Jerry Hodgen

Is VSAT Making a Comeback?

Local access and rapid data delivery for new branch office locations continue to be a thorn in my side. In regard to local access, the local...

Data Security for Mobile Workers

This summer was eventful in the world of data security -- lack thereof -- if you have followed the press. The theft of a Veterans Administration laptop...

Software Licensing: The Next Challenge in Desktop Management

During the course of the past few of years, the deployment of patches and anti-virus signature files have challenged and humbled organizations with large distributed PC populations.Tools...

Disaster Recovery: Did You Consider Your Branch Offices?

The Northeast is still drying out after record rainfall that caused major floods in several urban areas. For the most part, large corporate data centers were...

Is MPLS Right for Your Network?

Time flies when you are having fun. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was wrestling with a SDLC multi-drop network that spanned the Ohio and Mississippi...

The Winds of Change

The computing infrastructure that supports today's large enterprise is constantly on the move due to changing business requirements and evolving technology.One wrong move or mistake can result...

Enterprise Office Automation

A couple of months ago, I took my monthly sabbatical to one of our branch offices to see how the world outside of HQ gets by. ...

Power Savings Benefit IT

Over the course of the past few months, my colleagues in the facilities section must have worn out at least two pairs of shoes traipsing up to...

IP Centrex: Low Cost Enterprise VoIP

There has been a lot of press on VoIP recently; however, the jury is still out as to when this technology will become the business standard rather...

Is Effective Desktop Management Possible?

I have been in the technology business more years than I am willing to admit. However, I will say I do long for the good ol' days...

Traffic Jam on the Corporate Information Expressway

The CIO is lurking in your office when you return from the network operations center and immediately confronts you about the remote sales office in Tucson. They...

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