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The 7 Deadly
Signs Of Server Aging
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Your server
is a ticking time bomb. Although it may never actually
blow up, sooner or later it will become obsolete and
that is a potentially explosive liability for any
business. The truth is that the older hardware is, the
more likely that a failure and loss of productivity will
occur. According to CompTIA (the Computer Industry
Association) a company can avoid large expenses by
updating its servers every three years. If it waits five
years, then there's a big risk of being compelled to
upgrade many components simultaneously which is not a
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So is your server
ready for a once-over? Here are seven signs that you may need to take a
closer look. |
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Leasing offers
added benefits in tough times
reprinted with permission from the HP Small
Business Center
Today's economic
climate of rising energy costs, uncertainty in global
financial markets and relentless pressure to drive down
business costs poses multiple challenges for most companies.
With the economy sluggish and financial "fuel" scarce, making
the financial commitments needed to enhance or even maintain
an IT infrastructure can be difficult. Yet those firms that
make sound decisions in tough times by strengthening their
infrastructure will be best positioned when the economy
recovers and demand picks up.
Spending slows
but still grows
According to IDC, a leading provider of
global IT research and advice, IT spending is slowing—but
still growing. Year-over-year spending growth for total IT is
expected to slow in 2008 and 2009 before picking up in
2010.[1] In a June 2008 customer survey by HP Financial
Services, some 75 percent of respondents said that current
economic conditions have detrimentally affected their budgets.
Nearly three in four said their companies have delayed or
canceled new projects, 59 percent said they have scaled back
or delayed new hardware deployments, and 52 percent said their
companies have reduced head count.
What conclusions can we
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Enjoy
the Benefits of Remote Network Monitoring
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Out Of
Sight, Out Of Mind -- Enjoy the Benefits of Remote
Network Monitoring Without The IT Burden
Your network or application is down and you need it
corrected quickly or your business suffers through loss
of productivity, revenue or image. With managed services
from InSwift corrective action is already
underway to get you up and running again.
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Today’s remote network monitoring applications — such as
Cisco Works, HP OpenView, Ipswitch and Netarx — can help us
generate valuable information about your network health and
performance. This data, pulled from firewall and VPN logs,
helps our network administrators quickly determine which of
your network components are overburdened, underutilized or at
risk.
And by hiring out this service, you can gain all the
information you need to make critical decisions, without
placing an additional burden on your busy IT personnel.
If you are an SMB with numerous PCs, servers and a Web site
— but a small IT staff — remote network monitoring may prove
to be an ideal solution. Here’s why: |
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Are you Doomed if
your Office Computer Tech Quits?
By Kim
Komando
Reprinted with permission from the
Microsoft Small Business Center
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It's the nightmare that most small businesses
aren't prepared to face: What would happen if you
suddenly lost your office computer expert? Would you be
in big trouble?
The answer
usually is "Yes!" But just how much anguish, time and
money would an unanticipated departure cause your
company's operations? Ask yourself these six questions to find
out.
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January 2009 |
| In this issue: |
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Signs of an Aging Server |
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Leasing Offers Benefits |
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Remote Network Monitoring |
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Are You Doomed if Your Computer Tech
Quits? |
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Already Using VoIP? |
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Already Using VoIP?
Give Productivity a Boost by Going
Wireless
If you're serious
about lowering business expenses and increasing efficiency,
you may already be among the growing number of SMBs using
Voice over IP (VoIP) technology to offset telecommunications
expenses.
But did you know
that by blending VoIP technology with your existing wireless
LAN, you can make another leap in productivity -- through a
new technology called wireless VoIP?
The idea may not be
so strange.
Read more
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Quote of the Month |
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"The first rule of any technology used
in a business is that automation applied to an efficient
operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is
that automation applied to an inefficient operation will
magnify the inefficiency."
~Bill
Gates
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Just for Laughs |
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