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  Checklist: PC and Mac migrations

  This TechRepublic Premium download includes a checklist for PC and Mac migrations to minimize frustrations and improve productivity. Regardless of the process, there are several elements to track when replacing an existing computer with a new system. Whether your organization begins by imaging drives or manually configures new systems, many questions must be addressed, including: ...

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  Microsoft 365 Services Usage Policy

  The Microsoft 365 Services Usage Policy from TechRepublic Premium defines the practices and behaviors that organization representatives must follow when using any organization-provided Microsoft 365-powered application, site or service. Whether organization representatives access Exchange-hosted email, applications, SharePoint portals, Teams sites or OneDrive cloud file storage using an organization-provided, organization-reimbursed or even personal Microsoft 365 services ...

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  Checklist: Network documentation

  IT teams should regularly update network documentation to better administer maintenance, support and security routines. TechRepublic Premium’s network documentation checklist can help. Seasoned professionals typically come to understand just how complex even small organizations with seemingly straightforward needs can become in terms of networks. Regularly scheduled audits, in which important information is collected for every ...

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  Checklist: Cloud storage management

  Adopt the best practices in this TechRepublic Premium checklist to encourage consistently thorough cloud storage account reviews. The IT department is typically best positioned to perform regular audits of the organization’s cloud storage services. Among the tasks the technical contact assigned to performing regular administrative cloud storage reviews should perform is confirming that least-privilege standards ...

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  Hiring kit: Computer Systems Analyst

  Designing, implementing and maintaining information systems for most business enterprises is the responsibility of the Computer Systems Analyst. This kit contains a job description, sample interview questions and a basic want ad to help you find, interview, recruit and hire the best candidates for an open Computer Systems Analyst position. From the job description: Information ...

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  Quick glossary: Storage

  Storage has always been a key aspect of data management in the enterprise. Now, in the era of big data, understanding storage options and technologies has taken on an even greater significance. This glossary offers essential terms that will help you tune up your storage vocabulary. From the glossary: Cloud storage Cold storage is the ...

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  Electronic Data Disposal Policy

  Electronic data is likely to be more prevalent in today’s organizations than physical printed data. Reams worth of documents can now be stored on computer hard drives, handheld devices and storage cards smaller than a fingernail. The bulk of many strategic operations depend on this digital information and the safe handling thereof. Data often has ...

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  Systems downtime expense calculator

  When computer systems fail, business grinds to a halt, and that can cost your enterprise a considerable amount of money. With the help of TechRepublic Premium’s Systems Downtime Expense Calculator, you can estimate just how much each system failure is going to cost you. When to use this tool Even if the entire business does ...

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  Quick glossary: Metaverse

  The concept of a metaverse, or a computer-generated universe, has been around for decades, certainly longer than when it was recently commandeered by Mark Zuckerberg in his attempt to rebrand Facebook as a new company called Meta. Massively multiplayer games, which can be classified as early metaverses, have been widely available to the gaming public ...

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  OneDrive Cloud Usage Policy

  The OneDrive Cloud Usage Policy from TechRepublic Premium defines the practices and behaviors organization representatives must follow when using any Microsoft OneDrive Cloud file storage account to execute organization services, process organization data, or access or store organization information. Whether organization representatives access Microsoft OneDrive file storage capabilities using an organization-provided, organization-reimbursed or personal OneDrive ...