http://www.artipot.com/authors/15098/debby-jones/ Latest articles by Debby Jones from Artipot - your one-stop resource for free articles. http://www.artipot.com/articles/247770/return-on-investment-from-automatic-defrag.htm One basic factor that can cut straight across the ROI for all of the above is file fragmentation. It greatly slows system performance, which impacts the return for software, hardware, virtually every employee and the company itself when it cannot deliver products and services in a timely manner. It impacts IT because they must chase and "put out fires" rooted in fragmentation. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:52:46 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/247770/return-on-investment-from-automatic-defrag.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/247674/automatic-defrag-saving-hours-of-it-time.htm Troubleshooting can occupy many valuable hours of IT time and many might very well be overlooking the actual problem: file fragmentation. File fragmentation causes each and every one of the above symptoms. But because a company has the scheduled defrag set to run periodically, they might easily look right past the root of their many frustrations. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:42:11 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/247674/automatic-defrag-saving-hours-of-it-time.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/238291/the-real-value-of-collectibles-in-todays-economy.htm An exploration of the options available to collectors when the economy is in a slump. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:33:15 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/238291/the-real-value-of-collectibles-in-todays-economy.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/238253/how-to-choose-a-jewelry-box.htm This article describes an easy way for a man to choose a jewelry box as a gift for a woman by answering three simple questions. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:17:08 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/238253/how-to-choose-a-jewelry-box.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/233597/its-time-to-stop-taxing-yourself.htm It is time to start organizing your paperwork again. How much time will you spend gathering your accounts? More of your time will be spent to meet with your bookkeeper, and then your accountant, each of them reminding you of what information you forgot to get to them, and each of them letting you know what they still need from you. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:55:59 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/233597/its-time-to-stop-taxing-yourself.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/224033/finding-roi-from-a-fully-automated-hands-free-solution.htm The typical state or local government organization is on a never ending IT budgetary diet. It is hard to get the necessary hardware, software and manpower needed to meet expectations, and those expectations are the same as a for-profit business. To say IT is spread thin is literal. There is a good chance that the systems you manage span across a city, a county, or even the... Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:45:52 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/224033/finding-roi-from-a-fully-automated-hands-free-solution.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/220207/learning-how-to-surf-4-tips-for-success-in-the-water.htm Tips for success when surfing can speed up the learning process and make your surfing experience more enjoyable. Choosing the right spot, approaching with the right work ethic, and knowing how to progress are all critical to succeeding and having fun in the water. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:21:22 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/220207/learning-how-to-surf-4-tips-for-success-in-the-water.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/219915/quality-of-service-improved-through-automatic-defragmentation.htm Automatic defragmentation keeps file access optimized, so those users get consistent peak performance, and customers get the rapid service they expect Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:58:29 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/219915/quality-of-service-improved-through-automatic-defragmentation.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/218655/surfboard-fins-everything-a-surfer-needs-to-know.htm Surfboard fins are an integral part of your surfboard. Many surfboards come with removable fin systems, which make traveling and experimentation with equipment extremely convenient. Choosing the right fin setup for your surfboard starts with this article where you learn the basics about fin technology. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:52:54 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/218655/surfboard-fins-everything-a-surfer-needs-to-know.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/218645/now-you-are-up-riding-a-wave.htm Surfing with the correct stance and position is critical to your success as a beginning surfer. Unlike paddling and popping up, which are upper body movements, riding the wave is primarily a lower body movement. Correct positioning of the feet and bending of the knees will allow turns and control while riding a wave. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:38:55 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/218645/now-you-are-up-riding-a-wave.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/218638/surfboards-101-a-beginners-guide.htm Beginning surfers often have many questions about surfboards. What are surfboards made of? What should I look for in a surfboard? What size board should I get? This article covers the ins and outs of surfboards, starting from a novice level. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:25:57 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/218638/surfboards-101-a-beginners-guide.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/216670/handle-fragmentation-to-mitigate-performance-and-reliability-risks.htm Astute risk management defines success in the insurance industry. It may come as a surprise that file fragmentation can be risky business too. Fragmentation creates many more unattractive side effects than a slow computer. