September 2006

September 2006

Protecting data — the heart of your business — requires constant vigilance. In the September issue, BizTech offers tips on how to safeguard your digital assets. On the data front, there's also a report on why disk-to-disk-to-tape backups might make sense for your company and another on why tape backups remain popular. Also, be sure to take a peak at what's on the horizon with the next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, and the latest online security vulnerabilities.

Features

Writing a Happy Ending
Policies and Procedures Can Protect Your Corporate (Data) Assets
Customer Care
Try these tips to build a successful CRM system.
View From the Top
Exabyte's Kelly Beavers offers his take on growing a small business and its IT leadership.

Departments

Dashboard: Dashboard: July 2006
Tech Watch: Web Fingerprints
IPv6 opens up 16³² new Internet addresses.
Money Matters: Centralize IT Buying
Procurement professionals tell how to take back control.
How To: Managing the Unexpected
If you face poorly timed installation requests and getting machines ready for "the employee we just hired and forgot to tell you about," consider getting some imaging assistance.
Tech Trends: Ironclad Backups
At small businesses, data can be just as critical to operations and profitability as at larger enterprises. Augmenting traditional tape archives with disk-based backup adds extra insurance.
Out-of-the-Box ROI: Review: DameWare Mini Remote Control
An enterprise-class remote administration solution with a small business price tag.
Handheld Help
<i>BizTech</i>'s Review Team examines two options that sizzle.
Tech Tips: Old Reliable
Disk technology gets all the hype, but tape remains popular because of its price, performance and portability.
Profile: The Racer's Edge
Trackside technology overhaul helps Justin Wilson's RuSPORT Champ Car team make it to the winner's circle.
Best Practices: Business-Class Connections
Testing the wireless waters with inexpensive consumer gear is one way to start, but a business network needs industrial-strength wireless access points.
Best Practices: Search Warrant
If you want would-be customers to find you on the Web, try these tips to make your site search-engine friendly.
Best Practices: Never Heard of XSS?
Don't worry, you will. It's a favorite hacker exploitation technique, and your Web application could be the next victim.
Xserve Platform
Customers tout low cost of ownership, high security, scalability among the benefits of Apple's increasingly popular Xserve line of servers and storage.

Opinions

Letter From the Editor: More than Mediocre—The Development of Wireless
The Lowdown: Computer-Aided Hugging
Upscale clothier Mitchells/Richards/Marshs has used CRM to build its bricks-and-mortar business since before the Web was born.
Inside I.T.: Building Better Business Continuity
Are you bracing for the next Katrina without planning for the sprinkler leak that's more likely to threaten your servers?
Speaking from Experience: The Power of Visibility
When you listen to what's really going on, you'll create better IT management opportunities.
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Security

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Review: Belkin Advanced Secu... |
This tool can prevent KVM toggling from being a source of network vulnerabilities.
Honeywords: Password Securit... |
Researchers are proposing a new method of spiking the password punch as a way to identify...
How Many Vulnerabilities Doe... |
The potential for damaging data breaches lurks in nearly every corner for SMBs.

Storage

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EMC World 2013: Software-Def... |
Storage virtualization is a key element of providing on-demand, flexible cloud services.
How Steve Wozniak Explains V... |
Fusion-io's chief scientist breaks virtualization down into terms everyone can understand.
Product Review: Quantum NDX-... |
Device does double duty for storage and backup.

Infrastructure Optimization

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Why More Software Is Headed... |
Many of your favorite software suites are trading in their shiny discs for cloud-based...
Cisco Live 2013: Brush Up wi... |
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EMC World 2013: Software-Def... |
Storage virtualization is a key element of providing on-demand, flexible cloud services.

Networking

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How to Secure Optimized Netw... |
WAN optimization and security aren’t always complementary. These tips can help you deal...
Cisco Live 2013: Brush Up wi... |
Get up to speed on convergence, wireless networking, collaboration and more ahead of the...
Do Virtual Meetings Boost Pr... |
New study finds that face-to-face meetings don’t always work in workers’ favor.

Mobile & Wireless

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Consumr App Powers Informed... |
Reviews and ratings for products on the shelf are only a barcode scan away.
Faster In-Flight Wi-Fi: Com... |
The FCC is working on regulation to free up more Internet bandwidth for air travelers.
CTIA: Wireless Network Data... |
The invisible bytes that zip through the air continue to multiply at rapid rates.

Hardware & Software

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Consumr App Powers Informed... |
Reviews and ratings for products on the shelf are only a barcode scan away.
Review: Belkin Advanced Secu... |
This tool can prevent KVM toggling from being a source of network vulnerabilities.
How Many Vulnerabilities Doe... |
The potential for damaging data breaches lurks in nearly every corner for SMBs.