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Explaining International Broadband Leadership PDF Print E-mail

It is hard to follow broadband telecommunications policy without hearing almost weekly that the United States ranks 15th out of 30 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nations in broadband adoption. But it is much less apparent why the United States is behind. Indeed, relatively little work has been done to understand why some nations are ahead, and why some, like the United States, are lagging. By examining OECD nations through statistical analysis and in-depth case studies of nine nations, including the United States, this report attempts to do just that.

In identifying factors that have spurred broadband performance in other nations, we present key findings that government and the technology industry must recognize if we are to find the right course for the United States. And we propose key policy recommendations that will drive greater broadband performance.

Key Findings and Conclusions:

  • The United States is behind in broadband deployment, speed and price. Despite what some advocates and analysts claim, the United States is behind in broadband performance and its rank has been falling since 2001.
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Should you encrypt your laptop? PDF Print E-mail

There are more that 5,000 laptops stolen each year in some of the major cities of the world so it is no surprise that corporations are now trying to find ways of keeping the data on these stolen laptops away from the prying eyes of would-be laptop thieves. This situation is excerbated by the growing size of hard drives especially laptop hard drives. This is a problems because the more hard drive space users have on their laptops, the more the temptation to load all kinds of sensitive data on the computer "fpr easy access". Worse yet, business executives who are constantly on the move are piling on more and more of corporate data onto laptops which they promptly forget in a taxi or hotel in the next city they visit.
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ICTs in Africa: Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity PDF Print E-mail

ICTs in Africa: Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity

The contribution that communications play in the development process has been clearly demonstrated. Improving access to ICTs has significant socio-economic implications which is why improved connectivity to close the gap between the haves and have-nots is such an important step towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals. ICTs and their contribution to areas such as distance learning, telemedicine, and e-governance result in healthier, more literate populations better positioned to actively participate and advance national economies. ITU is committed to transforming the digital divide into a digital opportunity for all.
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Security Guide PDF Print E-mail

Security Guide

1. Most of the worms which use e-mail to propagate use Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express to spread. If you need to use Outlook, download and install the latest Outlook security patch from Microsoft. In general, keep your operating system and applications up-to-date and apply the latest patches when they become available. Be sure to get the updates directly from the vendor.

2. When possible, avoid e-mail attachments both when sending and receiving e-mail.

3. Configure Windows to always show file extensions. In Windows 2000, this is done through Explorer via the Tools menu: Tools/Folder Options/View - and uncheck "Hide file extensions for known file types". This makes it more difficult to for a harmful file (such as an EXE or VBS) to masquerade as a harmless file (such as TXT or JPG).
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PowerShell resources for Windows Server 2008 PDF Print E-mail

Throughout the implementation of your network, you installed several tools and discovered several ways to manage systems. Many administrators install administrative tools on their own PCs. This is fine to some degree, but some tools do not lend themselves to this type of installation. For example, Server Manager does not support remote computer connections; instead, you must publish Server Manager as a RemoteApp on each server and then link to the published application to remotely manage servers through this tool.

In addition, PowerShell does not run on Server Core, yet you can create a PowerShell command on a machine running the full installation of WS08 and execute it remotely on Server Core machines. This is why it is so important to have virtual machines that belong to the resource pool domain and that run the full installation just for the purpose of remote hardware resource management. In addition, you can get help for PowerShell through the free PowerShell Help from Sapien Technologies. Sapien is the maker of PrimalScript, a powerful graphical scripting engine that supports several scripting languages. PowerShell Help offers help on all of the PowerShell commands in a nice graphical layout (see Figure 13-2). PowerShell Help is available at here. While you're at it, get the free Logon Script Generator. It will also save you lots of time. 

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