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Open Your Backup Window
Duplicate data can tax storage systems and waste time for users trying to find the most current version of a file. The right tools can regain not only storage space, but decrease your backup footprint.
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Increase Your Network's Efficiency Along with its Bandwidth
Networking infrastructure cost is not always about cables, switches and throughput. Look for products that can help reduce the costs associated with managing your networks to keep costs down while increasing bandwidth.
Network Bandwidth is Still Precious -- Protect It
No matter how fast your network connections are, frivolous use can degrade its capacity for legitimate uses. Install network monitoring tools that can detect unauthorized use.
Redress Those Rogue Routers
Would-be intruders can easily connect consumer grade WiFi routers to your wired network and hide them in closets or even drawers; they can then connect to unsecured access points. Routine site surveys will detect those security holes.
Turn Problems into Projects
When problems require more than a quick fix, use your project management expertise to develop a methodical course of action. Once you've identified the issues, a project team with roles, tasks and due dates may be the quickest route to resolution.
Find an Alternative for Single Sign-on
Single sign-on functionality can be difficult to develop and even more difficult to adapt as applications are added and changed. Two-factor authentication devices may offer similar user simplicity with greater ease of deployment.
Prioritize Your Life
Setting priorities on the job is standard operating procedure. Apply the same discipline to your life and prioritize the activities, interests and goals you have outside work. Family, leisure and non-work related interests help make a more rounded individual and put each priority in perspective.
Promote Portal Propagation
For all of the effort put into deploying them, enterprise information portals often go underused. Encourage their use by making them the easiest route to the tools your staff uses every day.
Rev Up Your Search Engine
Enterprise staff using internal search functions may not be getting relevant results. Implement advanced classification and ranking functions within your search engine to increase the frequency of useful results.
Make Your Service Oriented Architecture Usable
Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) provide programmatic functions as services so they don't have to be developed each time the function is needed. These services are useless if they are not used, and cannot be used if they cannot be found and identified as useful for a specific function. Make sure any SOA services your organization produces are well described and published.
Assess Your Access Points
Wireless network access points are easy to install. Perform regular site surveys to make sure no rogue access points have been added to your network, compromising the security of your network.
