Protecting Data in Today’s Fast-Paced & Uncertain Environment by Bud Stoddard
Protecting Data in Today’s Fast-Paced & Uncertain Environment Online server data backup and recovery takes hold   By Bud Stoddard, President & CEO, AmeriVault Corp.   Data, Foundation of Today’s Business   Data is not only the foundation of businesses in all... Hardware, software licenses, tapes, personnel -- and let us not forget basic human error, add to the cost of traditional back up procedures. ...   Myth Two: Data is not secure on the Internet. ... With total automation, local backup and off-site protection occur simultaneously.

Push Email by Linda Fowles
There's a lot of hype at the moment about push email technology. New cell phone handsets are beginning to support the technology and it seems to be getting its head into other areas of the market too. This could be the next big thing in the telecommunications industry and the speculation is... British vendor Comtag was acquired by Smartner who in turn was acquired by Seven ; moving in parallel with this, Visto acquired Psion Software. ... While so far they have been concentrating on supplying hardware, they have stated that they will be moving into the supply of software instead in...

The Upcoming Battle for Your Desktop: Microsoft Vs Google (Part 3) by Marcelo Reyes
Let’s move on to the last part of this series of articles and take a look at what google has to offer in this battle for the dominion of our computers… A lot has been written about google trying to develop a new operating system (known off the record as GooOS), which would be hosted by a super... A tool that could be used for this purpose might be the Secure Global Desktop Software by Sun, which allows users to generate a remote desktop via internet and to run “cross platform” applications. ... During the past years, Google has focused its efforts on developing a totally innovative...

Welcome to the World of Knoppix by Mike Ber
Knoppix is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. Knoppix can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for... Away from the office and want to work on customized software specially made for your company? ... Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it. ... And if you want more, do an installation and now that you can write on the hard-disk, use...

Tips for Buying a PC by Pawan Bangar
Buying Your PC Buying a PC that’s right for you and your family is not all that simple task. More so if you’re going to buy an unbranded or an assembled one. But branded or not, you have to get you facts right before you shell out your money. First, why do you want to buy a PC? ... All software comes on CDs. ... Software- You need an operating system-the common one is of course, Windows 98. ... But if the display can’t match all this-the speed at which the things have got processed will take ages to show up on screen.

What's Happened to My Computer? by Vernon Stent
As you get older your bodily functions and your brain start to slow down. I guess it's a way of preparing for retirement! Just as Einstein might have confirmed, this drop off in pace is relative. As the body slows, so all around it seems faster. Children run around like sparrows flitting from... OK the only software that loaded was the on-board dos (disc operating system) program, but loading a spreadsheet from a floppy disc would only take a few seconds - and I was up and running. ... I could also watch films on video.

Backup and Recovery for Smaller Organisations--How to Build an Effective Data Backup Strategy by Lee Morrell
There are many factors which will potentially determine your best data backup strategy. Regardless of your companies size the thought process should be the same. The main factors to take into account are the amount of data being backed up, how quickly you need to backup and more importantly, how... Your initial costs include hardware, software and, the backup media itself, don’t expect much change from £4,000, but don't forget the cost of managing your backup, over a 3 year period management will cost more than the actual data backup hardware and software put together.

P2V Tools & Plugins For Virtualisation Projects by Robb Kimmer
P2V, (Physical-To-Virtual), is the acronym that describes the tools and plugins that are available to move images from a physical host to a virtual host. Lets understand the nomenclature first: 'Physical' refers the hardware (computer/server box) environment. ... The VMWare P2V Assistant copies all files that are resident on a physical source disk attached to a source computer and stores them to a virtual disk file, also known as a target disk. ... Virtual Machines Operating Systems Image Archives Backup Solutions • VMware® Infrastructure 3 • VMware® ESX Server 2.1 and higher • VMware®...

Create Professional Quality Documents with Microsoft Word by Taking Advantage Formatting Tools by Anthony Magno
Create professional quality documents with Microsoft Word by taking advantage of the software’s exceptional formatting tools. The cardinal rule of word processing should be followed by students and businessmen alike: “Key in your data first, format last.” Why? ... A character style affects selected text within a paragraph, such as the font and size of text, and bold and italic formats. ... If the Styles and Formatting task pane (task pane: A window within an Office application that provides commonly used commands.

The Magic Behind Digital Camera by Harry Rockwell
A digital camera, as opposed to a film or videotape camera, uses an electronic sensor to transform images (or video) into electronic data. Modern digital cameras are typically multifunctional and the same device can take photographs, video, and/or sound. ... These devices range in price from very inexpensive to expensive higher-end models; many complex webcams have a servo-controlled base capable of tracking facial motion with the help of software. ... The software specific to the camera interprets the information from the sensor to obtain a full color image.