Category Archives: Server Software

FTP in a Nutshell

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Guest Writer

Tom C W Higgins FTP is the protocol that every single web hosting server out there uses to enable its subscribers and users upload and download content between their servers. The servers are simply computers like the one you have … Continue reading →

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SFTP Vs FTP

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Guest Writer

 Tom C W Higgins Every webmaster knows that in order to get their website up there and to alter pages etc they need to access their web host via FTP, which stands for File Transfer Protocol that is basically the … Continue reading →

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Enhancing Your FTP Security

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Guest Writer

Tom C W Higgins With FTP storage space becoming more popular and gaining popularity, especially around the blogosphere, it is important not to forget that your remote storage could easily be compromised. The simplest method to secure the date your … Continue reading →

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FTP as an Email Alternative

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Guest Writer

Tom C W Higgins FTP has gained many more uses since it was first developed over three and a half decades ago, before TCP/IP was created. In the beginning it was only used for basic commands and was the primary … Continue reading →

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How to Improve Your WordPress Blog With Plugins

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Guest Writer

Marie Coles WordPress, probably, the best and most used blog on the internet is well loved not only cause of its usability, but its add ons/plugins, which improve your blogs performance and effectiveness. WordPress has hundreds of ‘plugins’ – all … Continue reading →

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Tape Backup Software and Systems – Why Administrators Still Choose to Use Them

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Guest Writer

Roderick Dunne In this technological age of advanced HDD storage systems it is still surprising to see backup tapes in use by companies. This article takes a look at why tape backup software and autoloaders are still as popular as … Continue reading →

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VmWare Certified Professional – Advantages of Getting a VCP Certification

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Guest Writer

Harris Andrea There has been a quiet revolution in computers over the past couple of years, but only developers and IT professionals are aware of it. This revolution involves the new found popularity of virtual machines. While different types of … Continue reading →

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The Cost of Running and Configuring an Exchange Server

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Guest Writer

Leo Fitzpatrick An exchange server is a Microsoft function that serves a variety of purposes including e-mail capabilities, calendar application and data storage. Exchange servers have been available since 1993 and have proved to be an incredibly popular facility. There … Continue reading →

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NTP Server – The World’s Wrist-Watch

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Guest Writer

Richard N Williams Knowing the time is an essential part of our daily lives. We all need to know what time to start work, what time to leave and even when to get up in the morning. We have a … Continue reading →

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Change to Server-Based Computing – Reap The Benefits

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Guest Writer

 Jimi St. Pierre Server Based Computing vs. Standard Network Computing With a normal office network, every user has a fairly powerful computer on which they run software. The server is used for central file storage and specific tasks such as … Continue reading →

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