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Network Software

Network software does hundreds of jobs .. Here are a few of them:

7 Printer sharing. Controlling printers across the network, keeping accounts of how much printing each department or person is allowed. Telling the technicians when ink or paper has run out. Sharing the workload between printers where there are banks of them. Passing jobs to an adjoining printer when one fails and then informing the user, where the work will come out.

fileshare File sharing Storing backing up files archiving old files. Allowing more than user to read edit and handle certain files

8 Speed Test, part of the diagnostic software than help the engineers to spot when service levels drop.

1 Network Repair, Identifying faulty components, rerouting data as appropriate

5 Wireless Protection Encryptions software for data and protection against viruses and other malware.

4 Remote File Access Allowing users to access data from remote locations (think of Moodle).

1 Wireless Connection Manager handling log-ons.

2 Health & Security Alerts. checking for viruses, measuring component life expectancy (batteries and bulbs for example)

3 Network Map. Produce maps of the network

0 Network Tasks Data handling of all sorts

9 Status Center Allows the engineers to know what is happening.Can audit software to count how many copies of a particular package are installed. In order to prevent software theft.

   

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