVITY, E-mail, VPN client software, mobile marketing, phone, computer, wireless, operating system, Build to Scale Newsletter, Mobile, Problem, Mobile Device, VPN Client, Marketing
Technical articles 2005-08-22
How to scale server management
Managing your servers is a task that grows more complex and more time consuming as your organization grows. Luckily, there are a lot of options – from free and open source tools to expensive server management packages, as well as hardware solutions – to reduce the administrative overhead and angst...
Tags: Servers, Deb Shinder, server management, server, Build to Scale Newsletter, Management, Remote Administration Software, Radmin, TightVNC, Intelligent Platform Management Interface, Hardware
Technical articles 2005-08-16
Build a scalable load balancing infrastructure
Take a load off your overworked servers by distributing client requests across multiple nodes in a load balancing cluster. You can create a scalable load balancing infrastructure that will increase network performance and provide fault tolerance at the same time. As your organization grows, so does the load on...
Tags: Servers, Deb Shinder, Network technology, server, load balancing, Build to Scale Newsletter, Problem, Node, Variation, Load Balancing Software, Networking, Hardware
Technical articles 2005-08-09
Scale your authentication scheme as your organization grows
As companies grow, so do their security needs. Here are some options for scaling your authentication strategies. The foundation of any computer or network security strategy is access control -- providing those who should have it with access to resources on the network and keeping everyone else...
Tags: Deb Shinder, NETWORKING, SECURITY, password, network, security need, Password authentication, authentication, Build to Scale Newsletter, Card, User Authentication, Engineering
Technical articles 2005-08-02
Building a scalable e-mail solution
Planning your e-mail system for scalability will ensure that your mail administrators have to navigate fewer learning curves and your users experience less downtime later on. Here's how. E-mail remains the true "killer app" of the Internet; most businesses have come to rely on it for exchanging quick,...
Tags: Servers, Deb Shinder, E-mail servers, Internet service providers (ISPs), server, e-mail server, e-mail, domain, Build to Scale Newsletter, Situation, Internet, Mail, SMTP Server, User, POP, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
Technical articles 2005-07-26
Creating a scalable collaboration solution
You don't have to have a big budget to get started in team collaboration. It's easy to move from products that are built into popular operating systems to enterprise-oriented solutions such as SharePoint Portal Server as your business grows--and you can do it without a big learning curve or the...
Tags: Groupware, Deb Shinder, Team management, MicrosoftÂ, Web-based collaboration, Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services, team, software, collaboration, Microsoft Windows, Build to Scale Newsletter, Microsoft SharePoint, Server, Enterprise Software, Management
Technical articles 2005-07-19
Scaling your network with VLANs
How can you keep your network manageable, increase performance and enhance security as it grows? One solution is to divide your big, flat LAN into Virtual LANs or VLANs. By Debra Littlejohn Shinder As your network grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to manage dozens, hundreds,...
Tags: VLAN, LANs, Deb Shinder, NETWORKING, network, Build to Scale Newsletter
Technical articles 2005-07-12
Thin down as you grow: Making Terminal Services part of your scalable solution
You may have heard that deploying thin client technology can save your company money, but did you know that it's also one of the most scalable solutions for providing users on a growing network with the computing power they need? Avoid the necessity to constantly upgrade dozens or hundreds of...
Tags: Windows Terminal Services, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Deb Shinder, Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, userÂ, server, terminal services, thin client, terminal server, Build to Scale Newsletter, Application, Performance, User, Hardware, Software
Technical articles 2005-06-30
Server consolidation saves money and space as your small business grows
You can build your servers to scale by using a server consolidation solution based on virtual machine software to run multiple servers on one physical computer. This tactic allows you to save money and space – both of which are usually at a premium when a company is suffering growing...
Tags: Premium Edition, Servers, Deb Shinder, server consolidation, small business, server, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Build to Scale Newsletter, Microsoft Virtual Server, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hardware
Technical articles 2005-06-28
How scalable is your VoIP solution?
Voice over IP VoIP may be the future of telephony, but will the VoIP solution you choose today scale to meet your company's future needs? There are a few questions you should ask potential VoIP providers to help you evaluate how well their products and services will scale. Voice...
Tags: VoIP Solution, Telephony, Deb Shinder, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, VoIP line, Build to Scale Newsletter, Phone, Networking
Technical articles 2005-06-21
Factors to consider when building a scalable WLAN
Before you take the plunge into wireless, or upgrade your existing 802.11b network, be sure to consider the scalability factors for each of the available technologies. There is no "one size fits all" solution; the best choice for your organization depends in large part on which is more important to...
Tags: IEEE 802.11, WLAN, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Deb Shinder, LANs, wireless technology, wireless, Build to Scale Newsletter, Network
Technical articles 2005-06-14
How to build a scalable backup solution
Organizations tend to go through two or three phases in regard to backup solutions as their networks grow. However, this doesn't mean you have to toss out the old tape system when you bring in the new disk-based one – a scalable long-term backup plan lets you integrate the two...
Tags: Backups, Deb Shinder, backup, disk, Build to Scale Newsletter, Problem, News, Backup Solution, Autoloader, Library System
Technical articles 2005-06-07
How to make your IPv4 network scalable to IPv6
The next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6, hasn't been deployed as quickly as planned. But IPv6 will arrive, eventually. Here's what you need to do to make sure your networks will scale. We've been hearing for years that the old Internet Protocol addressing scheme will soon give way...
Tags: IPv4, IPv6, Internet, IP, Deb Shinder, NETWORKING, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Build to Scale Newsletter, Network, Network Address Translation, 6to4
Technical articles 2005-06-01
Is your patch management solution built to scale?
As your network grows, so do your patch management duties – unless you find a way to automate the process. Luckily, you don't have to spend big bucks to get a scalable, centralized patch management solution that will keep your systems up to date with minimal administrative overhead. Patch...
Tags: Microsoft Windows Update, Automatic Update, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Deb Shinder, patch management, network, Avoidance, Build to Scale Newsletter, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Update, Server, Operating Systems, Software
Technical articles 2005-05-24
Use MOM to build a scalable server monitoring plan
As your company grows, so does the need to effectively monitor your servers and your network. Here's how you can use Microsoft Operations Manager to build a cost effective and scalable monitoring infrastructure. As your network starts to grow, it becomes more difficult and finally close to impossible...
Tags: Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft Corp., Servers, Deb Shinder, MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition, scalability feature, server, Microsoft Operations, MOM 2005, monitoring, Build to Scale Newsletter, News, Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, Hardware
Technical articles 2005-05-16


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