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:48:08 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/216670/handle-fragmentation-to-mitigate-performance-and-reliability-risks.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/215837/tips-on-collecting-asian-art-materials.htm In this article the author shares his tips on collecting asian art material & ensure that they are not bluffed by the fake material that are present in the market but is very difficult to identify. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:58:57 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/215837/tips-on-collecting-asian-art-materials.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/215178/how-to-increase-your-schools-it-budget.htm Implementing an automatic defragmentation solution saved the school significant expenses on new hardware and freed up IT to focus on progressive technology projects. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:40:57 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/215178/how-to-increase-your-schools-it-budget.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/215158/the-need-to-minimize-maintenance-operations-in-healthcare.htm With new technology comes a new competitive landscape, molded around information management. This new market requires reliable infrastructures on which to build patient or B2B portals. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:17:05 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/215158/the-need-to-minimize-maintenance-operations-in-healthcare.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/212395/lack-of-a-data-protection-plan-vulnerability-for-any-business.htm For those of use wanting some piece of mind when it comes to protecting our data, it would be wise to obtain some kind of data protection type software as soon as possible. After all, with so much money spent to create documents and data, why take chances? Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:13:33 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/212395/lack-of-a-data-protection-plan-vulnerability-for-any-business.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/212377/prevent-unnecessary-hardware-upgrades.htm An automatic defrag solution solves the probles associated with framentation, restoring that life and allows hardware to be used even longer than expected. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:45:20 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/212377/prevent-unnecessary-hardware-upgrades.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/210566/beyond-taxes-how-your-balance-sheet-statement-can-help-you-run-your-business.htm Small business owners generally do not realize the importance of comparing their past years Balance Sheets to measure their business growth. Some of them are ignorant of the basic rules that one should follow to compare their past Balance Sheets with the current one. In this article we will discuss some very basic but important formulas that can help you determine your... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:48:57 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/210566/beyond-taxes-how-your-balance-sheet-statement-can-help-you-run-your-business.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/209843/beyond-taxes-how-your-cash-flow-statement-can-help-you-run-your-business.htm Small business owners generally do not realize the importance of comparing their past years Cash Flow Statements to measure their business growth. Some of them are ignorant of the basic rules that one should follow to compare their past Cash Flow Statement with the current one. In this article we will discuss some very basic but important formulas that can help you determine... Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:14:32 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/209843/beyond-taxes-how-your-cash-flow-statement-can-help-you-run-your-business.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/209581/increase-server-uptime-with-automatic-defrag.htm Now that so many servers are front and center and must run 24X7, time to perform tasks such as anti-virus, backups and defrag has become incredibly scarce. So scarce, in fact, that some sites put off defrag until performance is absolutely intolerable and the only choice is to bring a system down and run a manual or scheduled defragmentation. Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:56:15 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/209581/increase-server-uptime-with-automatic-defrag.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/209577/collecting-jade-as-asian-art-material.htm The article explains you the facts about collecting Jade as art material & how you can determine the value of a particular Jade object. The article has been written by a passionate art collector himself, Isadore Chait who is now the owner of an Asian Art Gallery in California. Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:54:05 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/209577/collecting-jade-as-asian-art-material.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/208914/fully-utilize-the-full-benefit-of-a-san-with-automatic-defragmentation.htm A SAN still consists of disk drives. Fragmentation is still very much a performance-crippling problem on those drives, and just because it got moved off the network does not mean that it is not there. In fact, because there are additional steps to requesting and accessing files from a SAN, fragmentation can even have more of an impact from the SAN than from a local or server... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:38:36 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/208914/fully-utilize-the-full-benefit-of-a-san-with-automatic-defragmentation.htm http://www.artipot.com/articles/208114/collecting-asian-art-porcelain.htm The article explains you the facts about collecting Porcelain as art material & how you can determine the value of a particular Porcelain object. The article has been written by a passionate art collector himself who is now the owner of an Asian Art Gallery in California. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:31:21 +0000 http://www.artipot.com/articles/208114/collecting-asian-art-porcelain.htm