What do the standard numbers mean in the National Electrical Code?
What do the standard numbers mean in regards to the National Electrical Code (NEC)?
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| December 2, 2008 10:49 PM
codes, NEC, Networking, standards
What do the standard numbers mean in regards to the National Electrical Code (NEC)?
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| December 2, 2008 10:49 PM
codes, NEC, Networking, standards
email data retention laws
are inter-department email groups in a multinational bank subject to any US/UK financial regulation on data retention times..e.g. emails sent to a IT department’s group mailbox which recieves requests from other departments in the organisation…e.g. legal restore requests, trader restore requests..etc..is the email mailbox required to be backed up and kept for any period of [...]
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| January 31, 2008 2:56 PM
Compliance, Laws, Regulations, standards
are inter-department email groups in a multinational bank subject to any US/UK financial regulation on data retention times..e.g. emails sent to a IT department’s group mailbox which recieves requests from other departments in the organisation…e.g. legal restore requests, trader restore requests..etc..is the email mailbox required to be backed up and kept for any period of [...]
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| January 31, 2008 2:56 PM
Compliance, Laws, Regulations, standards
Compliance to Acts
How can softwares for url/content filtering or mail scanning be made compliant to HIPAA , Sarbanes-oxley act etc. … What all features are required to be implemented to make them compliant ????
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| March 3, 2007 9:55 AM
Compliance, CRM, Disaster Recovery, Laws, Policies, Regulations, Risk management, Security Program Management, standards
How can softwares for url/content filtering or mail scanning be made compliant to HIPAA , Sarbanes-oxley act etc. … What all features are required to be implemented to make them compliant ????
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| March 3, 2007 9:55 AM
Compliance, CRM, Disaster Recovery, Laws, Policies, Regulations, Risk management, Security Program Management, standards
Data Center cabling without Patch Panels
What are the industry best practices for cabling high density production server cabinets WITHOUT patch panels. My boss wants to eliminate the hard costs of patch panels. Networking environment is Edge to Core. Cabinet density is 40x 1U servers per cabinet. I am moving locations and increasing to 80 cabinets. My environment also includes SAN [...]
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| January 2, 2007 12:31 AM
Cabling, DataCenter, standards
What are the industry best practices for cabling high density production server cabinets WITHOUT patch panels. My boss wants to eliminate the hard costs of patch panels. Networking environment is Edge to Core. Cabinet density is 40x 1U servers per cabinet. I am moving locations and increasing to 80 cabinets. My environment also includes SAN [...]
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| January 2, 2007 12:31 AM
Cabling, DataCenter, standards
IT scope of responsibility
I Have a question concerning the scope of IT support. To what extent should the IT Department support vendor items purchased that perform a specific funtion for other departments. Specificaly items that require the support of the third party vendor. For example we have a time and attendance application running on a dedicated PC the [...]
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| November 30, 2006 4:46 AM
Compliance, Development, Hardware, Laws, Networking, Regulations, standards, Tech support
I Have a question concerning the scope of IT support. To what extent should the IT Department support vendor items purchased that perform a specific funtion for other departments. Specificaly items that require the support of the third party vendor. For example we have a time and attendance application running on a dedicated PC the [...]
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| November 30, 2006 4:46 AM
Compliance, Development, Hardware, Laws, Networking, Regulations, standards, Tech support
Video Recording
I have a client that needs to record video and audio of sessions with their patients to become and maintain a specific certification. There will be eight professionals who need to do this. They would like to be able to record and move to DVD the sessions in the easiest way. The sessions are two [...]
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| October 9, 2006 1:36 PM
Compliance, Hardware, Laws, Regulations, standards
I have a client that needs to record video and audio of sessions with their patients to become and maintain a specific certification. There will be eight professionals who need to do this. They would like to be able to record and move to DVD the sessions in the easiest way. The sessions are two [...]
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| October 9, 2006 1:36 PM
Compliance, Hardware, Laws, Regulations, standards
802.11 vs 802.16
I have a small co. with a point to point wireless grid. I handle off site monitoring of gas nad oil flow. I have been overlaping my grid with new locations, and more to come. So I have been looking into new wireless Sys. I have made the choice to use All-In-One?360 Multi-Band/Multi-Mode Antenna WiMAX [...]
