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- When and how do you standardize your hardware?
- If you're tired of supporting a hodgepodge of end-user machines, Jeff Davis' Daily Drill Down offers you a roadmap for successfully standardizing your company's hardware platform.If you enjoy the luxury of working where there's a corporate standard for all end-user machines, you're lucky. In most IT shops, you're expected to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Workstations, Operating systems, Printers, NETWORKING, Jeff Davis, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 98, corporate standard, workstation, network, hardware
- Technical articles 2000-08-04
- Upgrading Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.x to 7.x (testing)
- Testing upgrading Unified Communications Manager 6.0 to 6.1 to 7.0 to 7.0.0.39771-4 to 7.0.1.10000-28 to 7.0.1.11000-2*The server that we are going to use to test have currently a working copy of Unified Communications Manager 6.1.1.2000-3*The hardware that we are using is a 7816H3.*We will install a new copy of Unified...
- Tags: Collaboration, Patches, unified communications, Unified Communications Manager
- Discussion threads 2008-09-14
- IT at NASA: When support concerns are out of this world
- Keeping a standard computer and configuration helps NASA support both astronauts and the people who program for them. Hear what a NASA IT support project manager says about supporting those who fly in space.The technology that helped put astronauts on the moon is often credited with spearheading dozens of scientific...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, information technology, Mike Walton, NASA
- Technical articles 2000-07-31
- Programming smart cards with the Java Card platform
- The Java Card platform is the tiniest of Java targeted for embedded devices. It is an open, interoperable platform for smart cards and secure tokens; the technology is also widely used in SIM cards (it's used in GSM mobile phones) and ATM cards. Java Card gives users the ability...
- Tags: Security, Smart Card, JavaCard, Applet, Programming, Java Card Platform, Applets Java Card Product, Java Card Application, Smart Cards, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Peter Mikhalenko
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- How often do you create cross-platform applications?
- Several discussions about cross-platform languages and applications arose my curiousity. So, how often do TR members create or have created cross-platform applications?[b]Definition:[/b]A cross-platform application works on multiple operating systems and hardware. Maybe for the sake of this discussions, we can consider applications that need to be just compiled under a...
- Tags: cross-platform application, Application, cross-platform, Creation Frequency, Primary OS Platform, onbliss, programming, Primary OS
- Discussion threads 2006-05-30
- IT Manager Webcast: Platform Solution Blueprints: Virtualization and Infrastructure Management (Level 200)
- Virtualization in the enterprise helps IT managers in two critical ways. First, virtualization reduces costs by consolidating servers, eliminating unnecessary hardware contracts, and simplifying client hardware configurations through presentation and application virtualization. Second, virtualization can dramatically increase flexibility. When a resource formerly pinned to hardware can be recreated in software,...
- Tags: Infrastructure Management, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts 2008-12-04
- Are IT people stupid or is it just a matter of no acounting skills
- I recently viewed a question relating to a LBP-800 printer.lalitha@... Job Role: IT Department Manager Location: K.L, Malaysia Member since: 01/07/2008 I don't know how old the model is, Canon doesn't say, however the pics supplied suggested it was a very basic laser printer (similar to LBP-600) and the fact...
- Tags: Printers, printer, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-01-07
- Control shadow IT in your organization
- When renegade departments install new apps or programs without the IT department's knowledge or consent, IT managers can be left with a messy network situation. Read how TechRepublic members manage the problem of shadow IT.When departments other than IT set up their own IT systems or applications, they can place...
- Tags: Strategy, Toni Bowers, information technology
- Technical articles 2002-10-09
- Journal of an IT manager: Problems with scripts
- Broken scripts, printer problems, and users with a high fear factor are only part of the problems IT manager and teacher Tom Rule describes in today's journal entry. Follow his juggling act as he balances IT duties with instructional responsibilities.This week, IT Manager Republic is featuring the daily journal of...
- Tags: Printers, PRODUCTIVITY, Guest Contributor, Brenda Timms, journal entry
- Technical articles 2001-10-10
- Sprint will make WiMAX an open platform with an SDK and open APIs
- From its conception, WiMAX has been engineered to be an open platform for mobile broadband Internet. When you talk to any of the executives and business professionals from the big vendors in the WiMAX ecosystem, they all sing a similar tune about open standards, open access, and device agnosticism. If...
