- What has the economic meltdown done to your IT projects?
- One of the, if not the primary, factor to take into consideration when rolling out a new IT project is ensuring there's an available budget for it. With the economy in a near meltdown, budgets are disappearing as fast as Wall Street investment banks. Has it affected you yet? by...
- An 80's forerunner of the Mac vs. PC ads
- Apple has a pretty long history of PC envy. Even before the Mac, Apple made direct comparisons between itself and the PC. Here's an ad showing why an Apple IIc was a better choice than a PCjr. by John Sheesley
- Video: Five ways to keep your own IT staff from stealing company secrets
- The arrest of a network administrator who hijacked the city of San Francisco's network brought attention to a dangerous and often ignored threat--your own admins. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler discusses security practices to protect company secrets from the very people who should be keeping them safe. by...
- Can open source survive acquisition by proprietary companies?
- There has been a string of high-profile acquisitions of open source projects by big-name companies, such as Sun's purchase of MySQL. Can open source survive these mergers, or is it a death knell for further code development? by Selena Frye
- Save the date: I will be presenting the Parallel Extensions Library
- Justin James will be giving a presentation on the Parallel Extensions Library for .NET on November 12, 2008 for the Columbia Enterprise Developer's Guild. If you want to attend, here are the pertinent details. by Justin James
- Can IT be retooled to maximum effectiveness in a down economy?
- Markets worldwide are plunging. Iceland is bankrupt. Your 401k is down almost 40%. Is there any kind of silver lining in this mess? by Scott Lowe
- Video: TR Out Loud - October 10, 2008
- This episode of TROLOV captures some of the weekly highlights from TechRepublic, including the top discussions and most active members on the boards. by Sonja Thompson
- What should I do: My company is careless and unethical
- There are a lot of reasons you shouldn't trash former employers in interviews. But one TechRepublic member asked if you should tell a recruiter when your company may actually be doing something illegal. by Toni Bowers
- Creating an IT strategy: Presenting to the executive team
- This is part 2 in how to create your IT strategy. In this part, Jay Rollins talks about how to present IT information to the executive team. by Jay Rollins
- T-shirt of the week: Arrogant Linux elitist
- Stop hiding that open source light under a bushel, just admit it: You're an arrogant Linux elitist -- and proud of it! Now there's a t-shirt that does the talking for you. by Jay Garmon
- Cornell University questions the safety of hotel networks
- You do all you can to support your users and protect them when they are on the enterprise network. You have to send them out into the world sometime, though. Are your clients aware of the risks they face when they use unfamiliar networks? by William Jones
- iSCSI is the future of storage
- iSCSI is here to stay and will eventually supplant a significant portion of the installed base of Fibre Channel SANs out there. Further, as organizations make their initial forays into block-level shared storage, iSCSI will beat Fibre Channel more often than not. by Scott Lowe
- Visa CIO Michael Dreyer talks about the future of high tech payments
- Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, talks about innovation, including new wallet-less and contact-less solutions such as PayWave technology, which gives users the ability to quickly process payments. by Jason Hiner
- Should users be allowed to supply their own computers?
- In an attempt to show the power of virtualization, Citrix has implemented a policy to allow users to purchase any computer they want. Is a BYOC policy a good idea or a bad idea? by John Sheesley
- Name that Windows version
- If you've been in IT for any time at all, it seems like many of the arguments for and against Windows Vista have all been heard before. Here's an article from TechRepublic's big brother site CBSNews.com. See if you can came the version of Windows that's being discussed. by...
- How do I map a virtual disk in VMware Workstation 6.x?
- Managing your virtual machines for maintenance is easy in VMware Workstation. Learn how to map a virtual disk in VMware Workstation 6.x. by Steven Warren
- How closed policies hurt security development
- Development policies designed to keep the competition out can actually prove counterproductive. Don't make the same mistake the US government made in the 1990s with information security technologies. by Chad Perrin
- How can PacketTrap Perspective help you manage your Cisco network?
- David Davis explains how the new network management platform, PacketTrap Perspective, can help you better manage your Cisco network. by David Davis
- Using Object Dependencies in SQL Server 2008
- Tracking object dependencies has always been difficult with SQL Server. SQL Server 2008 makes it easier because it tracks dependencies by the object's name rather than ID. Here's how it works. by John Sheesley
- How much is a CEO worth?
- There's a lot being said today about how much CEOs are paid. John M McKee shares insight he gained as a former leader of a $1.6B company, how the US compares with other countries, and recommendations re: compensation programs. by John McKee
- high cpu utilization of rtvscan.exe
- We have several windows 2000 servers and bunch of windows xp clients. All the servers have norton corporate edition and xp machines have managed norton clients.Everything worked fine until installing update rollup for service pack 4 on the server. Now the rtvscan.exe will take up 50% of cpu cycles on...
- How to stop Office/Outlook 2003 from synchronizing
- This seems to be a common and frustrating problem, and I haven't been able to find an answer anywhere. My computer periodically tells me that Microsoft Office 2003 is synchronizing folders. While it's doing that - and it takes awhile - not much else ca
- The IT Strategic Plan Step-By-Step
- It's April and you are four months into your organization's fiscal year. You know that within six months you'll need to have your operating plan for the upcoming year in fairly solid shape. You also know that creating an operating plan without a longer-range strategic view is like driving a...
