Server Consolidation - What They do not Want You to Know! by Wes Tafoya
How to Reduce Costs & Increase Productivity Do you have too many servers? Many companies realize that they have too many servers or maybe they need to upgrade to the latest version of SQL Server. They know they are spending too much money on maintenance and equipment. ... And of course there is the cost of down-time (which most companies still use clusters and other old solutions – read my other article on about a server with 99.999% guaranteed up time) which many companies have pinned down the cost, ranging from $8,000 to $6.5M per hour, depending on tour industry.

How FOSS Might Benefit Your Small Business by Charles Trumpess
Starting a small business or working from home takes time and costs money. After you have done all the groundwork, such as a business plan, marketing strategy and finances, you will probably start thinking about the cost of PCs and software licenses. ... Visit: http://office.microsoft.com/clipart The GIMP: www.gimp.org Free News & Information Streaming Stats is a free news application that will keep you up to date with headlines, sports scores, statistics and stories as they happen. ... Free Internet Window Washer 1.2: www.eusing.com Also see my article: Making SOHO a safer place of...

A Virtualisation Article by Michael Hart
An analogy: One bus can carry 30 passengers, but cars are now so relatively cheap we all travel by car. That’s up to 30 vehicles that need maintaining,rather than just one. If you can equip the bus with all the facilities you get in the cars (eg airline style seats with all the personal... In particular, any disk-related activity is significantly slower. ... As described above, virtual environments are slower than their physical counterparts due to the fact that the simulated hardware is subject to the restriction of the physical hardware.

MCSE 70-290 Certification Primer by Geetu Ahuja
Microsoft Certifications are one of the most widely acclaimed, pursued, and achieved technical certifications in the IT industry. The demand for Microsoft Certified Professionals in the job market is increasing every year. Microsoft offers a number of certification levels depending on specific... Articles on Windows 2003 Microsoft's Windows 2003 Server Home Page What's New in Active Directory Windows Server 2003 Demos Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Microsoft Online Resources TechNet : Designed for IT professionals, this resource includes Howto's, best practices,...

Warhammer 40k Basic Tactics by Lee Jerrum
This is a discussion of basic tactics that can be used with any army. It is intended for newer players who could use some basic tips that will work with whatever they are thinking of playing. Some of these points may not apply to certain army lists but should serve as a general guide. ... You also usually want the assault to end on your opponents turn, since that will deny him the chance to shoot at the assaulting squad in his next shooting phase. ... d) Don't waste shooting on things you have low/no chance to kill unless you have no choice.

Use of RFID Technology in Libraries: An Automated Metheod of Circulation, Security, Tracking and... by Syed Mohammad Shahid
1. Introduction RFID is an acronym for Radio Frequency Identification. It is a technology that allows an item, for example a library book to be tracked and communicated with by radio waves. This technology is similar in concept to a Cell Phone. Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is a... Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/ala/pla/plapubs/technotes/rfidtechnology.htm FAQ RFID Journal (OnlineVersion) Retrieved from http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/207 Koppel, T. ... Another option is to use both the "theft" bit and the online interface to an integrated library system,...