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Entering Data in Access 2003: The author explains how to enter data into a database table, creating the records for the database table. She also covers how to work with the records, edit data, sort records, and print data. In Access, a table is divided into fields, and each field contains one piece of information...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Microsoft Access, Author, Record, Databases, Storage, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Office Suites; White papers 2006-10-20
Utilities for Microsoft Access: Microsoft Access can be a powerful tool for database development and management. But it's not trivial to learn, and if one wants more than the built-in functionality it offers, he may need to look around for some assistance. This paper discusses some of the available resources for helping one to...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management; White papers 2006-10-13
The Windows Vista Interface: A lot has been said about the new user interface for Windows Vista. This paper explains the foundation, functions, and eye candy for Vista's latest UI. Vista's interface is almost certainly the best that Microsoft has come up with so far and it's got plenty of eye-popping and jaw-dropping features...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-10-06
Certified Ethical Hacker Exam Prep: Understanding Footprinting and Scanning: This paper helps to prepare for the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Exam by covering foot printing and scanning. Sample exam questions with detailed answers are provided to help the reader prepare for the Certified Ethical Hacker exam. The EC-Council divides information gathering into seven basic steps. These include gathering...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Document Management, Networking, Wireless, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2006-06-09
The Worried Executive's Guide: A Four-Step Approach to Disaster Recovery in Large Organizations: Many people tasked by their organizations with responsibility for a disaster recovery plan don't really know where to start. Indeed, the responsibility to maintain the integrity of the business in the event of a natural disaster, catastrophic human error, major system failure, or even a terrorist attack can be a...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Executive, Disaster Recovery, Corporate Insurance, Business Security, Homeland Security, Data Management, Business Operations, Government; White papers 2006-04-28

All About the PMP Certification: If a person is a project manager who's looking to add a valuable certification, generally revered by the industry and indicating both experience and education then he or she needs to look no further. This paper guides a person through the steps in acquiring the Project Management Professional (PMP) -...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Certification, Project Management, Quality, Tools & Techniques, Professional Development, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Business Operations, Management, Career; White papers 2006-04-07
The Worried Executive's Guide: Disaster Recovery Planning for Mixed-Hardware Environments: When considering how to protect a company's technology assets, one tends to think in terms of the mainframe, the network, the phone system. But laptops, PDAs, and other little proliferating gadgets now carry a great part of the burden of data for most organizations. Has one given any thought to...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Phone, Disaster Recovery Planning, Executive, Disaster Recovery, PDAs, Mainframes, Telecom & Utilities, Asset Management, Data Management, Handhelds, Hardware, Servers, Operational Planning, Business Operations; White papers 2006-04-07
Access Fear Factor III: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Still cursed with Access-phobia? If the user is an experienced Word and Excel user who has not yet experienced Access, he or she really can overcome his or her fear. This paper deals with a few loose ends from the previous paper, and shows the reader how to integrate pictures...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management; White papers 2006-02-17
Access Fear Factor II: Merging the Unfamiliar With the Familiar: If the user can't use Access for more than five minutes without cursing, join the club. If the user is an experienced Word and Excel user who has not experienced Access, this paper will help him or her overcome Access-phobia and easily recover from frightening Access experiences. If the user...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management; White papers 2006-02-03
Installation Prerequisites for MetaFrame Presentation Server 3: This paper covers the necessary prerequisites that should be met prior to the attempting to install MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0. In addition to the hardware and software requirements, the paper covers licensing and the types of licenses involved in this process. Although a person probably does not need to know...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Citrix MetaFrame, Prerequisite, Server, Tools & Techniques, Management; White papers 2006-01-27
Facing a Disaster: How Utilities Providers Prepare: For utilities providers, 2005 has been what some would call an annus horribilis - a horrible year - what with two major hurricanes, as well as the usual flurry of tornadoes, snowstorms, ice storms, windstorms, wildfires, and so on, plus preparing for possible terrorist threats. But to providers in major...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Strategy, Management; White papers 2006-01-27
CCNA Exam Cram: Concepts in IP Addressing: The CCNA exam(s) require a near-perfect fluency in subnetting. Success requires speed and accuracy in answering the many questions one will see on this topic. The key to this level of fluency is practice - one must work at own skills until they become second nature. This paper discusses binary...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., CCNA, Success, IP; White papers 2006-01-13
Access Fear Factor I: Basics: Afraid of the dark? Spiders? Heights? This paper is for an experienced Word/Excel user who has Access-phobia. This paper shows how to use Word and Excel to start creating what should be a simple database. When limitations become obvious, the user learns how to use an Excel spreadsheet as the...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management; White papers 2005-12-30
Multiprocessing Fundamentals for the Server+ Exam: A computer's capability to process more than one task simultaneously is called multiprocessing. A multiprocessing operating system is capable of running many programs simultaneously, and most modern Network Operating Systems (NOSs) support multiprocessing. These operating systems include Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Unix. This paper covers multiprocessing with an eye...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Operating System, Computer, Operating Systems, Networking, Software; White papers 2005-12-22
The Changing Face of Data Protection: The explosion of corporate data in the 1990s, coupled with new data storage technology such as networked storage, has made the accumulation and management of large amounts of data a corporate priority. The ability to protect this data is paramount, and this paper will give the reader an idea of...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Data Protection, Data Storage, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Storage Management, Data Management, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2005-12-09
The Spyware Menace: Spyware refers to software that's been installed on the computer without one's consent and that does things like collect the personal information without one being aware of it, change how the computer or web browser is configured, or bombard with online advertisements. If a piece of spyware changes how the...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Computer, Spyware, Productivity, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security; White papers 2005-11-15
CISSP Security-Management Practices: This paper provides an overview of security management with an eye towards passing the CISSP exam, including sample questions with detailed answers to help one to prepare. The paper helps the reader prepare for the security-management domain. Security management addresses the identification of the organization's information assets. The security-management domain...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Domain, Security Management, Security; White papers 2005-10-28
Living the "Least Privilege" Lifestyle, Part 3: Surviving as a Mere User: Vista has greatly expanded support for running as a Least-privileged User Account (LUA). Most importantly, in Vista the user is either an admin or a LUA, with no middle ground. If he is running as a LUA, Windows itself provides a graceful degradation when the app encounters a permissions problem....; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; White papers 2005-10-14
Creating (Non-Lame) Reports in Microsoft Access: In this paper, the reader will learn to build reports both from scratch and using the wizard. Along the way, the reader will learn about sorting and (especially) grouping, concatenation, calculated expressions, and various report tools. Maybe one can't judge a book by its cover, but appearances do matter. Readers...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management; White papers 2005-10-06
The Importance of Service Level Agreements in Outsourcing Contracts: Effective SLAs are extremely important to ensure effective outsourcing engagements. The metrics used to measure and manage performance to SLA commitments are the heart of a successful agreement and are a critical factor in long-term success. Lack of experience in the use and implementation of performance metrics can cause problems...; Tags: Pearson Education Inc., SLA, Metrics, Performance, Service Level Management, Outsourcing, Performance Management, It Operations, It service Management, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2005-09-16