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| August 16, 2006 8:30 PM
Arrays, Availability, Bandwidth, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, Budgeting, Cabling, Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Development, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Frame Relay, Hardware, Hubs, Laws, Network applications management, Network management software, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, Outsourcing, Project management, Regulations, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Servers, standards, Storage servers, Switches, Vendors, VoIP, Web services, Web Services Standards, Wireless
I have a small co. with a point to point wireless grid. I handle off site monitoring of gas nad oil flow. I have been overlaping my grid with new locations, and more to come. So I have been looking into new wireless Sys. I have made the choice to use All-In-One?360 Multi-Band/Multi-Mode Antenna WiMAX [...]
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| August 16, 2006 8:30 PM
Arrays, Availability, Bandwidth, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, Budgeting, Cabling, Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Development, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Frame Relay, Hardware, Hubs, Laws, Network applications management, Network management software, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, Outsourcing, Project management, Regulations, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Servers, standards, Storage servers, Switches, Vendors, VoIP, Web services, Web Services Standards, Wireless
Implementing RUP in Retail business which runs on i-Series
A retail company is planning to implement IBM Rational Unified Process for its business which runs on i-Series. Please let me know how well RUP can be implemented here. How well RUP works for i-Series software development? What are the tailoring to be done to this process for i-Series? Also, please comment on the RUP [...]
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| July 24, 2006 7:21 AM
Application development, AS/400, Automated, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Career development, Compliance, DataCenter, Development, Functional, Laws, Lifecycle development, Performance/Load, Project management, Regulations, ROI & cost justification, RPG, RPGLE, Software Quality Assurance, Software testing, Software testing tools, standards, Vendors
A retail company is planning to implement IBM Rational Unified Process for its business which runs on i-Series. Please let me know how well RUP can be implemented here. How well RUP works for i-Series software development? What are the tailoring to be done to this process for i-Series? Also, please comment on the RUP [...]
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| July 24, 2006 7:21 AM
Application development, AS/400, Automated, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Career development, Compliance, DataCenter, Development, Functional, Laws, Lifecycle development, Performance/Load, Project management, Regulations, ROI & cost justification, RPG, RPGLE, Software Quality Assurance, Software testing, Software testing tools, standards, Vendors
Recommendations for OU and group policy design
Hi, We are currently running a Win2003 AD and have been for some time. As is the usual with this sort of thing, the OU and Group Policy structure has evolved over time and it’s currently in a bit of a mess. I’d like to get some input on how best to re-design the OU [...]
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| June 28, 2006 6:40 AM
Business/IT alignment, Compliance, DataCenter, Desktops, Development, Laws, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Regulations, Security, Servers, SQL Server, standards, Tech support
Hi, We are currently running a Win2003 AD and have been for some time. As is the usual with this sort of thing, the OU and Group Policy structure has evolved over time and it’s currently in a bit of a mess. I’d like to get some input on how best to re-design the OU [...]
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| June 28, 2006 6:40 AM
Business/IT alignment, Compliance, DataCenter, Desktops, Development, Laws, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Regulations, Security, Servers, SQL Server, standards, Tech support
Unable to detect a parity error with Windows SDK on a PCI serial card
We are using a 9-bit protocol which sometimes sends a mark state and sometimes sends a space stage. When a space state is sent we want to be able to get a parity error in SDK. We can see the parity error in the hardware register but we want to be able to see the [...]
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| June 6, 2006 2:26 PM
Data warehousing applications, DataCenter, Development, Microsoft Windows, Network applications management, Network management software, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Performance management, Protocol analysis, standards, TCP
We are using a 9-bit protocol which sometimes sends a mark state and sometimes sends a space stage. When a space state is sent we want to be able to get a parity error in SDK. We can see the parity error in the hardware register but we want to be able to see the [...]
