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Month: June 2013

Apps that will help make IT more productive

Apps that will help make IT more productive

As IT professionals, we work in an industry that is constantly looking to improve its organizational productivity through the use of software and hardware. We contribute to this by what we do in our jobs. However, there are ways we improve our own productivity by using applications, which will benefit you and the company you work for. Let’s take a look at seven different applications that I think improve our productivity. Launchy Launchy is a small little program that you…

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Free desktop backup tools

Free desktop backup tools

It’s nice to know there are backup tools that can be installed, free of charge, which can handle one, simple task. It’s simple: If you’re not backing up your data, at some point you’re going to regret that mistake. For many medium to large businesses, data is typically backed up via shared directories on a server. But for smaller companies, or end users who have needs outside of shared directories, it’s nice to know there are backup tools that can…

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Five free network analyzers

Five free network analyzers

If you work on a network, you then know the value of information. Solid information leads to a strong and worry-free network (or at least as worry-free as you can manage). In order to gather that information, you need the right tools. The tools I speak of are network analyzers. Once you start looking, you can find analyzers of every shape, size, and price. But for most network admins, the free tools do a solid-enough job to get you the…

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