By Robin Gareiss, Network World, 01/09/06

Like most people, I took some time off after Christmas and tried to make at least some of that time productive. So, I put on my Hazmat gear and devoted an entire day to a long-dreaded task: cleaning my office.

As I was sorting through old magazines, I came across one from 1994 (and no, it hasn’t been that long since the last cleaning) containing an article on branch-office challenges. The bottom line: IT and networking teams needed to do more with the same resources, and figure out ways to more effectively manage their branch offices.