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| June 6, 2006 2:26 PM
Data warehousing applications, DataCenter, Development, Microsoft Windows, Network applications management, Network management software, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Performance management, Protocol analysis, standards, TCP
Network Resource Allocation cum Planning cum Technical Problem
This is the real commercial problem face by my company. Well, the reason I ask this problem is I salute and respect all of you as I believe all of you are as good as network solution company out there, or even better!! Lets me rephrase the entire problem again. Company expand so fast that [...]
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| May 22, 2006 10:17 AM
3Com, Access, Access control, Active Directory, Altiris, Application security, Availability, Avaya, backdoors, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Bind, Biometrics, BMC, Browsers, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Cabling, Career development, Cisco, Compliance, Computer Associates, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, DB2, Dell, Desktop management applications, Desktops, DHCP, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, DNS, E-business, Encryption, Enterasys, Enterprise Desktop, Ethernet, Exchange, Fault isolation, FDDI, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Foundry, Frame Relay, General Directories, H.323, Hacking, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard, Hubs, human factors, IBM, IBM/Tivoli, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intel, Interoperability, InterSystems, Intrusion management, IPv4, IPv6, Juniper Networks, LANDesk, Laws, LDAP, Linux, Lotus Domino, Lucent, Management, Marimba, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, MPLS, MySQL, NetBIOS, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network protocols, Network security, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, NFS, Nortel, Novell, Novell IPX/SPX, Novell NDS, Online transaction processing, Oracle, OS, Partner facing, Patch management, patching, PEN testing, Performance management, Ping, Platform Security, Policies, Project management, Protocol analysis, provisioning, Regulations, Remote management, Risk management, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, SIP, Software, Spyware, SQL, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, standards, Storage, Switches, Sybase, Systems management software, TCP, Tech support, Trojans, Unisys, Vector Networks, Vendors, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, WINS, Wireless, worms
This is the real commercial problem face by my company. Well, the reason I ask this problem is I salute and respect all of you as I believe all of you are as good as network solution company out there, or even better!! Lets me rephrase the entire problem again. Company expand so fast that [...]
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| May 22, 2006 10:17 AM
3Com, Access, Access control, Active Directory, Altiris, Application security, Availability, Avaya, backdoors, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Bind, Biometrics, BMC, Browsers, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Cabling, Career development, Cisco, Compliance, Computer Associates, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, DB2, Dell, Desktop management applications, Desktops, DHCP, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, DNS, E-business, Encryption, Enterasys, Enterprise Desktop, Ethernet, Exchange, Fault isolation, FDDI, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Foundry, Frame Relay, General Directories, H.323, Hacking, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard, Hubs, human factors, IBM, IBM/Tivoli, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intel, Interoperability, InterSystems, Intrusion management, IPv4, IPv6, Juniper Networks, LANDesk, Laws, LDAP, Linux, Lotus Domino, Lucent, Management, Marimba, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, MPLS, MySQL, NetBIOS, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network protocols, Network security, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, NFS, Nortel, Novell, Novell IPX/SPX, Novell NDS, Online transaction processing, Oracle, OS, Partner facing, Patch management, patching, PEN testing, Performance management, Ping, Platform Security, Policies, Project management, Protocol analysis, provisioning, Regulations, Remote management, Risk management, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, SIP, Software, Spyware, SQL, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, standards, Storage, Switches, Sybase, Systems management software, TCP, Tech support, Trojans, Unisys, Vector Networks, Vendors, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, WINS, Wireless, worms
route mail with fax service in sbs 2003
i have a sbs 2003 on my network and i configure him to get all the fax of my company, the only problem is that when i configure him to route all the incoming fax to some mail it does not seem to work, i check the event log and i get error 32083 and [...]
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| April 27, 2006 3:30 PM
Access, Access control, AIM, Application security, Availability, backdoors, Backup & recovery, Bandwidth, Biometrics, Brightmail, Browsers, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Career development, CipherTrust, ClearSwift, CLP, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Data analysis, Database, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Ethernet, Exchange, Exchange security, FDDI, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Frame Relay, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Laws, Management, McAfee, MessageLabs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Network protocols, Network security, Networking, OS, Outsourcing, Patch management, patching, PEN testing, Performance management, Ping, Platform Security, Policies, Postini, Project management, provisioning, Regulations, Risk management, Rockliffe, ROI & cost justification, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spam, SpamAssassin, Spyware, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, standards, Storage, Symantec, TrendMicro, Trojans, Vendors, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web development, Web security, Web services, Web Services Standards, Wireless, worms
i have a sbs 2003 on my network and i configure him to get all the fax of my company, the only problem is that when i configure him to route all the incoming fax to some mail it does not seem to work, i check the event log and i get error 32083 and [...]