- Tags: API, SDK, Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Preparing for the 70-073, Windows NT Workstation 4.0 exam
- If you're getting ready to tackle Microsoft's 70-073 exam, then you need to take a look at this Daily Drill Down. Troy Thompson discusses the topics that are included on the test and explains what you'll need to know in order to pass.In this Daily Drill Down, I’ll focus on...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Troy Thompson, Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0, SYSDIFF, Unattend.txt, Microsoft Windows NT Workstation, Microsoft Windows NT
- Technical articles 2000-06-02
- Manage your company wireless network hardware to prevent security breaches
- Wireless networking is unstoppable. It's growing faster thanalmost any IT technology ever has, and the lure is irresistible toprofessionals and consumers alike. With this unbridled expansion comes apocketful of new security concerns. Can your company maintain security as yourconventional network is hybridized with wireless components?There's a natural impulse, given the...
- Tags: access point, audit, hardware, network, network management, Scott Robinson, security, SNMP, wireless, wireless network, wireless networking
- Technical articles 2004-09-07
- IT Manager diary: Robert Young (Tuesday)
- This week's IT Manager diary follows the week of Robert Young, an MVS systems programmer. Tuesday finds Robert handling some user problems and setting up some emergency network changes.This week, IT Manager Republic will feature the daily diary of Robert Young, an MVS systems programmer for Capital One in Richmond,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Guest Contributor, Read Monday, Robert Young, diary, paperwork, network guy, network, e-mail
- Technical articles 2000-07-18
- Best free password manager? Or just recommend against it?
- Someone asked me about password managers. My first thought is to recommend against them. But most non it folk do have trouble remembering dozens of passwords. Speaking for myself, I can still remember a myriad of passwords from my last jobs. I have heard nice things...
- Tags: password
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- When techs try to communicate with management
- Your faultI just don't understand how could the timeframe not be discussed right at the beginning of any project ?Second, of course you should not suppose that a regular nonIT manager gives a rat's ass about what problems and challenges you are encountering. It is supposed that you know your...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- Control shadow IT in your organization
- When departments other than IT set up their own IT systems or applications, they can place an extra burden on IT personnel who may already be stretched thin, such as Help Desk folks and network administrators. The people who create this "shadow IT" problem don't understand that to effectively troubleshoot...
- Tags: Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Looking for a Hardware Firewall Appliance
- Hey all, I am looking into starting a LAN gaming cafe in my area and am currently looking into some equipment. Any suggestions for a hardware firewall appliance that can handle the load of traffic that will be going through it? Since it's a gaming center I expect lots of...
- Tags: Firewalls, Watchguard, SOHO, SmoothWall, firewall, hardware firewall, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- Trusted Computing: Trusted Platform Management and Key Recovery
- The computer industry offers a variety of PCs and desktop boards equipped with a Trusted Computing Module TPM, a dedicated microchip enabled for security capabilities. Specifications for the TPM have been developed and promoted by an industry standards organization called the Trusted Computing Group TCG. Working within...
- Tags: Business Operations, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Data Management, Disaster Recovery, Management, Recovery, Security, Server, Strategy, TPM, Trusted Computing, Wave Systems Corp.
- White papers
- IBM Integrated Virtualization Manager: Lowering the Cost of Entry Into Advanced POWER Virtualization
- Integrated Virtualization Manager IVM provides an interface to many of the POWER5 and POWER5+ partitioning and virtualization features that are nowadays require a Hardware Management Console HMC. The HMC can be cost prohibitive for a smaller to mid-sized business, or a larger business with a distributed environment (i.e. a bank...
- Tags: IBM POWER5, IBM Corp., Integrated Virtualization Manager, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Processors, Hardware, Storage, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2006-07-25
- IBM to acquire SMB tool developer
- IBM plans to acquire Net Integration Technologies, a software vendor based in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1997, Net Integration Technologies' business model centers around delivering products that meet the specialized needs of small, medium, and remote offices. Its products include NitixBlue...
- Tags: Software, Developer, Tool, Small And Medium Business, IBM Corp., Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Management, Hardware, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
