Has this ever happened to you? You had a great weekend, maybe you worked a little on an important deadline. Monday comes along; you make your way to the office to finish working on the largest contract in your company’s history, only to find your computer network down. Nothing is working. Your business and perhaps [...]
In the technological world there are numerous products that are not exactly inspiring. These items however, while not being the most exciting are truly useful to the modern world and in essence keep the cogs of economy, business and home life turning; one such item is the RJ45. I hear you scream what is a [...]
Many times network designers and installers alike fail to realize how important the structured cabling system that supports network traffic is. The network cabling in your office or home is the backbone of your whole phone and computer network infrastructure and should not be taken for granted. Whether you use copper or fiber [...]
Well, all the results are in and tabulated, and we finally have some breathing room amidst all the other announcements going on over here (when it rains, it pours) to look at the survey results and what it all means.
This is our third year doing the survey of Government IT at the FOSE show, so [...]
The latest Microsoft Windows operating systems have a built-in time synchronisations services. Windows 2000 and later operating systems have, by default, the windows time service installed, called w32time. The time service allows a Windows network to provide synchronisation of all machines within a domain. This article describes how to configure the Windows Server 2000 and [...]
NTP, or Network Time Protocol, was invented over 25 years ago as a means of synchronising time critical processes over the Internet. It is one of the oldest Internet protocols still in use today. NTP allows network time clients to synchronise to an accurate time reference. Originally developed for the Linux operating system, recently there [...]
To keep ahead of rising costs and security issues businesses need to understand the value of virtualization in lowering their cost and making their network more efficient.
As more and more government departments and businesses have a requirement for greater control over information residing in distributed networks a solution is needed to ensure that the [...]
Have you ever wonder what exactly is power over ethernet? Well, probably the first place to start would be to explain what ethernet is.
Ethernet is a technology for networking computers for local area networks. There are a number of signaling and wiring standards defined in the ethernet networking model. If you have [...]
As your company or small business goes high-tech, it can often be difficult to keep track of all the equipment and terms that are standard issue in the wireless age. While it might be simpler to leave it all to your IT guys to understand, it would unquestionably be to your advantage to learn the [...]
Choosing the right cabling company to install your network infrastructure can be a daunting task, and we are here to help. Checking with the better business bureau can be a good start in your search, don’t fret if you can not find a profile on the company that you are searching, no profile is [...]
