| 171 | HTML Explained: Tips for Self-Starters Preview: Want to save money while promoting your web-based business? Of course you do. Here's some advice on the matter, from a freelance copywriter who knows: it pays to learn the basics of HTML. If you're like me (stubborn), you've probably been dodging HTML for many years. All that code mushed together... it's distressing to look at! But here's the thi... (more) Published By: Dina Giolitto, Wordfeeder.com Submitted: 08 May,2005 |
| 172 | Strategic Outsourcing: Testing the Outsourcing Waters and Staying Afloat Preview: Before Gertrude Ederle began her historic swim off of Cape Griz-Nez, France, she underwent extensive training for endurance and technique—even though she was already an accomplished record-breaking swimmer with Olympic medals to her name. Outsourcing IT may not garner the same attention as being the first woman to swim the English Channel, but it ... (more) Published By: Jenne Wason Submitted: 09 May,2005 |
| 173 | The 70% Solution: Practical Testing and Version Control Preview: "What do you mean you need to push back the launch date?" Says the CEO. Says the CFO. Says the user community. CTOs, CIOs, and all officers who oversee major development projects have had to deliver the dreaded message. But a deadline for the sake of a deadline is a dangerous pitfall that can consume an entire project and stymie it to the point th... (more) Published By: Steve Pickard Submitted: 09 May,2005 |
| 174 | Hidden information is stored on your computer about every url you ever visit Preview: What is an index.dat? An index.dat file is a hidden file that contains a record of every web site address you have ever visited and holds information on all your Internet activities, yes including emails sent and received through Outlook or Outlook Express One of these files can be located and viewed by Windows Explorer but none can be deleted us... (more) Published By: Sue Edmondson Submitted: 09 May,2005 |
| 175 | Get Down With OCP: Evaluating DBA Job Applicants in an OCP World Preview: Not long ago, weeding through DBA applicants with a tech interview was a straightforward process. You'd ask candidates 200 or so technical questions. If they got 100 correct answers, you knew they'd been around the block; 150 or more and you knew you were on to superior talent. But once the Oracle Certification Program (OCP) became popular in the ... (more) Published By: Robert Hamel Submitted: 09 May,2005 |
| 176 | Beyond Repair: The fixed-price model Preview: Don't get me wrong. I certainly don't think the majority of vendors who use a fixed-price model are trying to rip you off. In fact, when I started my business that's the way we worked—which is why we have such great insight into the flaws in the system. But there needs to be a transparency to the work. You need to know exactly what you're getting,... (more) Published By: Steve Pickard Submitted: 09 May,2005 |
| 177 | User Friendliness: Do Computers Have to be Clinical and Boring? Preview: While sleeping through a lecture recently I roused for just long enough to catch the lecturer saying that "Error messages should not try to be funny or amusing, they should be clear and concise". This got me thinking about the ever-elusive goal of user friendliness. The concept has changed much over the years with packages such as DOS going from b... (more) Published By: Daniel Punch Submitted: 10 May,2005 |
| 178 | "Where Can I Find The Best Case Mods Online and Save Money"? Preview: Are you captivated by the stunning Case Mods you've seen online but shell shocked at some of the prices. What is a case mod, some of you may ask? Have you every wanted to spice up that boring bland box you call your computer? Well you can and there are lots of people online with fantastic clever ideas on themes, gee whiz lights, sounds, and much... (more) Published By: Kevin Taylor Submitted: 10 May,2005 |
| 179 | Types of computer infections Preview: Computer Infections can be broken up into 4 main categories which are explained in detail below: Viruses Computer Viruses are small pieces of software that attach themselves to real programs. An example would be a virus that attaches itself onto windows explorer. Each time you run the program windows explorer the virus will also be executed and p... (more) Published By: Ryan Fyfe Submitted: 11 May,2005 |
| 180 | Top Five Online Scams Preview: The top five online scams on the Internet hit nearly ten million people last year according to an FBI report in December 2004. That figure doubled from 2003 to 2004 and people are continuing to fall for these email and identity theft scams. These con artists and hackers are just waiting to commit online fraud and steal your identity. Look caref... (more) Published By: Gary Gresham Submitted: 11 May,2005 |
