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The BitTorrent threat to businesses

Steve Cassidy argues that rioters and copyright thieves have a lot in common

Why two ISPs are better than one

Why you should keep on the good side of your ISP, and what to do to protect your connection

How to ensure your business never loses its net connection

Steve Cassidy reveals why businesses can't afford to rely on a single ISP for their internet connectivity

Avoiding VoIP hacks

Security risks aren't limited to mobile phones, says Steve Cassidy, especially when networks are managed by the technically naïve

Keeping ahead of Skewed Time

A Skewed Time error message means deep trouble, says Steve Cassidy, unless for once it turns out to be completely accurate

The dos and don'ts of VM snapshots

Steve Cassidy warns how careless snapshots can kill machines

The new rules of virtualisation

Steve Cassidy explains how the rules of virtualisation have changed

My tape backup trauma

Steve Cassidy recounts his horror story of rewriting a Goliath sized drive

Is Microsoft Hyper-V really free?

Steve Cassidy teaches you how to dissect MSDN licencing using the pub advice rule

Why cloud complaints are causing contract churn

Forget the propaganda being peddled by the "experts", cloud computing isn't ready to take over the world just yet, argues Steve Cassidy

Why the cloud won't empty your office just yet

Steve Cassidy somehow resists the temptation to heckle the "empty building" brigade at the WorkTech conference

Fusion-io: a shot in the arm for server farms

Steve Cassidy finds a speed boost that lets him condense a full working day into just 28 seconds

Cooking with NDAS: trying out the Iocell NetDisk

A ravenous Steve Cassidy makes a meal of network architectures with the help of an Iocell NetDisk and some trusty cookbooks

Why you should ignore the darkside of network taps

Steve Cassidy laments the bad reputation of network Test Access Points because they're so useful

Dell shows off its heavy-metal server range

Resident head-banger Steve Cassidy visits London's O2 arena for some seriously heavy metal, but not of the music variety

The benefits of server-centric teaming

Steve Cassidy despairs of network jargon as he reveals the benefits of teaming

Why you shouldn't worry about IPv6 just yet

It may save the world from networking Armageddon, but Steve Cassidy says we shouldn't be too concerned about IPv6 just yet

Searching for sense in the NAS market

Steve Cassidy searches for rational behaviour in the NAS marketplace

Dell: 90% of data is never read again

Steve Cassidy agrees there's no such thing as a free lunch, but has lunch with Dell's enterprise division anyway

Shabby chic for network engineers

They may attract some funny looks, but Steve Cassidy argues that an ancient laptop and a tablet PC are essential requirements for a network engineer

Steve is a networks expert and a contributing editor to PC Pro for more years than he cares to remember. He mixes network technologies, particularly wide-area communications and thin-client computing, with human resources consultancy.