For years I’ve lived with corporate and government networks that fought a long. losing battle against users overloading the network with multimedia.
In the ’90s it was sufficient to tell people, no, you can’t.
In the first few years of the 2000’s years it was enough to block video and music downloads.
This strategy won’t stand any longer.  [...]

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Been watching the latest hurricane tracks?  What about the price of cruse oil futures?  Got investment money tied up in banks that have sub-prime mortgage problems?  There certainly seems to be enough for the average businessperson to worry about these days, so in one respect to to bring up just one more.
But I will.  Because [...]

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"We Don’t Have the Money".  How many times have you uttered that weary complaint when someone tried to sell you something new?  Well, her’s the thing about virtualization.  It does more and costs less.  It does things better and costs less. It makes servers simpler to operate and costs less.
So the way I see it, [...]

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Just recently a good friend of mine suffered a physical problem that forced him to start using voice commands to do most of his computing work.  This re-introduced me to the world of applications that depend on IVR (Interactive Vice Response) systems and coding.
I don’t think I have seen anything with more promise than IVR [...]

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Find out how to create and adapt architectures for new models of end user and customer interaction, including blogs, wikis, social networking servers, and [...]

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I’ve been watching a number of my on-line business associates having difficulties with responsiveness.  A friend recently sent out a request for proposals (Bid Tender) for a non-trivial web development job … one that has a 5 figure budget and would also result in a lot of favorable public exposure for the successful bidder.
My friend [...]

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Not yet positive that I can go but my wife and I have been looking for a great reason to visit New Yrk and, since this conference ends just before my birthday that sounds like a great business-related excuse, doesn’t it?
Wednesday is Your Last Chance to Get Maximum Savings
Save Up to $350 on the Package [...]

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That ought to get a few manager’s attention.  Hope those who were drinking their coffee while reading didn’t snort and spray all over their keyboards and screens.
Everybody Says they can automate process, few ever succeed.  Check this out and see if these guys aren’t of the ledger.
Workload Automation Solutions Drive Down Complexity and Cost of [...]

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It sounds really simple … just get an encryption program and bang! you compamy and personal email is set, safe and secure.
But it isn’t so simple … and encrypting mail the wrong way at the wrong time could even lead to leagl disasters.  Better k\leran before you burn!
The Do’s and Don’ts of Email Encryption
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Virtualization is the practice of hosting one or more "virtual" servers on a single machine.  There are many ‘big business’ advantages, such as reducing the size of server farms, minimizing the number of OS licenses, etc.
But this is not just for the ‘big guys’.  Small business and web hosting providers can make excellent use of [...]

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