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Will organizations revert back to a terminal-based architecture to simplify operations and cut costs? Scott Lowe talks about desktop virtualization and how it can benefit today's IT departments. IT Leadership 10 dirty little secrets about working in IT IT has its own set of dirty little secrets that its members don't often talk about out loud. However, if IT leaders aren't aware of these issues, they can quietly doom an IT department to failure. Member activity 20,518 Posts in the last 30 days 1,656,414 members 105 Rootkits: Is removing them even possible 41 How Old Will You Be When You Quit Being a Technician? 490 Sanity check: 10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT 29 10 mistakes new Linux administrators make 13 fdisk not working on pendrive 10 you have security problem at system tray  Decision Support 10 mistakes new Linux administrators make Decision Support Poll: What's the most common cause of system instability? Decision Support The top 10 Vista sidebar gadgets Decision Support Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip? Most Recent Community Recommends 10 ways to reduce removable media headaches in Linux If you've shied away from Linux because of the hassle of working with removable media, you may want to take another look. Thanks to automation -- and with the help of these tips -- you may find that removable media is downright user friendly. by Jack Wallen Tags: CD, Operating Systems, Apple iPod, Jack Wallen, Media, Software, Device, Linux, USB, Entry Norton AntiVirus 2009 with Antispyware gets the job done Windows users face an unprecedented and skyrocketing number of threats from a widening variety of sources. IT Consultant Erik Eckel reviews Norton AntiVirus 2009 With AntiSpyware as a potential solution in one all-inclusive software package. by Erik Eckel Tags: Job, Viruses And Worms, Security, Erik Eckel, Norton Co., Antivirus, Anti-spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Symantec Norton AntiVirus Srizbi Botnet: Life after McColo After McColo was shut down, the Srizbi botnet, a major source of spam and over 300,000 strong, was effectively quieted. Not for long, Spam levels eventually started ramping back up. How is that possible with no command and control servers? Read on to find out. by Michael Kassner Tags: Servers, Command, Bot, Domain Names, Rustock, Hardware, Domain Name, McColo, Internet, Michael Kassner Printing multiple pages per sheet in Word Printing doesn't have to be a one to one ratio. Word lets you print multiple pages on one sheet of paper. by Susan Harkins Tags: Printing, Document Management, Susan Harkins, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Software, Office Suites, Microsoft Office, Sheet, Managerial Accounting 10 songs that will make your IT day go faster No matter how frustrating or boring a particular task happens to be, a good song can usually make it bearable. Rick Vanover shares some of the tunes that help get him through the day. by Rick Vanover Tags: Song, Management, Workforce Management, Rick, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Rick Vanover, Strategy, Information Technology, Artist Poll: Have you experienced a Windows Check Disk malfunction? Windows Vista's Check Disk utility doesn't always behave as it should. Take this quick poll and tell us which Windows Check Disk malfunction you've experienced most often? by Bill Detwiler Tags: Disk, Operating Systems, Malfunction, Software, Bill Detwiler, Productivity, Microsoft Windows Negotiating skills for IT consultants Have you ever won over a potential client with a perfect presentation but lost them at the negotiation table? Rick Freedman describes what can go wrong and how you can prevent mistakes. by Rick Freedman Tags: Consultant, Rick Freedman, Free Trade, Information Technology, Negotiation, Client, Anderson, Finance Is the new Komodo 5 toolset worth the upgrade? Vincent Danen reviews the new Komodo 5.0 toolset for developers. Do new features and enhanced performance make it worth the upgrade? by Vincent Danen Tags: Tool, Komodo Edit, Operating Systems, Komodo 5, Worth, Mozilla Corp., Software/Web Development, UNIX, Web Development, Scripting Languages Video: Stop Check Disk from constantly running when Windows Vista starts Windows Vista's Check Disk utility is a good tool for detecting and potentially fixing file system errors. But sometimes, Check Disk doesn't behave as it should. