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Dec 2, 2011, 6:02 pm
We recently installed Lync 2010 and integrated it with our Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging (UM). Everything seemed to go smoothly and we have since released it to all of our users. We are getting great positive feedback and wanted to enhance the offering. To that end, we started playing with P... Comment - Like
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Jul 30, 2011, 8:48 pm
We recently took on the migration of our enterprise E-mail system from Exchange 2003 to 2010. In this article, I want to talk about the need to understand your client connection requirements before taking the plunge. Like most companies, we are still on Outlook 2003 and Windows XP. Our remote us... Comment - Like
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Apr 14, 2011, 9:45 pm
We have recently upgraded from Exchange 2003 to 2010 and we are still in the midst of the details. At first glance, it would seem that the biggest hurdle is to get a good understanding of the differences and plan your migration. However, we have found the undocumented details about how to config... Comment - Like
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Apr 2, 2011, 8:02 pm
When we upgraded to vSphere 4.1, there was nothing different about the way we expanded LUNs. We have three EqualLogic iSCSI SAN arrays for storage and two IBM BladeCenters. If we needed more space, the process was quite simple go to the web interface of the SAN and expanded the LUN using vCent... Comment - Like
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Jan 16, 2011, 5:26 pm
My wife has been asking for a portable laptop cart for a couple years and every one that I have looked at had something I did not like about it. Either it was too large, too flimsy or unattractive. Well, this Christmas I was looking again and stumbled across the Mayline – 950 – Eastwinds Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2010, 7:45 pm
We are running an environment with a single vCenter and 15 ESX hosts, of which 12 are in a DRS/HA cluster. When we had to do some maintenance on some of the hosts in the cluster, I moved a server into maintenance mode. Since we have DRS, the system attempted to automatically move all of Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2010, 11:30 pm
I started writing this article about eight months ago in February of 2010. Back then (yeah, it seems like a very long time ago), it was almost impossible to find any distributor that had decent monitors available. Everything was backordered and taking weeks or months to arrive. Like a lot of ... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2010, 8:28 pm
If you are running a dial-up VPN network, you know the nightmares about security, maintenance and the inevitable end-user problems from travelers. No matter how much time and effort you put into building that part of the network, it always becomes an source of irritation and constant frustration. Th... Comment - Like
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Apr 25, 2010, 1:47 am
Having optimized my air flow situation in the server room, the next step was to get that cold air into the servers. I have never been a fan or believer of using cabinet blanks to block off air-flow because I always thought that having air move through and around servers served a good purpose. Mo... Comment - Like
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Apr 10, 2010, 9:22 pm
We have decided to look at a few netbook computers for our employees that do a lot of travelling. While everyone currently has a notebook, the frequent flying executives and some others would prefer something smaller. Knowing that most of them use Windows, but have iPhones, I thought our first ... Comment - Like
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Mar 22, 2010, 12:00 pm
I have been writing about our difficulty in trying to find a reliable, manageable and secure wireless networking access point for our company. After failures with Cisco and Bluesocket, I was beginning to think that there were really no enterprise-class devices around anymore. We checked out Netgea... Comment - Like
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Mar 8, 2010, 10:00 am
I thought I had done the best I could with optimizing our small server room. We have two rows of server cabinets which hold all of our servers, file systems and management devices. I arranged the cabinets so that both rows had the servers facing toward the aisle between them. My reasoning was... Comment - Like
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Mar 1, 2010, 10:00 am
This is part two of my saga into finding decent wireless network appliances for our enterprise. In part one, I talked about our evolution with Cisco/Aironet products up to the fatal results with their 1130 model. In calling around to some vendors, resellers and enterprise administrators, I got th... Comment - Like
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Feb 15, 2010, 7:22 pm
I have been on the lookout for a replacement switch for my home network of about ten computers and game systems. I have been using an old outdated Cisco 3500XL that was starting to fade. I had to cut the power to the fans because of the noise and I wanted to act before it Comment - Like
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Feb 11, 2010, 2:30 pm
We have gone through a few Cisco wireless devices which originated from their acquisition of Aironet. The first AP-350 devices had a simple GUI for configuration and were extremely reliable. Unfortunately, they were only using 802.11b and had problems with some of the early 3rd party WLAN card... Comment - Like
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Jan 3, 2010, 9:15 pm
There has been a lot of discussion about running Exchange 2003 SP2 on a Windows 2003 server while upgrading the domain to Windows 2008 R2 native mode. There are two real authorities that I rely upon and unfortunately there is disagreement. First is Microsoft TechNet. According to their Exchange Serv... Comment - Like
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Sep 19, 2009, 7:24 pm
I just got a notice that my SSL certificates were going to expire and it was time to renew at GoDaddy (http://www.godaddy.com). Not a problem. Just go to their website and renew the certificate in a few clicks. Matter of fact, we just renewed a previous certificate a couple weeks ago and it wa... Comment - Like
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Aug 2, 2009, 9:09 pm
We have been working with Sharepoint since the 2001 version came out. It’s main purpose was to act as a Content Management System (CMS) for document control within our manufacturing area. It quickly expanded to be our corporate Intranet site with areas for each operational department. In ... Comment - Like
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