Servers Routers and Switches

• Tech Talk: IT Service Firm Upgrades Support

  A Massachusetts-based business that provides remote technical support for consumers and small businesses finds that deploying a new virtual IT support technology helps troubleshoot more customer problems.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• Switch Blade: Migrating to Blade Servers

  Small-scale blade servers can dramatically slash small business energy and cabling costs and cut server space. But is your small business ready for the switch?
  Jean Thilmany

• How to Simplify IT and Unlock Resources

  Businesses need to use the economic crisis as a time to reassess their IT needs and options. Server virtualization, consolidation, and energy costs are a good place to start.
  Mike Gorsage

• Has the Greening of IT Gone Too Far?

  When companies go green, how do the cost savings measure up against server agility? What should companies be aware of when vendors want to sell them energy-efficient servers, virtualization hardware, and low power monitors?
  Alice Osborn

• Is it Time to Toss Your Servers?

  Some small and mid-sized businesses should consider getting rid of their servers altogether, some experts argue. New Web-hosted computing options can dramatically reduce your hardware needs.
  Minda Zetlin

• Alternatives to Microsoft Exchange

  Vendors are trying to challenge Microsoft in providing servers and services to manage e-mail and collaboration. But can anyone compete against Redmond’s 800-pound gorilla?
  Marc Saltzman

• Server Snafus: Pitfalls to Avoid

  You know your business needs new servers to run at its best. Avoiding these five mistakes will help you make a sound investment.
  Minda Zetlin

• Five Reasons to Virtualize Servers -- Now

  Save money, conserve energy, secure data -- do you need any more incentives to virtualize your business servers? How about more flexibility and redundancy?
  Renee Oricchio

• When to Fix a Server In-House

  When do you try to fix a hardware or software problem yourself and when do you call outside support? The fact that the incident may cost the company money has to be weighed against the severity of the problem.
  Joel Keller

• Router-mania: Best Draft N Buys

  The IEEE 802.11n standard hasn’t even been finalized yet, but wireless networking equipment is not only widely available but on sale or out-performing earlier models. Is it prudent to buy Draft N routers with a standard unfinished?
  Todd Wasserman

• Tech Talk: Upgrading an Aging Infrastructure

  Pentel's Information Technology Manager Matthew Staver discusses why his company invested in a more scalable infrastructure.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• Tech Talk: Virtualization

  Mosso's CTO Jonathan Bryce discusses the benefits that virtualization has provided his business.
  Elizabeth Wasserman