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Go to View > Header & Footer to edit April 12, 2023 | slide 1RSCs – Stimulating and supporting innovation in learning
Managing your IT
Gordon Millner – Technical Advisor, RSC-EM
www.rsc-em.ac.uk
April 12, 2023 | slide 2
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?
April 12, 2023 | slide 3
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
April 12, 2023 | slide 4
Cloud computing
April 12, 2023 | slide 5
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
April 12, 2023 | slide 6
Memory Upgrades
Cheap at the moment
Extend the life of your computers
Improvement in performance
April 12, 2023 | slide 7
Broadband speed
Broadband upload and download speeds differ
Important for uploading documents eg. backup
speedtest.net
April 12, 2023 | slide 8
Any Questions?
Gordon Millner – Technical Advisor, RSC-EM
T: 01509 618120
April 12, 2023 | slide 9