Network

Thu, September 09, 2010 - Dramatic cost and agility benefits make server virtualization an essential part of any data center. Here's how to plan, deploy, and maintain a sound virtual infrastructure

Thu, August 26, 2010 - How storage virtualization technologies allow you to keep pace with ever-increasing storage requirements while maintaining high availability and service levels

Thu, August 12, 2010 - This networking primer walks you through the fundamentals, from the right switches to the right network monitoring techniques.

Thu, June 17, 2010 - You don't (always) work in your pajamas. But you do occasionally snarf nachos while on a conference call and wonder if anyone hears your crunching. Hey, it takes one to know one: Here's what's really happening inside the mind of a telecommuter.

Mon, March 22, 2010 - Entrenched broadband providers sell their connection speeds using "up to" marketing tactics. Good luck determining if you're actually getting those upload/download speeds -- and don't bother looking to the FCC for help.

Mon, March 15, 2010 - Executives and IT departments have more important things to worry about than the NCAA Basketball Tournament's effect on employee productivity and network bandwidth. March Madness doesn't hamper employee effectiveness, but bad software and systems do.

Tue, February 16, 2010 - The exploratory trip last month by San Francisco-based nonprofit Inveneo might have been fairly routine -- or at least as routine as things can be for a group that brings information technology to poor countries all over the world. Members of its team would go to yet another country and meet with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) there to talk about their connectivity needs and discuss ways they could work together to aid the local population. Inveneo, founded about five years ago, had done similar work with partners in 23 countries, including Rwanda, Uganda, Afghanistan and Nepal.

Thu, January 07, 2010 - Even as IT tools have improved and companies' confidence in global supply chains' value has flourished, businesses still struggle with visibility into and collaboration with their supply chain partners.

Fri, November 20, 2009 - A lack of flexibility will doom Google's latest ego trip to the dustbin of history

Mon, November 16, 2009 - 2009's up-and-coming technologies for business that will have the greatest impact in years to come