http://www.itworld.com/file-servers xx http://www.itworld.com/software/78024/three-essential-freeware-disk-tools Managing disks and files is one of the most common everyday tasks that IT professionals deal with. Sometimes it seems that Microsoft falls a little bit short when providing tools for managing these tasks. Fortunately there are a number of 3rd party alternatives that come to the rescue. Here are three freeware utilities that I can't live without. http://www.itworld.com/software/78024/three-essential-freeware-disk-tools#comments Software Tip file servers Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:50:39 -0400 ITworld staff 78024 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/67866/do-you-need-file-server Having a file server has its advantages: your business critical files are stored on something that has more protection because it doesn't have one of your users sitting in front of it all day, surfing the Web and getting infected with e-mails. You can lock it in a closet to prevent theft, too. And lately prices have come down. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/67866/do-you-need-file-server#comments Hardware Small business Feature file servers Wed, 13 May 2009 13:59:12 -0400 ITworld staff 67866 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/55977/home-server-budget There are solid reasons for having your own file server at home or home office and Microsoft has made a pitch for this market with their Home Server. I'm frequently called on to rebuild clients Windows computers that have become ruined by spyware and I don't want to transfer their infected, spyware ridden files on to my own Windows desktop. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/55977/home-server-budget#comments Small business How-to development tools file servers Linux Mac OS X Windows Home Server Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:59:40 -0400 DonWatkins 55977 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/54454/set-basic-workgroup-file-server http://www.itworld.com/small-business/54454/set-basic-workgroup-file-server#comments Small business How-to file servers Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:45:33 -0400 ITworld staff 54454 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/54306/go-shallow-your-directory-structure-file-servers Don't paint yourself into a corner when designing the directory structure for your file servers! Storage Windows Tip enterprise storage file servers Mitch Tulloch Windows Server Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:37:27 -0400 Mitch Tulloch 54306 at http://www.itworld.com