TechNet Magazine: August 2013

Clouds on the horizonEditor’s note: Clouds on the horizon

By Lafe Low

There’s more to moving to the cloud than just handing off your data and application stack. You need to take a long, hard look at your infrastructure and determine if you want to move some or all of it to the cloud, and then decide on the right mix of security and access for data and applications.

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Featured Articles

Cloud Computing: Cloud acceleration

Cloud Computing: Cloud acceleration
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There are many benefits to cloud acceleration, including better application response time, greater efficiency and improved user satisfaction.

 

Windows 8: The print system reimagined

Windows 8: The print system reimagined
By Adrian Lannin
Windows 8 and Windows RT rely on an entirely new printer driver architecture.

 

SQL Server: Always have a backup plan

SQL Server: Always have a backup plan
By Saleem Hakani
Don’t confuse backup and restore with high availability. In the event of an outage, backup and restore will get back your data, but only after some downtime.

 

Security: Security in a wireless world

Security: Security in a wireless world
By John Vacca
Just because most of your users are wireless doesn’t mean they need to operate unsecured.

 

IT Management: How do your leadership skills measure up?

IT Management: How do your leadership skills measure up?
By Barbara Trautlein
A noted business consultant identifies the benefits and pitfalls of three popular leadership styles.

 

Columns

Windows Confidential:
Hiding in plain sight
By Raymond Chen

Certain policies do precisely what they say they’ll do, no more and no less. Setting up a policy and hoping it does something else sets you up for failure.

 


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