What is a Document Manager without Version History? by Joe Miller
Document Manager and Version History In previous articles I have discussed the usefulness of a document manager, such as groupware, in organizing document sharing. I have also discussed the role that a Version History plays in a good document manager. ... Because of the simplicity of this process, it is difficult for a document manager to track all of the editorial changes made to documents without Version History. ... Having Version History as one of your document manager tools creates a three-point advantage in document collaboration, advantages that take businesses to a higher level...

Groupware and Version History: Collaboration Series #1 by Joe Miller
This article is the first of a series of articles exploring specific aspects of groupware. The brief informational articles in this series discuss some of the technologies associated with groupware, as well as some of the characteristics of groupware. ... The questions left in the wake of ad hoc document collaboration are gathered together and sorted out by Version History until all businesses see in front of them are answers. ... The Digital Thread inserts tracking code into the meta data of any Word, PowerPoint, or Excel document and keeps track of the who, what, when, where, and how of...

Groupware: Answers the 5 Questions of Document Collaboration by Joe Miller
Every organization which creates collaborative documents, whether they are budgets, presentations, reports, spreadsheets, or other documents recognizes that collaborative efforts are requirement. That collaboration always forces the 5 eternal document collaboration questions: Who? ... These technologies are Digital Thread technology, Version History technology, and Document Signature technology. ... Imagine finishing up months of contract negotiation yielding a contract of hundreds of pages and asking your committee at that point about changes that have been made in an effort to track who...

Biometrics History -- Looking at Biometric Technologies from Past to Present by Alice Osborn
The ancient Egyptians and the Chinese played a large role in biometrics' history. Although biometric technology seems to belong in the twenty-first century, the history of biometrics goes back thousands of years. Today, the focus is on using biometric face recognition and identifying... A timeline of biometric technology • European explorer Joao de Barros recorded the first known example of fingerprinting, which is a form of biometrics, in China during the 14th century. ... Face recognition biometrics has not reached the prevalent level of fingerprinting, but with constant...

Scrap Booking Online: Word Perfect or Corel Graphics Suite? by Kristina Chu
Scrapbooks are very popular these days. I think that almost everyone wanted to capture family histories and stories in any which way they can. And with the onset of digital technology, scrap booking has even extended to newsletters and journals with photos and illustrations online and in the email. ... With the software's features and vast collection of photos, clipart and fonts, you can create and design a professional-looking newsletter or a family history time capsule, and even a memorable album where you and your family will find the highlights of your life in wonderful and elegant...

Collaboration Software: Index of Collaboration Software Technologies by Joe Miller
Collaboration Software Collaboration Software, also known as group collaboration software or groupware, is software which allows cooperation on a business document between multiple parties on multiple computers. Collaboration software also allows the integration and merging of document changes... Technology literally threads together multiple drafts of a document by placing a tag in the metadata of the document. ... This type of collaboration software also manages the ad hoc processes of business collaboration, assisting businesses even when the workload and deadlines...

Groupware: What Works the Way Businesses Do? by Joe Miller
Groupware The internet is full of 1.5 million to 7 million indexed pages of groupware packages available on the market today. Every business needs groupware to control, manage, or track documents. Groupware is similar to other systems that enable document management, often using a centralized... Version History is a flow chart or visual display of the who, what, when, where, and how of the document. ... Version History In addition to a signature that provides basic version information, groupware with a Version History feature enables a display of the document genealogy or family tree.

Groupware: Avoid the Ad Hoc Shuffle by Joe Miller
Groupware Efforts are continually made to manage the unavoidable ad hoc business process, but ad hoc processes do not necessarily mean a pile of messy, shuffled documents, at least not anymore. Groupware is software which tracks and manages the ad hoc business collaboration. ... Digital Thread technology tags the meta data of an electronic document, tracking the who, what, when, where, and how of any changes made in the text or the location of the document. ... Technology Groupware utilizes a variety of technologies which enable effective tracking and managing of ad hoc documents.

Decoy Blue Force Projection in the Battlespace by Lance Winslow
In the future warfare will be much different than in any other time in human history. Mankind has been settling their difference and forcing their political will over opposing civilizations for as long or longer than we have been recording the human record. ... As we enter the future period and shed the methods of war of past periods we will see conflicts start and end quickly. ... I therefore propose that we use this technology to create a decoy of our friendly “blue force” signatures to trick the enemy on firing up on it, thus allowing them to give up their stealth and allow us to...

Keeping Up With Technical Change by Bruce Taylor
For you engineers out there - I can tell you your worst nightmare: you go to bed one night as a competent secure in your technical competence, and you wake up the next morning as a technological dinosaur. All your strong technologies are now quaint footnotes in the history books and you're... Required Experience/Technologies: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other physical science 7+ years of professional Java development experience with at least 3 years J2EE J2EE, XML, SQL, hands-on database development (JDBC) Jakarta Struts (Front Controller with JSP's) or EJB2.0 At...