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Compare your salary and benefits with your peers', and use the results of the Windows IT Pro Industry Survey 2004 to learn about IT job satisfaction, the most-admired companies, how outsourcing affects IT, and more.


But Does It Work?

By Editors, 12/01/2004

Some companies are finding out that the grass isn't always greener on the other side when it comes to outsourcing.

Hard Work—Is It Worth It?

By Editors, 12/01/2004

Most IT pros tell us that they're underpaid but that they love the challenge of their work and would recommend an IT career to others.

Everything You Really Didn’t Want to Know About the Salary Statistics (and Weren’t About to Ask)

By Editors, 12/01/2004

Reading about how a salary survey’s statistics were calculated isn’t fun, but presenting this dry information is a necessary part of any salary survey report.

How We Surveyed

By Janet Robbins, 12/01/2004

Here’s a brief overview of the methodology we used to collect our data on IT pros.

Windows IT Pro Hall of Fame

By Editors, 12/01/2004

The first Windows IT Pro Hall of Fame honors 34 inductees who helped launch the computer revolution. Find out who the recipients are and the roles they played in developing the IT ...

What You Need to Know About Microsoft's Evolving Longhorn Plans

By Paul Thurrott, 12/01/2004

Microsoft has again revised its Longhorn rollout plans, removing one key technology and making others available to Windows 2003 and Windows XP users.

What's Hot

By Dianne Russell, 12/01/2004

Readers highlight favorite products: PassGo Technologies SSO Plus, GFI Software GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP, and VMware VMware Workstation

Does the IT Community Have Common Political Interests?

By Editors, 12/01/2004

What political party best represents the interests of the IT community? What are the top political issues facing your country and how do those issues relate to IT? Compare your ...

Taking Care of Business

By Editors, 12/01/2004

If our survey tells us anything, it's that IT professionals do it all.

Putting a Face on the IT Pro

By Editors, 12/01/2004

Do you ever wonder whether you’re like other IT pros? Find out how typical or unique you are.

Pulling the Event Trigger

By Mark Minasi, 12/01/2004

Use this command to configure your system to immediately and automatically respond to certain events.

Vendor Briefings

By Editors, 12/01/2004

Our editors share insights from their conversations with Microsoft, EMC, and LiveVault.

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By Editors, 12/01/2004

How Good Is Your IT Staff?

By Ben Smith, 12/01/2004

What's the best use of a vulnerability assessment? The answer might surprise you.

What Is an IT Pro?

By Janet Robbins, 12/01/2004

Join us in celebrating you—and others like you—in our inaugural survey issue.

Who Do You Love?

By Editors, 12/01/2004

Find out which companies IT pros admire and why.

When is Outsourcing not Outsourcing?

By Editors, 12/01/2004

Local outsourcing and offshoring have different justifications and, often, different results.

Education, Training, and Professional Memberships

By Editors, 12/01/2004

You don't have to specialize to be an IT pro.

How Does Your Salary Stack Up?

By Editors, 12/01/2004

Are your peers making more or less than you? Here are the answers.

Virtual PC 2004 Tips

By Michael Otey, 12/01/2004

Did you know you can run a Windows Server system or Linux on your virtual machines? Find that and 9 other must-know tips in this month's Top 10.

Conquering Challenges, Reaping Rewards

By Dianne Russell, 12/01/2004

Do career-related concerns keep you up at night? Our new column helps you build, maintain, and advance your career.

Can MOM 2005 Help Small Businesses?

By Karen Forster, 12/01/2004

Microsoft's Michael Emanuel responds to readers' questions about MOM 2005's licensing, cost, and usefulness in small businesses.

IT Outsourcing

By Editors, 12/01/2004

Outsourcing has long been a standard in the manufacturing industry, but now the practice is taking hold in the IT industry. How do you feel about this trend?

The IT Pro After Hours

By Editors, 12/01/2004

Okay, we've gone into great detail about your workplace opinions. Now let's see how you behave at home.


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Essential Guides

Is your iSCSI "lossy"? The reality is that most off-the-shelf Ethernet hardware deployed for iSCSI can lose packets, resulting in slow performance or application downtime. Learn how to assess your current iSCSI infrastructure and engineer an advanced iSCSI SAN infrastructure.

Web Seminars

What's the best way to keep your network safe from malware? In this web seminar, security expert Greg Shields suggests an alternative method to the traditional blacklisting approach that is common with anti-virus and anti-malware solutions.

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