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{ Monthly Archives } October 2008

Processor Article, “Improving Service: Xangati Helps PrimeLink Protect Its Customers From Web Threats & Hassles”

A “Products-At-Work” feature from the October 24, 2008 issue:
Plattsburgh, N.Y.,-based PrimeLink is a fairly small but growing ISP with about 3,000 subscribers. It faces several problems common to ISPs everywhere: tracking down spam, preventing its subscriber email from being blacklisted, and determining the cause of customer complaints, among other things.
But finding a solution [...]

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2008 10 28 Robyn Weisman Articles
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Processor Article, “Get Ready For Server 2008: How To Evaluate & Prepare For Microsoft’s Newest Server Offering”

A “How To” feature from the October 10, 2008 issue:
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 offers a slew of worthwhile feature additions and improvements, so it’s no wonder that many SMEs are thinking about upgrading at least a portion of their networks to it. But because the new operating system offers so many options for IT [...]

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2008 10 26 Robyn Weisman Articles
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Processor Article, “Considering Cloud Computing: Assessing Your Network & Finding A Reliable Provider Are Key”

A “Six Quick Tips” feature from the October 3, 2008 issue:
Cloud computing encompasses many things beyond the enterprise firewall, from SaaS applications to virtual storage and servers. Websense CIO Jim Haskin (www.websense.com) says that cloud computing enables enterprises to take advantage of capabilities and services on the fly without having either to invest in [...]

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2008 10 10 Robyn Weisman Articles
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Processor Article, “Campus Security: Q1 Labs’ QRadar Helps Wayne State Keep Its Network Secur”

A “Products-At-Work” feature, also from the September 26, 2008 issue:
Like other large universities, Wayne State University, a Detroit-based institution of over 30,000 students, faces security complications that the average enterprise can sidestep.
“We are required to keep an open network to [allow for the] free flow of information. We cannot block certain things because [...]

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2008 10 08 Robyn Weisman Articles
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Processor Article, “Are SMEs Avoiding Vista? The Ins & Outs Of Delaying Vista Deployment”

From the September 26, 2008 issue:
It begins:
Many analysts thought that the reason Vista had yet to take off was because most IT departments were waiting for SP1 to banish any bugs or security weaknesses typical in the first iteration of any new operating system. Moreover, Microsoft’s decision to stop selling new versions of Windows XP [...]

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2008 10 06 Robyn Weisman Articles
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