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Automated Power Management: The Simple, Cost-Saving Solution You Can’t Afford to Ignore
Idle computers across your network are wasting energy—which means they are wasting money. With school budget cutbacks on the rise, the cost-saving benefits of power management cannot be overlooked.
Sealing Up Pesky Proxy Tunnels
Two thirds of respondents to Lightspeed Systems' survey, 2007's Top IT Headaches for K-12 Schools, indicated that proxies bypassing the Internet filter was a somewhat critical or critical issue. Clearly, over the past two years proxies have gained both new levels of sophistication and accessibility.
Email Archiving: What's required of K-12 schools?
o matter the organization type, today's business communication relies heavily on email and instant messaging. As a result, managing the data for easy retrieval is necessary on several levels: to comply with regulations, to respond to lawsuits, and to manage organizational knowledge.
Gateway & Desktop Security for Web 2.0 and Beyond
As always, evolving Internet technologies present both opportunities and risks. Web 2.0 has introduced unprecedented interactivity through social networking, collaborative work environments, and online applications. MySpace, YouTube, Craigslist, and Wikipedia, as well as web services including sites like Amazon, eBay, and Gmail, encourage self-publishing.