Technology & Telecommunications
October 2007 Archive
3Com Struggles -- Should Small and Midsize Businesses Bolt?
October 23, 2007 | A series of missteps doesn't bode well for the networking vendor. Small and midsize businesses have helped the company stay afloat, but for how long?
By
Paul Korzeniowski
Building a Better RFID Reader
October 18, 2007 | ThingMagic's Yael Maguire figured out how to get RFID tags to be read more easily and accurately. Now he believes there is nothing this technology can't do
By
Naomi Grossman
Chicago Wi-Fi Plans May Rile ACLU
October 12, 2007 | Chicago's municipal Wi-Fi plan is ambitious -- and could get the ACLU and other privacy advocates riled up if the city also uses the network for "proactive homeland security monitoring"
By
Paul Korzeniowski
How to Stop Snarfing and Other Common Switch Hacks
October 11, 2007 | ARP poisoning, SNMP snarfing, and "fuzzing" are common hacks perpetrated on Ethernet switch gear. Cisco networking expert Jimmy Ray Purser explains how to guard against these hacks.
By Jimmy Ray Purser
Wireless LANs Poised to Topple Ethernet? Not.
October 5, 2007 | Sure, employees at small and midsize businesses are working remotely more frequently and in greater numbers, but cutting the Ethernet cable altogether in favor of full-on Wi-Fi is a bad move
By
Paul Korzeniowski
Expert Solutions to Common Wireless Problems
October 4, 2007 | Multipathing, hidden nodes, data collisions, near/far errors and other common wireless problems can be easily ID'd and resolved. A Cisco networking expert explains how
By Jimmy Ray Purser
The IT Manager Who Saved the Day
October 3, 2007 | When his servers went up in smoke and nearly half the company's data went with them, Hal Baumgardner set out to rebuild the IT shop so this could never, ever happen again
By
Naomi Grossman
Managing Relationships With End Users
October 2, 2007 | The IT guy doesn't have to be the joke of the company. Developing and maintaining a good relationship with your end users can go a long way toward breaking those stereotypes -- and making your job much easier
By
Mike
Bohlmann
Open Source Software: Do You Have Time to Exploit It?
October 1, 2007 | Before you take the leap into the innovative world of open source, make sure your IT department has the time -- and the inclination -- that using this software requires
By
Paula Hunter
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ANTenna Blog
News, Views, Insight, And Advice
| Cyber Monday Security Risks Are All Business |
Why Cyber Monday for the online shopping surge? Because for many, Monday's the first working day after Thanksgiving. Which means they can do their online shopping on business time, on the business dime, using business machines over business connections. You may not be able -- or want -- to do anything about the productivity drop, but at least you can tell your people to shop safely. Read Post |
| Fusion-io: This Ain't Your Father's SSD Hardware |
Think your new SATA solid-state hard drive is hot stuff? There's a new kid on the block that will make it look like a relic from the storage Stone Age. Read Post |
| Black Friday FOR SMBs, Not Just BY SMBs? |
Typically, Black Friday is a sales event where companies offer big discounts to consumers to spur sales the day after Thanksgiving. But in today's economy (ITE) companies are also pushing Black Friday to their SMB customers. Read Post |
Holiday Internet Marketing Grows, A QuickBooks Marketing App Gets Upgraded, And A New Entry-Level Shopping Cart
A new Constant Contact survey says SMBs are boosting their Internet marketing for the Holidays, ClickFuel has upgraded its FuelStation online marketing dashboard to work with QuickBooks 2010 and QuickBooks Pro, and ProPay's CartLite is an entry-level shopping cart. Read Post |
Unified Communications Looks to the Sky
To date, cloud computing has had little impact on the Unified Communications (UC) market. The underlying technology has been slow to fall into place, the cost of these services has been high, the benefits have been hard to pinpoint, and the distribution channel has been weak. Infrastructure providers, such Broadsoft, Cisco, and Microsoft, have been pushing to overcome those barriers and may be close to providing small and medium businesses with more UC cloud options. Read Post |
Storage, Storage, Storage: New Storage Devices In 3 Sizes
Data storage choices for SMBs just keep on coming as Data Robotics and Synology debut new storage solutions for prosumers, small businesses, and the midmarket. Read Post |
Yes, Virginia -- There IS A Google Phone
So -- you stay in touch with Google Mail, edit Google Docs, and surf the Web with Google Chrome. You're curious about Google Voice and intrigued over Google Music. Is it just a matter of time before you're carrying a Google Phone? Read Post |
Handy Tool Makes Updating Mac Apps Easy
MacUpdate Desktop simplifies the process of keeping your applications, preference panes, and widgets up to date by automatically downloading and installing what you need. Read Post |
Firefox Gets A Bad Rap From Shoddy Security Research
Is Firefox currently the Web browser most likely to stick your PC with a dangerous security vulnerability? Only if you believe headlines written by people who really should know better. Read Post |
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