ZDNet Resources
- 10 ways to make your VoIP rollout easier
- You know VoIP can potentially save your company money and provide your users with convenience features. But making the switch can be a little scary. You depend on your telephone service and may not be able to do business without it, so its important to get it right. Deb Shinder...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking
- Download resources 2008-05-06
- 10 ways to prepare for a wireless rollout
- Rolling out a wireless LAN within your organization can provide numerous benefits -- but it's more complicated than just plugging in a wireless access point (WAP). You need to address a number of factors in the planning stage to ensure both accessibility and security. Deb Shinder lists some critical factors...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- Download resources 2008-03-17
- Mini-glossary: Unified communications terms you should know
- If your organization is considering implementing a unified communications solution, you may feel a bit overwhelmed as you examine the options from different vendors. Understanding the new terminology that has sprung up around the new technologies can sometimes be a struggle, too. This glossary of common UC terms will help...
- Tags: Unified Communications, Deb Shinder
- Download resources 2008-03-03
- 10 ways to trim your IT budget
- Nobody likes being told to spend less, but the tough reality is that in many organizations, all departments are seeing their budgets cut -- and that includes IT. The question now is not whether to trim the budget, but how to do it so that it's least painful for the...
- Tags: Budget, IT Budget, Information Technology, Deb Shinder, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2008-02-25
- 10 things you should know about virtualization
- Virtualization has been a major buzzword in the IT world for the past few years -- and now the buzz is getting bigger. As your options increase, taking the plunge into virtualization can be a big and confusing step. Deb Shinder looks at some things you should know about virtualization...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Download resources 2008-02-20
- Top 10 alternatives to the iPhone
- If you've decided the iPhone doesn't quite fit your needs -- at least not in its current incarnation -- you might want to check out these alternatives. Deb Shinder offers a quick rundown of the features (and pros and cons) of various phones that are currently available, plus a few...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Cell Phone, Deb Shinder, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Download resources 2007-10-05
- 10 tech certifications that actually mean something
- Hundreds of tech certification programs and exams are available, some sponsored by software vendors, some by vendor-neutral organizations, and some by educational institutions. These certs range from easy to obtain to expensive and extremely difficult to earn. So how do you know which certifications really provide a measure of your...
- Tags: Certification, Deb Shinder, Quality, Business Operations
- Download resources 2007-08-13
- 10 things you should know about VoIP over wireless
- The next step in network convergence is the combination of VoIP and wireless networking technologies. Although VoIP over wireless offers benefits, the technology isn't without drawbacks. Deb Shinder describes the advantages and challenges of VoIP over wireless.This download is also available as a blog entry.
- Tags: Network, Deb Shinder, Telephony, VOIP, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Networking
- Download resources 2007-08-06
- VoIP's "four obstacles" are listed and described
- On our sister site TechRepublic, technology consultant Deb Shinder lists four obstacles to implementing VoIP.The four obstacles are reliability concerns, network quality of service, complexity and confusion, and security.Many of you may already be versed in the details for each of these issues. But just in case you are...
- Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, VoIP, Deb Shinder, jargon
- Blog posts 2007-05-12
- 9 VoIP add-ins that help boost productivity
- Skype already includes features that make its VoIP services attractive to business users, including call forwarding and the ability to filter and block unwanted calls, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Between several creative vendors and Skype itself, a variety of add-ins are available that can help boost...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Deb Shinder, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
- Download resources 2007-04-27
- Add Vista-like search capabilities to Windows XP
- Sure, Vista has Instant Search. But Windows XP supports Windows Desktop Search, which provides similar capabilities. Deb Shinder offers this detailed look at how to obtain and install this free download and how to use it to find your files much more quickly than you can with XP's built-in search...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Search Technology, Photograph, Deb Shinder, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2007-03-28
- A few things you'll miss when you upgrade to Office 2007
- There may be a lot to like about the new release of Microsoft Office, but you might find that it comes up short here and there. Deb Shinder shares some of the Office 2007 changes that have transformed or preempted familiar, long-standing Office features. Topping the list, of course,...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Deb Shinder, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Download resources 2007-02-23
Additional Resources
- Oracle architect says there ought to be one Linux distribution: Red Hat
- Oracle architect says there ought to be one Linux distribution: Red HatThanks, but no.I use KDE, I don't like Gnome (and yes, it is simply what I have been using since 1999, so familiarity is what I like). With RedHat 8.0, KDE became an afterthought, and I prefer a...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, distro, KDE, Red Hat Inc., GNOME, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- muCommander (exe)
- muCommander is a cross-platform file manager that features support for FTP, SFTP, SMB, NFS, HTTP, Bonjour/Zeroconf, email attachments, Zip/GZip/Tar/Bzip2/ISO/NRG/AR/Deb/LST archives, universal bookmarks, credentials management, themes, multiple windows, full keyboard management, and many configuration options. It is open-source and available in 20 languages. This version is the first release on CNET...
- Tags: Maxence Bernard, muCommander, Keyboards, Smb/Sme, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-05-06
- Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?
- Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers?This is scriptAll digital is exe.An exe is constructed and recorded into a ROM chip.And when you press START,the exe starts and the Microwave oven cooks your food."Deb can cook---hard wieners--Dr.Debbie Smith's program for the Microwave---part two--episode three".duhhhh"great work...
- Tags: SECURITY, Hacking NASA, hacking
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- 20 things you should know about virtualization
- Virtualization has been a major buzzword in the IT world for a few years. Now the buzz is getting bigger, with the release of Windows Server 2008 and the impending integration of the Hyper-V virtualization component (formerly called Viridian). Of course, Microsoft already has Virtual Server and Virtual PC, as...
- Tags: Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Download resources 2008-05-01
- Ubuntu: I'm extremely impatient
- Ubuntu: I'm extremely impatientFor the certificate problems, try this:http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/Download Firefox 2, and for the repo problems just pick a mirror to use, if only for next day or two.Lots of other people want it at the same timeand you're throwing a wobbly. Perhaps you should go to as many distro's...
- Tags: Web browsers, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- PeaZip
- PeaZip free archiver utility is available for Windows and Linux, for both platform either as installable or portable application (not needing installation). Full support: 7Z, 7Z-sfx, ARC/WRC, BZ2/TBZ2, Custom (user defined), GZ/TGZ, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD, split, TAR, UPX, ZIP.Open, browse, extract, test: ACE, ARJ, CAB, CHM, COMPOUND (MSI, DOC, XLS,...
- Tags: Job, Giorgio Tani, PeaZip, Recruitment & Selection, Linux, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-04-04
- 7-Zip (exe)
- The main features of 7-Zip: High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression. Supported formats: Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR; Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS. For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression...
- Tags: 7-zip, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Quality, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2007-12-24
- Give your PC the gift of security
- Give your PC the gift of securityKudos Adrian, you've had some reallygreat posts lately. This is definitely no exception. I'm actually going to try this software out over the holidays.My measuresEven though I am running Linux (Ubuntu), I have to pay some attention to security. These are my measures:- I...
- Tags: Ubuntu, PC-the, security
- Discussion threads 2007-12-19
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