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| April 27, 2006 3:30 PM
Access, Access control, AIM, Application security, Availability, backdoors, Backup & recovery, Bandwidth, Biometrics, Brightmail, Browsers, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Career development, CipherTrust, ClearSwift, CLP, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Data analysis, Database, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Ethernet, Exchange, Exchange security, FDDI, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Frame Relay, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Laws, Management, McAfee, MessageLabs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Network protocols, Network security, Networking, OS, Outsourcing, Patch management, patching, PEN testing, Performance management, Ping, Platform Security, Policies, Postini, Project management, provisioning, Regulations, Risk management, Rockliffe, ROI & cost justification, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spam, SpamAssassin, Spyware, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, standards, Storage, Symantec, TrendMicro, Trojans, Vendors, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web development, Web security, Web services, Web Services Standards, Wireless, worms
iseries, application degv, change control or management
Look for some input in to best ways of handling change control change management on iseries. segregation of duties compliance, best way to move development changes from test environement in to prodcution, without having to have devlopement team having access to both. Maybe using a software application to make the move, or a seperate team [...]
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| April 14, 2006 12:22 PM
Application development, AS/400, Compliance, Development, Laws, Regulations, standards
Look for some input in to best ways of handling change control change management on iseries. segregation of duties compliance, best way to move development changes from test environement in to prodcution, without having to have devlopement team having access to both. Maybe using a software application to make the move, or a seperate team [...]
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| April 14, 2006 12:22 PM
Application development, AS/400, Compliance, Development, Laws, Regulations, standards
Laptop Security (Remotely)
Hi, I am an Information Security Consultant. We want to monitor all activities done by Laptop Users when they are working offline. Can somebody suggest a tool which can push all logs on server while a user is working offline. We have banned USB sticks in our office and also all email activity is monitored [...]
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| April 28, 2006 7:20 AM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Call Centers, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Hardware, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Laws, Network security, Outsourcing, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Project management, provisioning, Regulations, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, standards, Storage, Trojans, Vendors, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms
Hi, I am an Information Security Consultant. We want to monitor all activities done by Laptop Users when they are working offline. Can somebody suggest a tool which can push all logs on server while a user is working offline. We have banned USB sticks in our office and also all email activity is monitored [...]
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| April 28, 2006 7:20 AM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Call Centers, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Hardware, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Laws, Network security, Outsourcing, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Project management, provisioning, Regulations, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, standards, Storage, Trojans, Vendors, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms
Event ID 13508 in microsoft windwos 2000 server
Hi all I have a three servers with windows 2000 (service pack4 ) and its running active directory and DNS also. My global catalog server (PDC) am calling as server ?A? , others are server ?B? and server ?C?. These are two servers are acting as BDCs. One of the BDC?s Hard disk was crashed [...]
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| April 4, 2006 9:44 AM
Availability, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Career development, Compliance, DataCenter, Desktops, Fault isolation, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Laws, Management, Microsoft Windows, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network security, Network testing, Networking, OS, Outsourcing, Patch management, Performance management, Ping, Project management, Protocol analysis, Regulations, Remote management, ROI & cost justification, Security, Servers, SQL Server, standards, Storage, Vendors, VPN, Wireless
Hi all I have a three servers with windows 2000 (service pack4 ) and its running active directory and DNS also. My global catalog server (PDC) am calling as server ?A? , others are server ?B? and server ?C?. These are two servers are acting as BDCs. One of the BDC?s Hard disk was crashed [...]
