Should you ban non-business Internet access?

Should You Ban Non-Business Internet Access? Where do you draw the line when it comes to employee Web use? Is it okay to send the occasional personal e-mail at work? What about a little Internet shopping or spending sometime on social networking sites, playing online games or downloading pirated movies and music? The Internet has created new opportunities for mischief and new challenges for IT managers. Every company is unique and may have different ideas as to what is appropriate when it comes to employee Internet usage. There is a balance between monitoring and blocking Web use in the workplace. IT Managers need to determine the best way to deal with employee Internet access, while keeping the overall good of the business a priority. How to Implement a Successful Service Desk Consolidation The service desk is the front line for corporate IT organizations seeking to ensure end users have full access to the systems and applications they depend on. As IT organizations have evolved, the number of service desks, the variety of tools used, and the complexity of reporting have expanded dramatically. Consolidating teams, processes, and software licenses appears to be an obvious way for IT to save costs while delivering improved service to business users. The promise of service desk consolidation is very compelling, but real-life implementations can be tough. This report presents a practical view of the benefits and challenges of service desk consolidation. Why Outsource Business Community Management? This white paper will examine the supply-chain problems now confronting manufacturers, the benefits of managing supply-chain performance more effectively and the risks presented by some efforts to achieve those benefits. It also will look at why many manufacturers rely on the Inovis managed services solution, which combines proven technology with a shared business-process orientation to deliver speed, flexibility and lower costs. How to Upgrade an On-Demand Desktop Streaming Deployment The Dell Flexible Computing Solution, On-Demand Desktop Streaming, is based on the Citrix Provisioning Server for Desktops. This solution enables streaming the operating system and applications seamlessly to diskless client machines. This document presents the steps required to deploy On-Demand Desktop Streaming using a client image stored on either a standalone server or a highly available configuration of servers and shared by all clients. The steps presented apply to deployment on clients with Dell EasyConnect Technology and configured by Dell. Absolute Scalability: Improve IT Staff Efficiency by 15 Percent SoftLayer needed a scalable storage solution that would allow it to provide SAN storage capacity to customers on demand. The company also wanted to unify three separate storage islands for better manageability. Using Dell EqualLogic storage arrays, SoftLayer allows customers to "provision" their own storage on demand via a Web-based portal. Engineers can add capacity and other resources with no downtime, and the built-in protection and replication capabilities of the arrays are enabling new services. Why Move to Unified Threat Management? Security experts agree that a single weak link in security can compromise an entire security implementation. Therefore, organizations need a unified approach that protects their networks and business users from the threat of blended attacks and technology misuse while decreasing their operating costs. This ever-changing landscape of security threats has made Unified Threat Management (UTM) the fastest growing segment on the security appliance market. eNewsletter Information: You are receiving this e-mail because you are a loyal subscriber to the Web Buyer's Guide White Paper Spotlight with the e-mail address ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. If you no longer wish to receive Web Buyer's Guide White Paper Spotlight, unsubscribe here. Copyright © 2009 Ziff Davis Enterprise. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Enterprise, 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Privacy Policy