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  • Reboot (and wait) between installs

    Posted Jan 20, 2010 - 09:07 am

    If you install several programs at once, and your PC starts to misbehave, it's hard to determine the culprit. It's much easier if you wait a day or two between installations, and do at least one reboot during that time.

  • Outsource your infrastructure

    Posted Dec 03, 2009 - 09:33 am

    When it comes to buying infrastructure as a service, go all-in. "Once you get past a certain point of buy-in, you're on the path," says Chad Swartz, Senior Manager of IT Operations at Preferred Hotel Group.
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