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"Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) The Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) is a consortium of states that engage in multi-state cooperative purchasing of common products to achieve maximum discounts for the member states. Although initially composed of only western states, there are currently 19 states from throughout the US participating in this program. Most of these participating states have authorized their local governments, school boards and other special use districts to also participate in the program. The contract number for both service and equipment for the WSCA contract is: 1523. To learn more, visit www.aboutwsca.org."

"I recently learned something about NASes that buyers looking to use these products for database and other simultaneous-file-access applications should know about. The issue is how Opportunistic Locking ("oplocks") are handled." "Opportunistic locks (oplocks) are a characteristic of theLAN Manager networking protocol implemented in the 32-Bit Windows family of operating system environments. Bascially, oplocks are guarantees made by a server for a shared logical volume to its clients. These guarantees inform the Client that a file's content will not be allowed to be changed by the server, or if some change is imminent, the client will be notified before the change is allowed to proceed."

"In this post, I want to provide you with a few shortcuts, based on my 27-plus years in business. Hopefully, this will shorten your learning curve. As someone who is constantly pitched one thing or another, I have a lot of experience on the receiving end of proposals. I've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Here are six keys to getting your boss to say 'yes.'"

How to add a Trusted Sites URL without deleting existing sites from the list or locking users from making changes to the same afterwards, using Group Policies.

"We combine peer-to-peer technologies with advanced data replication algorithms to provide you with a private and distributed file system using your own devices."

"Wuala is secure online storage, a haven in the cloud to store your files. You can safely access and share your files with friends, family, and co-workers."