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| April 4, 2006 9:44 AM
Availability, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Career development, Compliance, DataCenter, Desktops, Fault isolation, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Laws, Management, Microsoft Windows, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network security, Network testing, Networking, OS, Outsourcing, Patch management, Performance management, Ping, Project management, Protocol analysis, Regulations, Remote management, ROI & cost justification, Security, Servers, SQL Server, standards, Storage, Vendors, VPN, Wireless
Sample Change Control Form
Does anyone have a template/resource/info on a form that I can use for change notifications for IT? What works/doesnt work for IT operations type of changes. Thank you in advance.
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| March 24, 2006 4:28 PM
Compliance, DataCenter, Laws, Project management, Regulations, standards
Does anyone have a template/resource/info on a form that I can use for change notifications for IT? What works/doesnt work for IT operations type of changes. Thank you in advance.
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| March 24, 2006 4:28 PM
Compliance, DataCenter, Laws, Project management, Regulations, standards
Start-up Needed for DB design for workflow for BPO company
Can any one give some usefull and urgent tips about database design example where i get for designing BPO company work flow parts…
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| March 21, 2006 7:54 AM
Access, Brightmail, Budgeting, Cabling, Career development, Data analysis, Database, DataCenter, DB2, Desktops, E-business, Exchange, Instant Messaging, Management, McAfee, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Oracle, OS, Patch management, Power management, Project management, Remote management, Security, Servers, Spam, SpamAssassin, SQL, SQL Server, standards, Storage, Symantec, Thermal controls, Vendors
Can any one give some usefull and urgent tips about database design example where i get for designing BPO company work flow parts…
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| March 21, 2006 7:54 AM
Access, Brightmail, Budgeting, Cabling, Career development, Data analysis, Database, DataCenter, DB2, Desktops, E-business, Exchange, Instant Messaging, Management, McAfee, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Oracle, OS, Patch management, Power management, Project management, Remote management, Security, Servers, Spam, SpamAssassin, SQL, SQL Server, standards, Storage, Symantec, Thermal controls, Vendors
Exchange 2003 with Active Directory 2003
We recently migrated from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 and also moved from NT to Active Directory 2003. One of the main reasons we moved was to implement the compliance features of Exchange 2003 and Journaling. We need to keep all our emails in a central holding area for possible SEC audits. This will enable [...]
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| February 23, 2006 7:55 AM
Compliance, DataCenter, Desktops, Exchange, Exchange security, Laws, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Patch management, Regulations, Security, Servers, SQL Server, standards
We recently migrated from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 and also moved from NT to Active Directory 2003. One of the main reasons we moved was to implement the compliance features of Exchange 2003 and Journaling. We need to keep all our emails in a central holding area for possible SEC audits. This will enable [...]
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| February 23, 2006 7:55 AM
Compliance, DataCenter, Desktops, Exchange, Exchange security, Laws, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Patch management, Regulations, Security, Servers, SQL Server, standards
Would you use temporary / generic user accounts? How do u deal with this regarding compliance
We have remote offices that have one generic domain account. One of them has it because they have people filling in. Sometime we have temporary employee’s and they request temporary accounts. Since we went public, now we need to be compliant with SOX policies. Regarding this, do you think this is acceptable? How would you [...]
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| February 23, 2006 1:48 PM
Compliance, CRM, Disaster Recovery, Laws, Policies, Regulations, Risk management, Security Program Management, standards
We have remote offices that have one generic domain account. One of them has it because they have people filling in. Sometime we have temporary employee’s and they request temporary accounts. Since we went public, now we need to be compliant with SOX policies. Regarding this, do you think this is acceptable? How would you [...]
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| February 23, 2006 1:48 PM
Compliance, CRM, Disaster Recovery, Laws, Policies, Regulations, Risk management, Security Program Management, standards
Data Center reaserch
Dear all, Im a university student who is conducting a reaserch that shold cover all aspects of data centers, Im requesting you help in providing white papers, or any information related to my topic (data centers).
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| March 2, 2006 2:54 AM
Cabling, DataCenter, Power management, Remote management, standards, Thermal controls
Dear all, Im a university student who is conducting a reaserch that shold cover all aspects of data centers, Im requesting you help in providing white papers, or any information related to my topic (data centers).
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| March 2, 2006 2:54 AM
Cabling, DataCenter, Power management, Remote management, standards, Thermal controls
