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The Portable Command Guide: How it Works and Why You Should Build Your Own
Jun 24, 2013
Scott Empson discusses how his handwritten "Engineering Journal" became the Portable Command Guide — and why you should turn your technical notes into your own Portable Command Guide.
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The Rise of Intelligent Agents: Automated Conversion of Data to Information
Apr 2, 2004
Business process virtualization (BPV) enables a rapid response to change, from variations in business workloads to strategic shifts in your business, markets or customers. This article emphasizes the application of automation and intelligent networked technologies to improve business efficiency, reduce costs and improve the dynamics of employee/customer interaction.
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The Role of Business Process Virtualization in Your Business
Apr 16, 2004
Martha Young and Michael Jude introduce the concept of Business Process Virtualization (BPV) and explain how technology and the economy are its driving forces.
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Thinking Outside the "Talk" Box
Sep 13, 2002
In this article you'll learn about IP Phone services that help customers increase productivity, solve business problems, and even generate revenue. The article provides case studies and inspiration for developing custom phone services and applications that run on Cisco IP Phones.
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Tips on Setting Up and Hosting a Wi-Fi Hotspot
Oct 21, 2009
Eric Geier shares tips on installing and operating a Wi-Fi hotspot.
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Tips to Secure Your Home Wi-Fi Network
Jul 10, 2009
Eric Geier points out important steps beyond encryption to secure your home Wi-Fi network.
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Tips to Secure Your Small Business Wi-Fi Network
Jul 21, 2009
Eric Geier presents twelve critical tips to consider when securing a small business wireless network.
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Traffic Engineering with MPLS
Aug 16, 2002
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Training Never Goes Out of Fashion: An Interview with Wendell Odom
Jun 9, 2009
Linda Leung talks with Wendell Odom about what people these days really think about the classes, the exams, and the whole idea of certification.
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Trash Your Pocket PC Synchronization Cable and Go Wireless
Feb 10, 2006
Do you daydream about new ways to be wireless? Kulvir Bhogal shows you how to synchronize your wirelessly-enabled Pocket PC with your PC over your wireless network — with no strings attached!
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Troubleshooting Any Transport over MPLS Based VPNs
Jun 10, 2005
MPLS Layer 3 VPNs allow a service provider to provision IP connectivity for multiple customers over a shared IP backbone, while maintaining complete logical separation of customer traffic and routing information. Learn more about MPLS Layer 3 VPNs in this sample chapter from Cisco.
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Troubleshooting Cisco IP Telephony
May 2, 2003
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Troubleshooting Cisco Secure ACS on Windows
Jun 16, 2006
Cisco Secure Access Control Server, which is known as CS ACS, fills the server-side requirement of the Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) client server equation. For many security administrators, the robust and powerful AAA engine, along with CS ACS's ability to flexibly integrate with a number of external user databases, makes the CS ACS software the first and sometimes only choice for an AAA server-side solution. This chapter explores CS ACS in detail and walks you through troubleshooting steps. The chapter focuses on the approach required to troubleshoot any issue efficiently, either with the CS ACS software itself or with the whole AAA process.
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Troubleshooting EIGRP
Jul 26, 2002
Learn how to quickly identify and fix the most common causes of EIGRP problems with these debugs, configurations, and useful show commands.
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Troubleshooting Network Sharing Issues: Part 1
Jun 19, 2009
Eric Geier shows you how to refresh your networking gear and verify that the sharing, firewall, and router settings are correctly configured.
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Troubleshooting Network Sharing Issues: Part 2
Jun 26, 2009
Eric Geier shows how to verify sharing and file permissions, access shares manually and how to reinstall networking gear to solve network sharing problems.
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Troubleshooting Unicast Flooding Due to Topology
Sep 10, 2004
Unicast flooding occurs for many reasons in a switched network. This article addresses how to detect and troubleshoot unicast flooding issues due to spanning tree topology changes.
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Turn an Old PC into a LAN Server with RouterOS, Part 1
Sep 21, 2009
Eric Geier shows you how to get an enterprise router at a fraction of the cost with the MikroTik RouterOS software that you can load onto an old PC.
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Turn an Old PC into a LAN Server with RouterOS, Part 2
Sep 28, 2009
Eric Geier concludes his two-part tutorial on getting a RouterOS machine up and running on a spare PC.
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Two-Factor Authentication in Windows
Oct 6, 2005
Simple passwords aren't good enough any more, as the flood of stories about phishing, fraud, and compromised accounts by the millions demonstrate. The Next Big Thing in computer security is two-factor authentication and, like it or not, you're probably going to be dealing with it in the next year or so. But two-factor authentication is a concept, not a product, and how it's implemented is critical to its success.