Extract, Transform, Load - ETL Data Conversion by John Rukkers
Introduction ETL stands for Extract, Transform and Load, the processes that enables the move of data from multiple sources, reformat and cleanse it, do whatever data conversions are necessary, and load it into another file, database, a data mart or a data warehouse for analysis, or onto... The data used in ETL processes can come from any source: a flat file, a mainframe application, an ERP application, a CRM tool, an Excel spreadsheet, an extraction program, anything really. ... We all know that there are valuable data lying around throughout our systems that would be very useful if it...

Mortgage Banking Software by Kristy Annely
Mortgage banking software can be useful to people who are looking into buying a home. This software can help people research the type of mortgage they are looking for and can even be used during the application process. The story of Mary Hart exemplifies the uses of mortgage banking software. ... The software is unique an incorporates a single system to give the necessary back up to lease, hire purchase and loans and provides provisions for online and offline application processing. ... Thankfully a banking mortgage software program that caters to the specific needs of such persons in...

RDBMS Components by Pallab Kakoty
Two important pieces of RDBMS architecture are the kernel, which is the software, and the data dictionary, which consists of the system-level data structures used by the kernel to manage the database. The RDBMS Kernel You might think of an RDBMS as an operating system (or set of subsystems),... Consider the amount of programming modifications that you must make if you change a record structure in a file system-based application. ... Rather than accessing a customer number as bytes 1 through 10 of the customer record, an application simply refers to the attribute Customer Number.

Microsoft Certification 101 by Natalie Aranda
In the current job market, Microsoft certifications represent one of the richest and varied spectrums of job roles and responsibilities, which are embraced by industry professionals worldwide, that earning a specific credential provides an objective validation of their ability to successfully... To qualify prerequisite is completion of network+ or documentation of equivalent experience for at least one year on Windows 2003, implementing and administering a network operating system - MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer) certification The Microsoft Certified Application...

Should you Care for Your Windows Registry Health? by Ted Peterson
What are Windows registry? Why are they so important for your operating system? What can you do to keep them reliable? According to Microsoft site, registry are "a central hierarchical database used in Microsoft Windows ... to store information necessary to configure the system for one or more... That data include program folder, associated files, various settings that are used by the program, whether it will run on startup (HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Run/ ) or only at the first startup (HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/RunOnce/ ).

Statistical Software with Six Sigma by Peter Peterka
Six Sigma is about numbers. Six Sigma produces a flood of data about your process that are critical to your success. If you don't measure it and understand what you are measuring, you can't manage it. Six Sigma's clear strength is a data-driven analysis and decision-making process — not... Naturally, you want to avoid the drudgery of manual calculations and save a whole lot of time by using a statistical software application. ... However, while it is easy to purchase a statistical software application, it is harder to use it effectively.

Maintaining Badly Written Legacy Code by Duane Hennessy
You have been handed a project or partly developed application to support. Due to prior deadlines, restricted budgets, limited developer skill, multi-developer miscommunication or just plain laziness from some previous developers you have been handed a maintenance nightmare. ... If an application's existing code is particularly ugly and your job is only to add functionality to the application you may consider either removing the old code to a library so you will not have to look at it or build a module as an interface to the old code.

Budgeting Software by Elizabeth Morgan
The advent of computer changed the face of working in any organization. The readymade software has overtaken the process of making accounts on hardbound paper. Be it a large or a small organization, people with sound knowledge of computers and an aptitude to learn can become good accountants. ... The budgeting software helps in unifying a single application, interface, and database, strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting, legal consolidation, reporting, analysis, predictive analytics, score carding and dashboards.

What To Look For In Promotional Software by John Dir
The idea of finding software that will effectively promote your business to customers is a good way to separate your company from the noise of other forms of advertising and promotional techniques. In this area, you will need to consider a number of points to make sure your investment in... A great promotional software package will offer the capability of expanding or updating both your business information, and the functionality of the software itself through periodic updates. ... The software should not only contain a functionally attractive package, but also an effective means for...

Navision Customization: C/SIDE, C/ODBC, C/FRONT, XBRL – Development Options by Robert Horowitz
Microsoft bought Navision, Denmark based software development company, along with Great Plains Software. Now Microsoft Business Solutions offers following ERP applications: Navision (former Navision Attain), Microsoft Great Plains (former Great Plains Dynamics/eEnterprise), Solomon, Axapta. ... We would like to give you: programmer, software developer, database administrator the orientation in Navision customization tools • C/SIDE (Client/Server Integrated Development Environment) - The core of Navision is the C/SIDE.