Setup Mobile email with Lotus Domino

You can deliver email from Lotus Domino Server 8.0 to smartphones in several ways, but if you want push email it’s going to take more work.

There are a variety of ways you can give users access to email and personal information that’s hosted on Lotus Domino Server 8.0 from their mobile phone. What you’ll pick for a given customer depends on the mobile operating system and Internet browser on the specific devices they use.

Skype and SIP

Many businesses are now using VOIP SIP connections to deliver IP telephony to user desktops or IP phones. However, until recently the popular low-cost Skype VOIP service hasn’t been compatible with SIP telephony, ?without using third-party tools like those from 3CX.

Backing up Exchange

Like any other database, Exchange needs a little TLC if you want to recover from any downtime.

Setting up SANmelody to create your own Storage Fabric

Setting up SANmelody to create your own storage fabric

When you install the operating system on the storage server do not format the disks you will use for storage, just initialise them. The storage software will take care of everything else.

SQL Server: diagnosing and fixing performance issues

Many SMEs have applications that run on SQL Server. In the more recent versions, SQL Server 2005 and 2008 is largely self tuning so it may well run for months unattended. However, performance issues can still raise their ugly head.

Recovering from mail server disasters

If your best client were to lose their mail server and the emails on it, how crippling would that be? Most businesses both large and small depend on email. If a company relies on email, you need to have the tools and techniques ready to solve their problems for the day disaster strikes.

Partner Focus: Aamir Paul, Dell

Aamir Paul, director, Advanced Systems Group SMB, EMEA, at Dell

Small businesses depend more than ever on technology, but also face a growing challenge when it comes to managing their IT assets.

Dirtection Inc: episode 3

In which a bit of fluff yields up its terrible secret!

Ethel works in Admin. I generally see her at 11 o’clock in the morning and half-past three in the afternoon. We meet by the drinks machine in the foyer of Building C. The machine dispenses a tasteless brown liquid

Smartphone data plans for push email and web browsing

Getting a smartphone connected for push email and Web browsing is as easy as signing up for a data plan with an operator and waiting for the network to provision the service. Finding the right data plan for the business can be harder – but it can be more profitable too.

Configuring routers correctly

Your client needs a router to connect them to the Internet – but unless it is configured correctly, it could represent a significant security loophole.