| 181 | Report on Growth and Economic Impact of the IT Industry Preview: THE U.S. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY A Report on the Growth and Economic Impact of the IT Industry 1940-2010 Prepared by the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), Washington DC Helga F. Sayadian, Vice President, ITI Industry Statistics Programs Detailed information and data on U.S. Information Technology Industry's growth and econo... (more) Published By: Helga F. Sayadian Submitted: 12 May,2005 |
| 182 | Choosing a Data Recovery Company Preview: There are many different factors to consider when choosing a data recovery company. All of them may have strong advantages in some areas but be weaker or less efficient in others. If this is your first time choosing a data recovery company, you will want to learn as much information as possible regarding them. Browse their websites, contact repre... (more) Published By: Yaroslav Shkvorets Submitted: 12 May,2005 |
| 183 | Microsoft Great Plains Implementation: Pharmaceutical Corporation Specifics – overview for consultant Preview: Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains serves mid-size and large clients in horizontal and vertical markets. Historically Great Plains Software was encouraging ISV partner to write third party modules and later on – Great Plains Software had a chance to select the product for incorporation into their core set of modules: Manufacturing, Project ... (more) Published By: Andrew Karasev Submitted: 12 May,2005 |
| 184 | Microsoft Great Plains Implementation: Healthcare/Hospital example – overview for consultant Preview: Microsoft Great Plains fits multiple services market niche and healthcare is not exemption. In the case of Healthcare/Hospital there is usually healthcare patient history tracking system in place and backoffice or accounting application should be integrated on the ongoing basis with the above mentioned system plus often Hospital or association is ... (more) Published By: Andrew Karasev Submitted: 12 May,2005 |
| 185 | Microsoft Great Plains Implementation: Placement/Recruiting Agency example – overview for consultant Preview: Microsoft Great Plains does wonderful ERP job for horizontal markets and clientele. However in our opinion placement software market is underserved and needs custom modules to be developed. In the case of Microsoft Great Plains we see numerous examples of in-house or outsourced customization done for Great Plains Dynamics/Microsoft Great Plains in... (more) Published By: Andrew Karasev Submitted: 12 May,2005 |
| 186 | Microsoft Great Plains in Aerospace & Defense industries – implementation & customization highlights Preview: Microsoft Great Plains fits horizontal markets clientele and in case of Aerospace and Defense industry we’ll talk about contractors – parts and subsystems for government contracts. We do not necessarily talk about large corporation, however models described could be implemented for large publicly traded company. As a rule – market is represented b... (more) Published By: Andrew Karasev Submitted: 12 May,2005 |
| 187 | Microsoft Great Plains Chemicals & Paint Industry implementation & customization notes Preview: Microsoft Great Plains fits to majority of industries, in the case of Chemicals & Paint you should consider implementation with balanced approach of utilizing existing Great Plains standard module and light customization and reporting with Great Plains Dexterity, MS SQL Server stored procedures, Modifier/VBA and direct .Net publishing from Great P... (more) Published By: Andrew Karasev Submitted: 12 May,2005 |
| 188 | Microsoft Great Plains Beverage production & distribution – implementation & customization highlights Preview: Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains has many years of successful implementation in multiple horizontal markets. In today’s small article we’ll share our experience of implementing and customizing Microsoft Great Plains, formerly Great Plains eEnterprise/Dynamics in beverage production and distribution industries. These examples will cover tw... (more) Published By: Andrew Karasev Submitted: 12 May,2005 |
| 189 | Lowering The Risks In Developing "Do-It-Yourself" Software Projects Preview: Lowering The Risks In Developing "Do-It-Yourself" Software Projects by Phil McCutchen Marketing Manager, VCG, Inc. Mike Dunville* had a decision to make. As the new operations manager for Alpha Staffing, he wanted to make a difference at the dynamic staffing firm. The principals of the firm had charged him with making the day-to-day operations r... (more) Published By: Phil McCutchen Submitted: 13 May,2005 |
| 190 | Bollywood Movies Preview: mail is an experiment in a new kind of webmail, built on the idea that you should never have to delete mail and you should always be able to find the message you want. The key features are: * Search, don't sort. Use Google search to find the exact message you want, no matter when it was sent or received. * Don't throw anything away. 2192... (more) Published By: vivek Submitted: 14 May,2005 |