08/21/08
Outside help, inside connections
http://www.networkworld.com/nlsmbtech1155073
By James E. Gaskin
As companies grow, problems never disappear but they do change.
Very small companies need help in many areas during a time they
can least afford regular onsite help. Larger companies have
onsite help, but also have users in multiple locations, adding a
new class of problems. PlumChoice wants to help the first group,
and WorldExtend wants to help the second group.Read full story
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James Gaskin mailto:readers@gaskin.com writes books (16 so
far), articles and jokes about technology and real life from his
home office in the Dallas area.
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Making friends with Twitter, forums and blogs
http://www.networkworld.com/nlsmbtech1155074 Social networks
are infiltrating your corporate network and distracting your
employees. Analyst Curt Monash offers advice on turning the
situation from nuisance to competitive advantage.
New twists on Wi-Fi
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/081108gaskin.html
It's a wireless world, some say, conveniently overlooking the
giant balls of cables behind every personal computer and every
server, router and printer. But many want to expand the wireless
world, so let's look at two companies doing just that.
Online project management tricks
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/080408gaskin.html
The term "Project Management" usually brings pained looks to
business people because they associate it with Microsoft
Project. The tool may make their lives easier, but the software
costs hundreds of dollars per user, and worse, the
desktop-centric management application of yesterday doesn't fit
well with the distributed workforce reality of today. What's
more, when you take the plunge, getting up to speed on the
methodology takes time before you see results.
Cisco combines SMB engineering teams
http://www.networkworld.com/nlsmbtech1155075 Cisco Systems has
combined the engineering teams for all its small and
medium-sized business (SMB) products, forming a single group to
develop products for the Cisco and Linksys brands.
Cisco dropped the ball with SMB account reps sending e-mails to
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/31091 Cisco Subnet
blogger Larry Chaffin isn't happy with how Cisco's handling the
SMB account reps' transition to Linksys.
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