- How To Use the Six Laws of Persuasion during a Negotiation
- In order to be successful, you must master the persuasion process, which will enable you to deliberately create the attitude change and subsequent actions necessary for persuading others to your way of thinking. In other words, you have to be able to "sell" your ideas in order to make changes...
- The HP StorageWorks EVA4400 Challenge
- In a first time, head-to-head comparison, HP recently put EVA4400 virtualization capabilities to the test against a traditional disk array from EMC CLARiiON CX3-10. Watch this HP Enterprise TV presentation to see why 5 technology professionals found the new HP StorageWorks EVA4400 easier to operate and a greater time saver...
- IT Dojo: Create your own bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP
- Booting Windows XP from a USB Flash drive gives you great IT support tool. For example, you can make a troubleshooting toolkit for booting and analyzing seemingly dead PCs. Or you could always have your favorite support applications at your fingertips.In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler, TechRepublic's Head Technology...
- 10 Firefox extensions you can't live without
- Whether you want to speed access to the Web sites you regularly visit, keep better tabs on your tabs, or protect your system from potentially dangerous active content, there's a Firefox extension ready to help you out. Jack Wallen shares his list of favorite time-saving, browser-enhancing add-ons.This download is also...
- Recover Files (exe)
- Recover Files is an award winning program that can undelete / recover deleted files after they have been deleted. Recover Files is a professional file recovery software that allows it's user to recover accidentally deleted files. Even files removed from the Recycle Bin, network drive, compact flash card, portable devices,...
- Download this project plan template
- If you've taken on a small to midsize project that doesn't warrant a full-scale plan in Microsoft Project, download this Excel spreadsheet template sent in by a TechRepublic member for quick and easy project management.
- Use these four Registry tweaks to accelerate Windows XP
- Plenty of third-party programs claim to tweak or optimize Windows. However, most of them simply make Registry edits. Here are four manual tweaks that experienced IT professionals can make to improve the speed of Windows XP.Title: Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition ISBN: 0596009186 Published: February 2005 Author: Preston Gralla Chapter:...
- Network Security Checklist
- Now more than ever, you depend on your network for your most important business operations, such as communication, inventory, billing, sales, and trading with partners. Many small and medium-sized businesses do not have adequate network security. Here's how to make sure you do. View and complete this...
- TCP/IP Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting is a necessary part of supporting any network installation. Determining and repairing problems can consume a lot of time, especially if you don't know what to do or how to do it correctly and quickly. This On Demand Web Seminar explains how you might consider troubleshooting different problems that...
- Boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive
- Almost everyone who has worked with computers for any lengthof time at all has run into at least one situation in which a problem left a PCunbootable. What if you could return the machine to a bootable state just byinserting a USB flash drive though? Believe it or not, it...
- How TechRepublic cracked open the iPhone 3G
- Following up on our Cracking Open gallery of the first iPhone, TechRepublic editors joined Apple's launch-day madness to secure an iPhone 3G for disassembly. Jason Hiner and Bill Detwiler recount their experiences battling long lines, Apple's iTunes meltdown, and limited supplies at AT&T stores.Bill explains how Mark Kaelin and he...
- 10 mispronunciations that make you sound stupid
- Right or wrong, people often judge you by the way you pronounce things. Say a word incorrectly and POW -- they've pegged you as a provincial, poorly educated moron. Toni Bowers offers a list of commonly mangled words so you can double-check your own pronunciation. by Toni Bowers
- Cracking Open the Apple iPhone 3G
- Apple's iPhone 3G arrived on Friday with a bevy of new enterprise-ready features, including Exchange support, business-grade security, and third-party applications powered by an SDK. As with the first iPhone, we waited in line, bought our phone, signed an AT&T contract, and promptly began to crack open the case. Come...
- The Case for Document Management
- Are you asking how to avoid court-imposed sanctions? Are you wondering how to keep the escalating costs of electronic and paper discovery to a minimum? Whether the objective is to handle litigation, deliver new contracts, or projects, companies today need solutions that promote teamwork. However, common bottlenecks...
- New Deployment Methods For Desktops
- The benefits of storage consolidation and centralized management are well known - they include lower costs, better information protection, and improved IT efficiency. Server consolidation using virtualization software is aimed at generating these same results. A recent trend in many large IT organizations goes beyond server virtualization...
- Hotmail Login
- I have a user who is running WinXP and frequently uses Hotmail as a backup when her office email goes down. After loading Ad-Aware SE she can no longer login to her Hotmail account from this system. After creating a new Hotmail account for a different user, we...
- Explore the benefits of the IBM BladeCenter S from the inside out
- The perfect mix of performance and energy savings, the IBM BladeCenter S is ideal for the small to mid-sized office and the remote office. It neatly consolidates your storage, servers and networking into a single chassis that plugs into a standard electrical outlet, supports virtually all applications, and uses less...
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