Stories by Cara Garretson

Cash-in on old IT equipment

Some organizations can earn a profit, or at least reduce the amount they have to pay to dispose of IT equipment, by allowing providers of IT disposal services to sell the assets they take away.

By Cara Garretson | 13 October, 2010 05:52

Tags: Electronics recycling, environment

Recycling IT assets is serious business

Information technology departments that practice asset management are learning to master the art of retiring hardware at the right time. But making the decision to retire IT gear is just the beginning; tech managers must then figure out what to do with the systems that are past their prime.

By Cara Garretson | 13 October, 2010 05:52

Tags: Electronics recycling, environment

Cloud computing: Which IT projects are right for the cloud?

Cloud computing is poised to win the title of most popular, and populist, buzzword of 2009.

By Cara Garretson | 24 November, 2009 05:44

Tags: cio, cloud computing, it managers

Security researcher Kaminsky pushes DNS patching

Dan Kaminsky, who for years was ambivalent about securing DNS, has become an ardent supporter of DNS Security Extensions.

By Cara Garretson | 20 February, 2009 08:20

Tags: DNS, Kaminsky

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