Why You Should Know Your Shortcuts? by Chris Le Roy
In my training practice one of the biggest complaints we get is our persistence in requiring our students to know their shortcuts and to practice in class using the keyboards. To become truly effective and productive in using any of the Microsoft Office Applications you must know the shortcuts. ... Some of the more common shortcuts for moving the Insertion Point in Microsoft Office are – [Home] – Moves to the start of the line [End] – Moves to the end of the line [Ctrl] + [Home] – Moves to the First Character first line of the document [Ctrl] + [End] – Moves to the Last Character last...

Microsoft CRM Implementation & Remote Support by Andrew Karasev
We would like to give you pluses and minuses of Microsoft CRM. Web and MS Outlook based client - this means that you don't need additional installations or training - everyone is using Outlook if you are on Windows XP/2000/2003 SQL Server database - just to mention Integration with... You have to deploy HTTP handler to be a middle party between CRM which is .Net based and ASP which is legacy IIS. ... It is based on web service calls, if you are C# .NET developer – you are excellently positioned to do this type of customizations.

Database Companies - How to Choose a Developer by Gary Preston
Living in the so-called “Information Age” dictates that information has a high value and that most businesses cannot function without a means of storing and managing data. Thus, industry and society in general demand not only the structuring of information, but highly effective and specialized... (Keep in mind, though, that training in using the databases is usually supplied). ... An assessment of the tenders will help to narrow down the prospects to a shortlist, but a final decision should be based on both an evaluation of written proposals and in-person interviews with the various...

MCSE Certification - Better Than Novell? by Michael Russell
In this article we're going to cover the pros and cons of getting a Microsoft Certification as opposed to getting a Novell certification. To start with, the arguments as to which networking software is actually better will no doubt go on for as long as these two companies are in business. ... Two less exams may not seem like much but considering each course can take you months you're talking about taking about a half a year off your training time. ... Because an MCSE is a windows based certification and Microsoft Windows is pretty much the most popular operating system on the market, that...

CRM Software System by Taylor May
CRM is the accepted purpose of Customer Relationship Management is to enable organizations to better manage their customers through the introduction of reliable processes and procedures for interacting with those customers. In today's competitive business environment, a successful CRM software... This approach includes training of employees, a modification of business processes based on customers' needs and an adoption of a relevant IT CRM system (including software and maybe hardware) and/or usage of IT CRM Services that enable the organization or company to follow its CRM strategy.

Future Of Gaming? by Radu Adrian
What will we play next ? And more important how will we play? As you can see in the last decade the video games bussiness has increased constantly and will grow even bigger. Many people usually find in video games a great form of entertainment. Since the number of people from poor countries that... The game economy is based on the players the don't play for money but for fun whitch invest their money in the game for better armors or weapons. ... Playing for real money can also be seen in other video games like World of Warcraft and Lineage II where people train their characters for few...

Microsoft CRM Messaging through Lotus Domino eMail Server - Balanced Solution by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft CRM and IBM Lotus Notes Domino seem to be taking completely different paths and if company is Microsoft oriented - we see MS CRM, MS Exchange, MS SQL Server, SharePoint, etc. In the case of Lotus Domino - it is opposite - Lotus is corporate Information Media and could technically play... And we'd dare to say that these things are computer application platform dependent (even being designed in the heads of corporation founding leaders as abstract business processes - then they were placed into the computer platform and had to fit to its pluses and minuses) Considering these...

What is a Good Program Spec? by Tim Bryce
"Whenever you see a ratio of 1:4 analysts:programmers you will find systems analysis being performed at the wrong time and by the wrong person." - Bryce's Law INTRODUCTION Since the industry is preoccupied with producing software faster (and not necessarily better), let's stop and consider... Let me illustrate, back in 1976 I took an entry level COBOL training course from IBM in Cincinnati. ... For example, the Phase 1 Information Requirements contained in the "System Study & Evaluation Manual" define what system(s) are needed (either new or existing systems requiring modification);...

The Ten Common Myths of I.T. by Tim Bryce
"A company runs on information, not data." - Bryce's Law INTRODUCTION You've heard them all before. They particularly arise whenever quality work is required or when organization and management control is imposed. Of course, I'm talking about the ten common myths of I.T. ... It is based on the belief that hardware and software will correct all of the ills and ineffectiveness of the company. ... But it must be realized that data is used throughout an entire organization, in manual and computer applications, in a variety of files (manual, tape, microfiche, disk, etc.).

Computer Lessons Learned by Carol Bremner
Keep a computer journal - every time you have a problem, write it and the solution down. When the same problem comes up again (which it often does), you know what to do. With a memory like mine, this has saved me a lot of time and money. If something doesn't work, check the obvious first. ... I was painting the kitchen and wasn't sure if the previous paint was latex or oil based. ... I read an article about training your brain. ... Then when you get up the next morning, think about what you learned again.