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- UserLock Vs Microsoft LimitLogin
- This paper reviews how Microsoft LimitLogin and IS Decisions UserLock achieve logon management, and focuses on the concurrent connections restriction features provided by these 2 software products. As more and more companies resort to Microsoft server software to manage their networks (19% sales increase Microsoft Credits Server Sales for Income...
- Tags: Software, Network, Microsoft Corp., IS Decisions, IS Decisions UserLock, Tools & Techniques, Sales Strategy, Workstations, Management, Sales
- White papers 2007-01-04
- Using WinReporter to Complete IT Audit & Consulting Engagements
- This paper reviews how IS Decisions WinReporter enables IT consultants to efficiently complete sustainable, value-added audit and consulting engagements, and to increase their operations' profitability. WinReporter is the perfect tool for IT consultants who intend to perform thorough IT audits in Windows environments. Virtually all information managed by Windows about...
- Tags: Consultant, Information Technology, IS Decisions, IS Decisions WinReporter, Strategy, Microsoft Windows, Management, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-01-04
- Using WinReporter to Perform Security Audits on Windows Networks
- WinReporter is the perfect tool to provide network administrators with an accurate picture of their infrastructure. WinReporter offers a set of 50 predefined reports that will help the network administrator in his audit and monitoring tasks: hardware upgrades, software updates and licensing, security checks, etc. WinReporter goes further and lets...
- Tags: Network, Security Audit, Microsoft Windows, Network Administrator, IS Decisions, WinReporter, Network Administration, Networking, Security
- White papers 2007-01-04
- WinReporter and RemoteExec Versus SMS Competitive Analysis
- This paper reviews the differences between Microsoft Systems Management Server and WinReporter combined with RemoteExec. Implementing WinReporter and RemoteExec is very straightforward and rapid. Both applications need only be installed on a workstation to be ready and fully operational. Their intuitiveness and ease of use enable immediate use of all...
- Tags: SMS, IS Decisions, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking
- White papers 2006-12-21
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- 5 more reasons IT projects fail
- 5 more reasons IT projects failOn the other sideof the equation is the customer. It has been my experience that, in non-technical businesses, the manager who makes the decisions with regards to the company's IT needs, knows least.Remove the word "IT" andthe article applies to everything in the worldOf course!That's...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT Projects Fail
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet
- Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream. He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...
- Tags: Spreadsheet, Productivity, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Can your insurance force you out of the country?
- Can your insurance force you out of the country?Will they include airfare and a guarantee?Most people have found good doctors they have a rapport with. If computer systems can't be dealt with by words printed on a cue card, human medicine is going to be a thousandfold more complex...
- Tags: Government, Financial Planning, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, insurance, Socialized Medicine
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- So about that Microsoft licensing
- So about that Microsoft licensingpenny wise and pound foolishIts not about giving $20K to Redmond. Its about users/teachers being productive and getting the work done so that they have more time to focus on the students.Saving $100 for a licence over the life of the software is nothing. Office is...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Why Microsoft might win in mobile
- Why Microsoft might win in mobileInterface BreathroughI would say that the new HTC Touch is a breakthrough in mobile interfaces. I actually like it better than the iPhone. To me, it makes the iPhone/iPod Touch interfaces look boring.its called Opera Mobile 9.5Have you tried using Opera Mobile 9.5 on any...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, High Tech Computer Corp., phone, mobile, Opera Software, Apple Safari, Opera Mobile 9.5, Opera Mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- A world ruled by Apple
- A world ruled by AppleGood post[i]I am perfectly willing to praise Apple or Linux when I feel they are doing something right, and do so on a regular basis in this blog. That’s why I have a hard time understanding the need to believe that Gates did nothing right, in...
- Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 1: USA
- Eek, from Slashdot today: The FBI has confirmed to Popular Mechanics that it's not only adding palm prints to its criminal records, but preparing to balloon its repository of photos, which an agency official says 'could be the basis for our facial recognition.' It's all part of a new...
- Tags: FBI, Privacy, Washington Post Co., Slashdot, Government, Federal Government, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- WALL-E: Steve Jobs meets Al Gore
- WALL-E: Steve Jobs meets Al GoreApple's Jonathan Ive helped with robot designApparently Apple's lead designer Jonathan Ive helped with the design of the futuristic robot Eve.Fortune magazine:" A call from Stanton to Jobs in 2005 resulted in Johnny Ive, Apple's behind-the-scenes design guru, driving across the San Francisco Bay to...
- Tags: Robots, Noah, Wall-E, Stanton, Steve Jobs, Al Gore, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Udecide (exe)
- Udecide is a computer program that not only solves decisions but also develops decision making skills. It simplifies the steps and helps users to visualize the decision making process. The program is delivered with several examples that can be studied or modified for teaching or learning purposes. This version is...
- Tags: Decision-making, Advanced Learning Techniques, Udecide, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2008-06-30
- Mystery explained: Why you have to reboot Windows so often
- Mystery explained: Why you have to reboot Windows so oftenYou failed to explain...WHY rebooting in necessary.It's because of the Windows architecture. It is so monolithic that it can't recover from simple application errors. When one thing goes wrong, it is a snow ball effect. Other OS's do not suffer nearly...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Other OS, reBoot Windows, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-28
- Gov't failures: Engineering brain drain and bad leadership
- Gov't failures: Engineering brain drain and bad leadershipIt's GovernmentWhy should anybody put any effort into any government project. There is no penalty for failure. The pay checks keep on rolling.The oversight Congress are a bunch of self serving fossils, who for the most part are clueless.However, the public...
- Tags: Six Sigma, Government, brain drain, bad leadership, CMMI, leadership
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- In-class computers vs. labs
- Most of our decisions have come together fairly well on our elementary/middle school tech refreshes, particularly in terms of platform and software. However, there is some debate about using computers in several small lab stations in individual classrooms vs. using one or two consolidated computer labs. ...
- Tags: Lab, Teacher, Computer, Productivity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Fixing failure: Shatter the technical glass ceiling
- Projects fail because IT and business people don't communicate. This gap between business requirements and IT execution remains alive and well, according to new research. ComputerWorld UK summarizes the issue: The survey of CIOs, senior IT managers and department heads across 500...
- Tags: CIO, Information Technology, ComputerWorld UK, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Apple memo answers some iPhone 3G Q's
- Apple memo answers some iPhone 3G Q'sWhat does this say about Geniuses? ...When they are required to act dumb.Trade insApple isn't going to take a trade in, but ATT or some of the overseas carriers might be considering a plan so it is wise to simply say you don't know...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, iPhone 3G Q, Geniuses, Apple Inc., iPhone 3G, sales, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?
- Will Microsoft become more open to open source with the departure of Bill Gates? It's a tough call. Observers from both the open and closed source worlds say the exit of Microsoft's longtime leader won't usher in a GPL era at the company but it will likely...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Introduction to dynamic documents
- Q&A Jake Sorofman, senior VP of marketing and business development for JustSystems, says ynamic documents can transform how organizations create, share and deliver information. Dynamic documents can transform how organizations create, share and deliver information. Jake Sorofman, senior VP of marketing and business development for...
- Tags: Document, Information, Jake, Q, Usage Pattern, XML, Portals, Operational Planning, Enterprise Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, Business Operations, Software, Special to ZDNet News, business applications, documents, dynamic documents
- News items 2008-06-25
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