A complete desktop management solution needs to be one that not only meets the standardization requirements of the computer, but simultaneously meets the personalized needs of the user. Desktop Authority 8 comprehensively manages the Windows desktop throughout the desktop lifecycle, reducing the total cost of desktop and application ownership. 

Using OS lock down scripts can be time consuming and error prone. Keeping those scripts up-to-date as new guidelines are published requires a continuous cycle of research, interpretation, and script revision. Do you really have time for this? Security Blanket automates the process of locking down Linux and Solaris operating systems. 

To address the need for streamlined management, Windows Server 2008 R2 delivers a powerful yet easy-to-use management experience that encompasses both tools and best practices. Read this white paper to learn more. 

BlueCrest Capital Management Tidal Enterprise Scheduler when they needed to make critical business processes visible to upper management and centralize scheduling and management of nightly data downloads; as well as integrate disaster recovery processes into job scheduling efforts and migrate away from heavily scripted point solutions. 

In these articles, Network World and its sister publications CIO, Computerworld, CSO and InfoWorld lay down the groundwork and explore the latest tips and technologies for no-fail corporate data backup and disaster recovery. 

Have you ever had to recover an email regarding an ex-employee whose account and mailbox no longer exists? Has HR ever asked you to find all emails involving certain employees, topics or associated dates? 

Managing email is a time-consuming, costly and legally hazardous process as administrators spend extra time backing up and recovering email to manage volume, support end-user productivity and produce stored emails for regulation or litigation. 

Here five things about Windows Server 2008 that are the less obvious, more esoteric, yet useful features or quirks. The following is a brief list of some things that I tend to assume that many people know, and I am constantly amazed by clients and students who really don't know them. How many do you already know? 

In this video, learn some introductory facts about remote I/O, whether remote or expansion I/O is the more cost-effective solution for your organization, and how AutomationDirect's hardware can meet your remote I/O needs. 

Human error and hardware or software failures can easily corrupt Active Directory. AD objects can often be modified or deleted by mistake and faulty scripts can overwrite attributes. The result is unplanned system downtime and lost user productivity. 

It sounds simple, but just try to figure out who accessed your confidential data yesterday. IT management standards insist on it, compliance standards require it, but can you deliver? 

Lumension's Sanctuary Device Control minimizes the risk of data theft from removable devices through its policy-based enforcement of device use that controls the flow of inbound and outbound data from your endpoints. 

Companies are quickly recognizing the need for several layers of security to protect against dangerous IT security threats. No single technology guarantees security, but application whitelisting covers situations not addressed by firewalls or antivirus utilities.