managing your it

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Managing your IT

Gordon Millner – Technical Advisor, RSC-EM

www.rsc-em.ac.uk

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Some thoughts

Backup

Printing

Cloud ComputingSoftware

Memory

Broadband

Backup Solutions

How are you backing up?

How quick is it?

Where do you store it?

Have you tried to recover from it?

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Print Management

Get rid of your printers

How much is it costing you to run in paper and toner

Why do you need them

What about electronic documents

Why do people need them on their desk

Do you have a Multi-Function Device

Follow me printing

Security/confidentiality

Cost effective routing

Default settings – Draft, double sided

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Cloud computing

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GoogleDocs

Googlemail – lifetime email ?

Backup hosting

Anytime and Anywhere

Software support from Microsoft

What OS are you using on your workstations and servers?

XP and Server 2003 not fully supported now April 2014 expires Windows 8 and Windows 8 Server coming April

2012-ish

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Memory Upgrades

Cheap at the moment

Extend the life of your computers

Improvement in performance

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Broadband speed

Broadband upload and download speeds differ

Important for uploading documents eg. backup

speedtest.net

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Any Questions?

Gordon Millner – Technical Advisor, RSC-EM

E: gordon.millner@rsc-em.ac.uk

T: 01509 618120

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