Welcome to the first 2006 issue of Connected Digest. Do you work in an environment where when it rains work, it pours? Then, all of a sudden, the work is dried up? Why is it so tough to find a nice balance throughout the year? This month's feature explores how to build an infrastructure that ensures a balance by taking advantage of all resources at optimal times.

In the last issue, a reader asked how to better manage terabytes of data. To put it into perspective, the U.S. Library of Congress has 10 terabytes of information. A business can easily have over 1,000 terabytes to back up. Ouch! See what valuable advice your peers provided about managing large amounts of data.

Have you ever been in a situation where a colleague started to cry? How did you handle it? A reader struggles with this type of situation and wants to handle it the right way.

Do you have a challenge of your own? Readers and experts are standing by to lend a hand.

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