IT Best Practices

January 19, 2005, 03:41 PM —  ITworld.com — 

This collection of Best Practices is designed to provide an overview of how IT professionals solve critical issues and address IT priorities - whether through policy or technology. Each Best Practice is a short, at-a-glance view of the lessons learned by an organization using the technology.


Storage:

  • Consolidate storage into a storage area network


  • Automate a SAN change management process


  • Security:

  • Update software patches and virus DAT files


  • The State of Information Security 2004: Best Practices


  • Outsourcing:

  • Outsource your enterprise resource planning


  • Choose the right IT outsourcer


  • Ecommerce:

  • Create a successful commerce infrastructure


  • Other:

  • Improve IT integration with job scheduling



  • If you have a Best Practice you want to share, please contact jodie_naze@itworld.com and reference "Best Practices" in the subject line.

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