The average company would probably prefer not to equip all of its employees with cell phones. Landlines can represent a nuisance, too, since long distance calls cost a fair amount. Fortunately, VoIP tech can act as a solution, so long as a company’s network can handle it.

The fact that Sony will stop selling floppy disks in Japan has generated a lot of headlines recently, and it’s easy to realize after seeing them that storage solutions have become quite cheap.  They’ve become more complicated, too, however, and so a guide titled “Hot To Get The Most Out Of Your NAS” may prove [...]

A new device from Addonics may make it much easier (and affordable) for people to connect devices to local area networks.  Addonics has unveiled a small, network-attached USB (NAU) adapter that’s supposed to work in conjunction with just about anything. A formal statement listed every type of device a professional is likely to come into [...]

A network that’s not secure is perhaps worse than no network at all; it’s a bad idea to provide hackers and malware with an easy way to jump from one site or computer to the next.  And so network professionals may be happy to hear that PAETEC has introduced what it’s labeled the “network Intrusion [...]

There might be a few ways in which networks that aren’t secure can prove useful – perhaps companies could go all secret agent-y and try to feed their competitors false information.  But generally speaking, secure networks are best, and so it’s good news that SonicWALL has released something known as Global Management System 6.0.

Another reminder to stay on top of network security has come courtesy of NASA.  Yes, the organization responsible for sending the first man to the moon and multiple robot probes elsewhere in the galaxy is not doing the best job of keeping its networks off-limits to unauthorized parties.

Aside from all of the obvious exterior stuff – spoilers, wide wheels, dual or quad exhausts – high performance cars tend to have more gauges than the average Honda.  These readouts help drivers keep the complicated machines in tiptop shape.  And now, Netcordia and Hitachi Data Systems are doing something similar with regards to network [...]

Individuals and small businesses needing to store and share a whole lot of data may want to take a look at Iomega’s newest offering.  The Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d is a lineup of network-attached storage (NAS) appliances that can accommodate anywhere from two to eight terabytes of info.

Network users and managers have, unfortunately, been given yet another reason to be nervous.  On the final day of last week’s DefCon Hacking Conference, one man demonstrated a novel and rather intimidating way of gaining access to a place.

Networks are complicated beasts, and any numbers of things can go wrong.  It’s best not to let other people “help” accidents occur, though, and so network managers may find a list of common security-related mistakes useful.