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An IT contractor by design, is a person who can enter a client's site and very quickly become the expert within that entity, It is a requirement that we become the most knowledgeable person within that particular infrastructure or our clients would benifit more by training up an FTE.

In the words of Albert Einstien:

When asked for his telephone number, he walked over to a telephone directory, and looked it up saying to a rather surprised onlooker " An intelligent man is not a man who can store information, but a man who knows how to find it".

With experience we IT Contractors understand better than anyone how technology and heterogeneous environments communicate, and knowing how to find information makes us experts in our chosen fields.

This allows us to be the greatest benifit to our clients. I hope you enjoy this site.

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Step by Step - Network Load Balancing

Written by David Noel-Davies
Sunday, 02 March 2008
When a single Web Server machine isn’t enough to handle the traffic on your Web site it’s time to look into building a Web Farm that uses multiple machines on the network acting as a single server. In this article Rick looks at the Windows Load Balancing Service and the new interface it sports in Windows Server 2003, which makes creating a Web Farm quick and easy and – gasp –even an affordable solution.
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How to - Network Load Balancing

Written by David Noel-Davies
Sunday, 02 March 2008
Microsoft Windows Network Load Balancing (“NLB”) is the “free” out-of-the-box software load balancing solution available for Windows 2003-based Terminal Servers. NLB is available with all editions of Windows Server 2003, although your Terminal Servers must be running at least the Enterprise edition of Windows to use the Session Directory. (We'll cover the Session Directory in an upcoming article.) Network Load Balancing works by assigning a single virtual IP address to those multiple servers that can respond. You then assign a DNS name to the virtual IP address. RDP clients connect to this DNS name, and the system responds by automatically connecting the user to the least-busy server.
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Contracting in Switzerland

Written by David Noel-Davies
Sunday, 02 March 2008
Switzerland, in general opinion, denotes a country of prosperous banking communities, stunning landscapes and astronomical salaries. Switzerland can also, however, be one of the most complicated and expensive countries in the world for those who choose to live there. Nevertheless, those who choose to take a contract in Switzerland could find themselves pleasantly surprised by the experience, especially if they carry out a little research beforehand.
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