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Reverse Chronological Archive
- Letter - September 22, 2000
- Steve Lugo disagrees vehemently with the IThell.com position that Dell support has problems
- Updated: Corporate Desktop Recommended Systems - September 21, 2000
- As promised, the Power-user system has now been added to this section
- Letter - September 21, 2000
- Scott Pierce requests information about configuring an OpenBSD firewall.
- Corporate Desktop Recommended Systems - September 20, 2000
- We’ll start with the Basic Corporate System and continue tomorrow with the Power-User system
- Protection for you and your company - September 19, 2000
- Implement policies that will protect you and your company from copyright infringement and other illegal activities
- Letter - September 18, 2000
- Daniel Juroff, Technical Coordinator, comments on new AMD Athlon systems for his organization.
- Where is your firewall? - September 17, 2000
- There is only one surefire way to avoid being hacked from the Internet and that is to place air between your internal
network and the rest of the world. Barring that, you do the best you can with the resources at hand.
- Letter - September 17, 2000
- Rich comments on the Napster Trial. It’s apparent that this debate has struck a chord (no pun intended) with the IThell.com
readership.
- Letter - September 16, 2000
- Lew Stead comments on the home firewall article and relates his negative experiences with BlackICE Defender.
- The Last E-Mail - September 14, 2000
- One man’s frustration with a vendor from hell
- Letter - September 13, 2000
- Eric responds to to Bob’s last letter and then Bob Snyder rebuts
- Letter - September 12, 2000
- Bob Snyder Rebuts Eric’s September 10 Opinion Piece Concerning Copyrght and Napster
- “Always Fast, Never Shared” - September 11, 2000
- It’s how PacBell DSL differentiates itself from @Home’s service. Are they being honest when they say it?
- Napster, Music, RIAA, the White House and the right and wrong of trading/stealing/borrowing
music.....or any other electronic intellectual property - September 10, 2000
- This opinion piece is in response to the seemingly overwhelming support for unfettered trade of copywritten material on the
Internet in other website bulletin boards.
- Letter - September 6, 2000
- From Chris Ahlstrom about home networks, firewalls, and multi-boot systems
- Letter - September 3, 2000
- From Jeroen Wenting about low cost servers and the Promise ATA100 RAID controller
- Letters - August 28-29, 2000
- From Tod O’Brien about options for the K6-2
- AMD Athlon System Test #2 - June 21, 2000
- Looking a little deeper. More information about the systems being tested and further discussion about some of the choices
the manufacturer made.
- AMD Athlon System Test - June 20, 2000
- Unpacking the First System. I just received my first three test systems from Midwest Micro.
Here is the beginning of my adventure.
- The Anatomy of a Low Cost Server - June 12, 2000
- Tired of spending many thousands of dollars for a name-brand server? Here is a discussion and specification for a low cost
file or e-mail server. This can be a great starting point for your very own custom server configuration.
- Server Motherboard for the Financially Challenged - June 8, 2000
- Every once in a while I attempt to spec out a really kick-ass server on a budget. Recently, I helped a friend of mine spec
out a system based upon the Abit BP6 motherboard (the one and only dual processor Celeron motherboard on the market) to see if we could build a sub $1000 dual processor server.
- Do Vendors Want Your Business? - June 7, 2000
- Certainly the question appears ridiculous. The answer should be an unqualified and resounding YES!!! Sometimes, though,
there are days when you wonder if it really is worth the trouble to deal with a particular vendor or if it’s just time to take a nice long vacation in Hawaii.
- Is IT ready for AMD? - June 6, 2000
- With yesterday’s introduction of the Athlon with full-speed on chip cache and AMD’s soon to be available new “value”
offering, the Duron, based upon AMDs newest and arguably most successful processor in its history, this is an important question that each of us in IT should be asking.
- Dell’s Optiplex Dilemma - April 19, 2000
- Beating up on Dell continues with an analysis of Dell’s lineup of Optiplex computers. Yaknow, the systems designed as
business “Managed PCs.”
- The Pros and Cons of Centralized IT Management - April 12, 2000
- IThell.com welcomes a new contributor. Read on to see what R.A. says about centralized IT.
