Information systems management for the midmarket

• Purchasing equipment and software.
• Distributing items to where they will be used.
• Configuring equipment and software.
• Maintaining things with enhancement and service updates.
• Setting up problem-handling processes.
• Determining whether objectives are being met.

That's a lot for IT professionals at midmarket companies, given their smaller budgets and staff sizes. Check out this assortment of tips, news and more regarding various aspects of systems management, including security, storage and network management.

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Data backup and disaster recovery

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• Tip: Disaster recovery plans: Points to consider
  (SearchSMB.com, Jan. 15, 2007)
• Article: Remote backup management tool keeps Intermountain Gas on top
  (SearchSMB.com, Aug. 23, 2006)
• Q&A: IT consultant recommends virtualization for disaster recovery
  (SearchServerVirtualization.com, Aug. 22, 2006)
• Tip: Remote backup can ease network disaster recovery
  (SearchSMB.com, Aug. 14, 2006)
• Article: Midsized firms reach out to backup service providers
  (SearchStorage.com, July 19, 2006)
• Article: Users tame backup systems with reporting tools
  (SearchStorage.com, July 10, 2006)
• Article: Disaster recovery: Ad hoc and expensive, say users
  (SearchStorage.com, June 15, 2006)
• Tip: Continuous data protection: Check IT List(SearchSMB.com, June 8, 2006)
• Resource center: Security management for SMBs (SearchSMB.com)
• Resource center: Disaster recovery for SMBs (SearchSMB.com)

Email and messaging

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• IT Management Guide: Email strategies for SMBs
  (SearchSMB.com, Feb. 6, 2007)
• Tip: Email security buying decisions
  (SearchSMB.com, Feb. 5, 2007)
• Tip: Email encryption: Five steps to success
  (SearchSMB.com, Nov. 16, 2006)
• Article: IM and blogs next target for litigation
  (SearchSMB.com, Oct. 11, 2006)
• Tip: Unified messaging: It's not just about cost savings
  (SearchSMB.com, Oct. 10, 2006)
• Article: Dell, Symantec simplify Secure Exchange for SMBs
  (SearchSMB.com, Sept. 27, 2006)
• Article: Image-based spam on the rise
  (SearchSMB.com, Aug. 9, 2006)
• Article: Email archiving for SMBs: No experience required
  (SearchSMB.com, Aug. 2, 2006)
• Resource center: Email and messaging (SearchSMB.com)

Network management

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• Article: Network configuration management key to VoIP success
  (SearchVoIP.com, Jan. 10, 2007)
• Tip: NAC helps SMBs control network, costs
  (SearchSMB.com, Jan. 9, 2007)
• Article: Midmarket pros have NAC for identity, access management
  (SearchCIO.com, Oct. 12, 2006)
• Tip: Network disaster recovery checklist
  (SearchStorage.com, Sept. 12, 2006)
• Learning Guide: Network Access Control Learning Guide
  (SearchSecurity.com, June 1, 2006)
• Tip: Troubleshooting WLAN connectivity on the network
  (SearchSMB.com, May 15, 2006)
• Article: NAC boosts security for Sun Microsystems
  (SearchNetworking.com, June 23, 2006)
• Resource center: Networking and telecommunications for SMBs (SearchSMB.com)

Security

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• Tip: Managed security services -- an SMB option
  (SearchSMB.com, Feb. 1, 2007)
• Tip: Identity and access management provides security and more
  (SearchSMB.com, Jan. 29, 2007)
• Article: VoIP security barely a blip on SMBs' radar
  (SearchSMB.com, Jan. 24, 2007)
• Quiz: Security advice wrap-up
  (SearchSMB.com, Jan. 18, 2007)
• Article: IE flaws stats stark, but omit big picture
  (SearchSMB.com, Jan. 16, 2007)
• Article: Trojans target online gamers, put businesses at risk
  (SearchSMB.com, Jan. 9, 2007)
• Tip: Two-factor authentication best practices for SMBs
  (SearchSMB.com, Jan. 8, 2007)
• IT Management Guide: IT security policies for SMBs
  (SearchSMB.com, Jan. 5, 2007)
• Article: Security, disaster recovery top SMB predictions for 2007
  (SearchCIO.com, Jan. 4, 2007)
• Article: Reports of Vista's security weakness 'overblown'
  (SearchSMB.com, Dec. 13, 2006)
• Tip: IT security: The 2007 outlook
  (SearchSMB.com, Nov. 29, 2006)
• Article: Rising cost of data breaches fuels security spending
  (SearchSMB.com, Nov. 15, 2006)
• Article: Password protection perplexes IT managers
  (SearchSMB.com, Oct. 25, 2006)
• Tip: Managed security services: What's right for you?
  (SearchSMB.com, Oct. 19, 2006)
• Tip: Security buying in five easy steps
  (SearchSMB.com, Oct. 12, 2006)
• Article: Insider threats: Watch out for the quiet ones
  (SearchSMB.com, Oct. 3, 2006)
• Resource center: Security and risk management for SMBs (SearchSMB.com)

Servers

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• Article: VMware coaxes SMBs with low-cost management tool
  (SearchSMB.com, Feb. 6, 2007)
• Article: Virtualization: SMBs go all the way
  (SearchSMB.com, Nov. 21, 2006)
• Article: Microsoft virtualization license met with guarded optimism
  (SearchServerVirtualization.com, Oct. 30, 2006)
• Column: Open source servers serve up challenges
  (SearchSMB.com, Aug. 30, 2006)
• Article: VMware users worry about virtual machine sprawl
  (SearchServerVirtualization.com, Aug. 9, 2006)
• Tip: A look at approaches to virtualization
  (SearchSMB.com, July 20, 2006)
• Resource center: Servers (SearchSMB.com)

Storage

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• Tip: Data storage options for SMBs
  (SearchSMB.com, Nov. 13, 2006)
• Tip: Data storage management for SMBs: Clearing up the confusion
  (SearchSMB.com, Sept. 28, 2006)
• Tip: Data storage for growing SMBs
  (SearchSMB.com, Sept. 21, 2006)
• Article: HP redefines storage simplicity with All-in-One device
  (SearchSMB.com, Sept. 20, 2006)
• IT Management Guide: Data storage for SMBs
  (SearchSMB.com, Sept. 14, 2006)
• Tip: Data storage ROI possible for SMBs
  (SearchSMB.com, Sept. 12, 2006)
• Tip: Secure data storage for SMBs -- easy and cheap
  (SearchSMB.com, Sept. 7, 2006)
• Tip: Storage resource management: SMB Buying Decisions
  (SearchSMB.com, Sept. 5, 2006)
• Article: CIOs choked by storage costs, complexity
  (SearchSMB.com, Aug. 16, 2006)
• Tip: Hard disk storage capacity for SMBs
  (SearchSMB.com, Aug. 10, 2006)
• Tip: Data storage offerings meet SMB needs
  (SearchSMB.com, Aug. 10, 2006)
• Resource center: Data storage for SMBs (SearchSMB.com)