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Add an Appendix to Your Document

Does one need to add an appendix to the book, paper, report, manual, or other document? An appendix is a collection of useful information that does not need to be included in the main body of the document. An appendix may contain a table, a list, calculations, data, background information,...

Tags: Appendix, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

White papers 2007-12-01

Podcast: SugarCRM CEO says attribution in open source licenses is about fairness

Meet John Roberts. Roberts is CEO and co-founder of SugarCRM. To many SugarCRM is thought of as a provider of open source-based customer relationship management solutions. But is it? Theres no question that SugarCRM provides a customer relationship management CRM solution. But is it an open source one? Roberts says...

Tags: Meet John Roberts, SugarCRM, SPL, Open Source, IT Management, Legal, Podcasts, General

Blog posts 2006-12-06

Data Extraction, Transformation, and Migration Tools

This information is intended to facilitate data extraction, cleansing and migration methods selection, with particular emphasis on tools. The main body of the document briefly summarizes issues and makes recommendations. The appendix presents an overview of applicable commercial tools. Our recommendation is to select a suite of tools, each one...

Tags: Appendix, Migration, Tool, Productivity

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Medicare no-pay list: Lessons for IT consulting

Medicare no-pay list: Lessons for IT consultingAn Unfair ComparisonThe comparison is somewhat unfair. When the wrong patient gets an appendectomy, or the wrong blood, or instruments left inside the patient, it can be clearly established that the mistake stemmed from* Carelessness * Some best practice protocol not being followed* Lack...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Medicare, IT Consulting, blame, consulting, patient

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download

IE 8 Beta 2 ready for downloadRE: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for downloadIt's been a pleasure to work with the IE team to deliver some of the first Visual Search services out there. They're a cool team - and deserve some kudos. We're all looking forward to some user...

Tags: Web browsers, IE 8, IE 8 Beta 2, IE 8 Beta, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Zeno Systems Omnibus (exe)

JZeno Systems Omnibus is a comprehensive dictionary and thesaurus housed in an easy to use package. Featuring a corpus gleaned from several sources, this is truly a massive tome comprising very nearly 3 million cross-linked definitions, synonyms, and all manner of related terms. Writers, Students, Crossword, and Scrabble players will...

Tags: Zeno Systems, JZeno Systems Omnibus

Software downloads 2008-06-12

An OWL Full Interpretation

This paper is an appendix to report HPL-2008-59. It gives a worked example of the construction used in the proof from that report. For finiteness, a reduced datatype map consisting of only xsd:boolean is used. Each of the graphs in the construction is listed explicitly, with some redundancy eliminated. The...

Tags: Construction, Hewlett-Packard Co., OWL, Semantic Web, Internet

White papers 2008-05-21

Aviv Raff drops an 0-day for IE 7.0 and 8.0b on XP

I've been busy all day and just haven't been able to get to it until now, but Aviv Raff is a seriously bad man.  I follow his blog religiously as he always has some cool stuff going on and a lot of it tends to be thought provoking for other...

Tags: HTML, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Aviv Raff, Blogging, Web Browsers, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-14

10 reasons for IT failure

10 reasons for IT failureThe number one reason...I still say the number one reason for failure is the mind set that in some magical way IT project management is different than other diciplines. (Engineering projects as an example.)One of the short comings I see in most curriculum for computer...

Tags: Strategy, Project management, information technology, IT Failure

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

10 reasons for IT failure

Readers of this blog know IT initiatives generally fail for business, organizational, or cultural reasons. Sure, technology screw-ups occur all the time, but that's one of the realities to be managed. Success or failure ultimately depends on how project leadership manages the full range of technical-...

Tags: Project, Information Technology, IT Leadership, Complex Project, Strategy, Leadership, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Blockbuster sees media convergence; Offers to buy Circuit City

Updated: Here's a deal where 1 + 1 = 0.5: Blockbuster is offering to acquire Circuit City for "a least $6 a share." Blockbuster went public on Monday statement with an offer to buy Circuit City. Blockbuster says it sent a letter Feb. 17, but Circuit City...

Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Convergence, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Vista SP1 - Benchmarking round-up

Given that I've made numerous posts relating to benchmarking Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) on this blog over the past few weeks I thought that many readers would appreciate a single post that pulled together all the individual posts and which drew together the thoughts, findings and conclusions from the individual...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, 32-bit, 64-bit, Benchmarking, Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Remote Desktop Connection, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-03

Thoughts on Principled Technologies' Vista vs. XP reports

Yesterday I noticed that Principled Technologies had released updated reports that examined the overall responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 to Windows XP SP 2 for common business and home tasks.  Given that I've examined the effect of SP1 on Vista in great detail, I feel that I should comment on...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-02-29

When art meets medicine

Medical students will soon benefit from a new training tool. Surgical gowns for students have been designed by UK researchers at Durham University with the help of artists at the University of Ulster. 'The gowns, which would be worn by medical students in the classroom, will supplement the traditional plastic...

Tags: Body, Patient, Student, Training, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-30

Google Earth inner workings described in newly published Google Patent App

I've just come across a very recently published U.S. Patent application by Google that appears to explain the inner workings of Google Earth. More specifically, the technology described in this Patent app deals with how mapping-related information within a database makes its way...

Tags: Geography, Google Inc., Database, Server, Google Earth, Information, Model, Object, Patent App, Keyhole Mark-up Language, Server 130, Servers, Hardware, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-13

All SPEC CPU results for AMD Barcelona invalidated

All SPEC CPU results for AMD Barcelona invalidatedInvalidated on a technicalitynot on any actual problem with the results per se.Not that you'd ever take an opportunity to sling mud at AMD mind you...I have ONE word for SPEC's approach to handling this.OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUSOBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS OBNOXIOUS...

Tags: Processors, SPEC.org, Intel Corp., therapy, Tom, obnoxious obnoxious obnoxious obnoxious obnoxious obnoxiou, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., SPEC CPU

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

Did NSA install back door in encryption standard?

Does a new government encryption standard contain a back door for the NSA? That's what security researchers want to know after taking a close look at one of four random number generators approved by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, Bruce Schneier writes in Wired. ...

Tags: Algorithm, Generator, Encryption, NSA, Schneier, Engineering, Internet, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-15

Network Installation Wizard, Version 2.1 for Office 97 (exe)

The Network Installation Wizard version 2.1 allows you to modify Setup information files to create a customized network installation of Office 97. If you install Office in batch mode without user interaction, Setup installs the software using the default values you specify with the Network Installation Wizard. If users install...

Tags: Microsoft Office 97, Network, Microsoft Office, Networking, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2007-09-20

Planning EAI and B2B Solutions for Business Book (exe)

Planning EAI and B2B Solutions for Business describes some best practices for planning an enterprise application integration EAI or business-to-business (B2B) project using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002. The processes and techniques described in this book are suitable for guiding a project from conception to planning to execution and then to...

Tags: Microsoft BizTalk Server, EAI, B2B, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet

Software downloads 2007-09-06

Maximizing the ROI of Windows Vista Deployments

With the release of the Windows Vista operating system at the end of 2006, IT managers now face the decision of when and how to deploy it across their respective organizations. Better IT management tools, increased security, and substantial benefits in end-user productivity, make Windows Vista an attractive choice. Consistent...

Tags: Wipro Technologies, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, ROI, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Roi/Tco, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2007-08-30