Need a cross-platform hardware and software inventory tool, the ability to re-image a booted-up and active Mac solution and a plethora of other IT management solutions? Read on...
As the new year dawns, we look at what the future may hold for two tape-based storage technologies.
Now you can control Macs using Active Directory Group Policies.
If your Windows servers are not playing ball with your Macs consider ExtremeZ-IP as an alternative to buying an Apple Xserve.
Better performance from your Mac or PC need not remain an unrequited desire. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy by adding additional RAM to your system.
We take a look at the progress of 10Gb ethernet.
Brand new storage format falls somewhat short of the mark.
Cloud, according to some, is the new "future of computing”. To others it’s just another business buzzword. Could Cloud be relevant to you as a Creative?
Effectively back-up your data with a tape or tape/disk storage solution.
You may have been lucky enough to avoid mass data loss so far, but a backup system is well worth considering.
Choosing the right LTO tape generation and tape device will help protect your investment in backup hardware.
As the release of Apple's latest OS - Snow Leopard - steadily approaches, we look at how the system is evolving.
We take a look at existing & emerging storage protocols and the fact that FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) looks more like a serious bet for performance-minded SAN users.
Microsoft’s latest server platform, Server 2008 has been widely heralded as more stable, more secure and more-for-you-money than the previous generations - but what exactly does it have to offer?
Here's the final installment of our review of Windows Home Server - find out if it's something your home would benefit from.
The 2nd article of our 3 part series reviewing Windows Home Server & exploring whether it's a good option for you.
Jigsaw's Phil explores the pros & cons of Windows Home Server and explains when it's a good option. This is the 1st of our 3 part series.
The first in our four-part article series exploring some potential technical pitfalls in dual-booting Intel Macs and mention several useful tools in case things go wrong. If you're the sort of person who likes to get to grips with disk partitioning, cylinder numbers, and partition types, then read on - this is one of those technical articles.
Phil Williams, one of our Server & Storage consultants, explains the benefits of blade servers.
In these days of massive hard drives, CDs and DVDs, is there still a place for tape backups? Here are some really good reasons to retain a tape based backup solution
Our Server specialists are often asked the same questions when configuring high-end server solutions. So in order to demystify some of these queries, we’ve asked Simon, one of the team, to talk us through the benefits of upgrading your server RAM from the offset. Over to Simon…
Anyone who has had the misfortune of performing a disaster recovery will tell you how important it is to recover lost data as quickly and painlessly as possible.
At some point every business reaches the point where managing POP email accounts for with their ISP becomes a nightmare – the delay between requests and actual setup – the settings and passwords to be remembered – the risk that vital email will be lost if a computer becomes lost or its disks corrupted.
We can help you avoid the headache of having to understand all the technical details that differentiate one brand of Storage Area Network (SAN) from another.
Plug the archiving gaps in your file-based production workflow with any one of a range of options that suit your budget and requirements.
Computers are actually quite resillient to problems with your electricity supply. It is quite common for an interruption to ocurr, where your lights flicker but your computer manages to ride it out. You’re not just imagining it.
Ideal for small-to-medium basic networks, where you are looking for a solution which requires very little or no configuration. Unmanaged switches are ready to go straight out of the box. They are, to all intents and purposes, plug and play.
Ethernet network equipment is a consumer commodity and the costs reflect this. Fibre channel equipment still commands a business price premium for the extra performance you achieve. Also, some computers (particularly laptops and iMacs) do not have the capacity for a fibre-channel adapter, so with iSCSI you could hook up existing computers in order to access high performance shared storage. If you don’t want the premium performance of a fibre SAN, iSCSI could be the answer.
Share files faster, more flexibly, and with almost unlimited capacity. You might have heard a lot about SANs – Storage Area Networks. Are they the answer to everyone’s storage needs, just as the hype would suggest?
If you simply want a block of cheap shared file storage, without the flexibility of a server or the high performance of a Storage Area Network (SAN), then a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device may be ideal.
There are a number of commercial advantages to having employees work from home. Aside from benefits to individual employees and any beneficial ecological considerations, the UK government’s Business Link web site lists the following factors (paraphrased).
Businesses are increasingly concerned over lost productivity and any liability that is entailed in providing uncontrolled access to the Internet. The problem is compounded with the difficulty of finding a robust and scalable solution without facing the counter-productive hurdle of many false positives.
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