A person who manages a local area communications network (LAN) within an organization. Responsibilities include network security, installing new applications, distributing software upgrades, monitoring daily activity, enforcing licensing agreements, developing a storage management program and providing for routine backups. See system administrator, WAN administrator, system development cycle and salary survey.
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- Software downloads 2009-11-03
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- Software downloads 2009-11-03
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- Software downloads 2009-11-03
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- Software downloads 2009-11-03
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- Software downloads 2009-10-30
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- Software downloads 2009-10-28
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- Software downloads 2009-10-27
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- Software downloads 2009-10-27
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- Software downloads 2009-10-26
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- Software downloads 2009-10-23
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- Software downloads 2009-10-23
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- Software downloads 2009-10-23
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
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- Software downloads 2009-10-22
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- Blog posts 2009-10-19
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- Software downloads 2009-10-19
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- Software downloads 2009-10-18
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- Software downloads 2009-10-18
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