- Eric’s CNET Radio Interview - April 4, 2000
- Listen to Eric discussing e-mail privacy issues with Emil Guillermo of Grassroots.com.
Recorded March 31, 2000. Requires Real Player.
- Dell Support - April 1, 2000
- Argghhh!!! Receiving support from Dell is such a heavenly experience
- Visitor Comments - March 31, 2000
- Letter - March 30, 2000
- From Ed Cantarella, Paralegal and IT Pro.
- Sample Backup Policy - March 29, 2000
- It is important for your users to understand what is being backed-up on your network. Keep them informed and protect
yourself at the same time by putting your backup policy on paper. Modify the policy for your environment. As with the other policies, this is just a sample that has worked at other companies. Modify it, as appropriate,
for your company.
- Sample Software Policy - March 28, 2000
- This policy is critical for protecting IT professionals from the dangerous and illegal actions of companies and employees
who choose to pirate software. If your company doesn’t have a policy of this type, you should quickly implement one and encourage the honoring of the agreements your company has chosen to make by installing and using
shareware and commercial software.
- Sample Policy - Acceptable Use Of Corporate Information Technology Resources - March 27, 2000
- In order to protect your employees and your company, effective policies should be implemented. This is the second in a
series of IThell.com recommended sample policies. Please feel free to adapt this sample for your own company.
- Letter - March 20, 2000
- From Jeff Smith, geneticist and physician, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
- Sample E-Mail Policy - March 15, 2000
- In light of the potential liability of e-mail (check out the Microsoft anti-trust case), it is important that your company
have a strong e-mail policy. Consider this sample when you (re)write your company’s e-mail policy.
- Windows 2000 Expo Report - Part 2 - March 10, 2000
- If it has to do with computers for your small business or remote office, just outsource IT: One stop IT with CenterBeam.
- IThell.com Birthday - Mar 7, 2000
- IThell.com has reached the venerable age of one month....plus a few days....where do we go next?
- Vendor Feedback - Feb 29, 2000
- Some great vendor responses to Windows 2000 Expo Report - Part 1
- Windows 2000 Expo Report - Part 1 - Feb 28, 2000
- Utilities that you won’t be able to live without.
- Letter - Feb 25, 2000
- From Chris Peluso, Sales Engineer, Rockliffe Systems, Inc.
- Letter - Feb 25, 2000
- From Joe Diaz, System Administrator, Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
- What is Information Technology? - Feb 21, 2000
- This is a document I used at a previous company to help define the scope of IT. It was very helpful in keeping IT out of
trouble. I highly recommend using this or a similar document in your company employee manual.
- How Not to Relive 1995 - Feb 16, 2000 via February 1998 edition of “Windows NT Systems”
- In the February 1998 issue of “Windows NT Systems” I wrote a column about the issues of a company choosing their OS
migration path. Two years later, this article is still compelling in light of tomorrow’s official release of Windows 2000.
- End-User Disrespect Toward IT Professionals - Feb 14, 2000
- Desktop Support: The Rodney Dangerfield of Information Technology
- AMD Hits 850 - Feb 11, 2000
- With still limited availability of 800MHz processors from Intel, AMD retakes the MHz speed crown.
- Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks - Feb 10, 2000
- The pain of supporting a high profile website.
- Visitor Comments - Feb 7, 2000
- What a few of our IThell.com visitors think about this new place to discuss IT on the web.
- Letter - Feb 6, 2000
- From David Ranch, Co-Author of Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO.
- Home Office Firewalls - Feb 6, 2000 (Rev. 2)
- Protecting the corporate office we all agree is important. Protecting employees at their home office can be equally important.
- Letter - Feb 2, 2000
- From Mark Guibert, Director of Marketing, Research in Motion
- E-Mail To Go - Feb 2, 2000 (Rev. 2)
- Blackberry, by Research in Motion, will turn your current pager green with envy.
- What is IThell? - Jan 31, 2000
- Welcome to the launch of IThell.com - A cathartic experience for Information Technology professionals...and do we need it!!!!
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