Archive › April, 2009

Cut Costs: Don’t Upgrade SBS/Exchange Server

Your server probably doesn’t need to be replaced. What? A computer network support company is telling you not to spend money? Get a second opinion before you go and spend that money: 561-491-5725.

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DedicatedIT Designs Networks that Avoid Pandemic Exposure

When a pandemic flu outbreak occurs, telecommuting should be allowed for as many staff as possible. This article includes recommendations on how to prepare and what technologies to use.

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Remote Office – Collaboration – Instant Messaging

After a few months of working from home instead of our centralized office, I take a look at the improvements in communication we have made due to Microsoft Office Communications Server.

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Donated: Network Servers and Backup System

The South Florida Science Museum recently got a donation from a local network support company, DedicatedIT, and a client of theirs

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Wanted: Alligator Wrestler to run Computer Network

Companies who make the decision to nominate an “accidental IT person” are being very short-sighted. They are trading lower, predictable operational expense now for very large, extraordinary expenses in the future.

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HP Releases Proliant G6 Server Line

HP releases the HP Proliant G6 server line. A new standard in power and cooling efficiency. Intel Xeon 5500 series CPUs and standard power supplies across all G6 servers makes this an excellent offering.

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Happy Friday: Furry Happy Monsters

Network Management and Monitoring Service I was searching Google to look for competitors for a new network management and server monitoring website that we’re launching soon. Somehow through my travels, I ended up on a blog that had a happy Friday post with this video in it. I watched the WHOLE thing. And, I have [...]

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Major Outage Affects DedicatedIT

On April 8th 2009 at noon EST, after nearly six years without a serious network outage, DedicatedIT experienced a complete failure of our NetApp storage system. Our storage system is less than six months old, and is considered to be one of the best brands of storage systems in the industry. Because of the redundancy [...]

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Cut Costs – Look at Your Bandwidth

Don’t overlook unused or improperly used bandwidth when looking for ways to cut recurring monthly costs. There are a lot of tools you can use to determine if you can cut costs here.

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Plug-and-play and Wizards can be Bad

Plug-and-Play and Wizards Make Most Things Easier Over the years, computer technology, software and networks have become more user friendly… more intuitive, more robust and just easier for people to use. Overall, this is a very good thing for most computer users. For example, before USB, you’d have to know about IRQs, memory addresses and [...]

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