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler offers advice on what to do when Vista's Check Disk tool malfunctions. by Bill Detwiler Tags: Tool, Management, Operating Systems, Video, Bill Detwiler, Disk, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Strategy, Marketing Job fairs coming to a town near you Targeted job fairs may offer an opportunity for employment but also may give you a peek into what's out there in terms of your career. Here are a few that are coming up. by Toni Bowers Tags: Job Fair, Career, Professional Development, Workforce Management, Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Toni Bowers Non-free "blobs" in the Linux kernel? Jack Wallen comments on the debate that's broken out about the use of proprietary "blobs" in the "free" Linux kernel. How much "free" deserves the seal of approval from the Free Software Foundation? Does the expectation of 100-percent free software make sense? by Jack Wallen Tags: Kernel, Operating Systems, Jack Wallen, Blobs, Software, Free Software Foundation, Linux Kernel, Linux, Open Source, Distribution Compliance pitfalls with high-risk users A secret most security vendors will not tell you is high-risk users may circumvent traditional network and security compliance controls every day. Because of this, it is important to examine best practices, and take needed action to control high-risk users. by Cheryl Traverse Tags: Compliance, Cheryl Traverse, Security Converting an existing application to use the Parallel Extensions Library Microsoft's Parallel Extensions Library takes most of the work out of running pieces of code in parallel. Discover how Justin James successfully used the library to convert an app he wrote. by Justin James Tags: Programming Languages, CPU, Development Tools, Software Development, Justin James, Parallel Processing, Microsoft Development Tools, C#, Code, .Net Video: John Cleese pimps a paleo-laptop Only a Pythonite would try to sell me a 22-pound "laptop" with 4.1 megabytes of RAM by comparing it to a dead fish. And it almost works. by Jay Garmon Tags: Video, Jay Garmon, Productivity, Marketing, Semiconductors, Notebooks, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Hardware, Corporate Communications Silent destroyers: Ignorance, negligence and the not-my-fault mentality We need to look closely at conditions victimizing people in the wrong place at the wrong time. If it isn't a crime to use public ignorance of technology to shift responsibility for acts of cyber-negligence, maybe it should be. by Tom Olzak Tags: Tom Olzak, Networking, School, Internet More tools for easy network testing: NetCPS and NTttcp Microsoft's NTttcp and NetCPS offer a quick and easy way to gauge the peformance of a network between two hosts in a listener and sender configuration. Rick Vanover introduces you to these two handy tools. by Rick Vanover Tags: Tool, Operating Systems, Networking, Network, Software, Rick Vanover, Network Performance, NetCPS, Productivity, Microsoft Windows Deploy services quickly with prebuilt virtual appliances Virtual appliances -- prebuilt virtual machines that include all of the components necessary to get a service running -- abound. There are free appliances and paid appliances available to meet most needs. Get up and running quickly and avoid the hassle of installing a system on your own.... Tags: Desktop Virtualization, MRTG, Appliance, JumpBox Cacti Virtual Machine, Open Source, Cacti, Scott Lowe HP CEO Hurd: This downturn is different for IT than 2001 Hewlett-Packard's fiscal fourth quarter didn't offer up many surprises given the company pre-announced the results along with its outlook. But there were more than a few notable nuggets that indicate where tech demand is heading. by Larry Dignan Tags: Sales, Notebook Sale, Sales Strategy, Mark Hurd, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Larry Dignan, Operational Accounting, Revenue, Finance 10 mistakes new Linux administrators make If you're new to Linux, a few common mistakes are likely to get you into trouble. Learn about them up front so you can avoid major problems as you become increasingly Linux-savvy. by Jack Wallen Tags: Administrator, Permission, Kernel, Operating Systems, Jack Wallen, Software, Password, Linux, Open Source, X My five craziest e-mails The old print journalists got their reader feedback through snail mail. You'd have to be a pretty ticked off reader to go to that trouble. But with the convenient Feedback buttons located on everything they write, bloggers can now feel the hate instantly. by Toni Bowers Tags: Husband, E-mail, Blogging, Blog, Toni, Online Communications, Toni Bowers, Internet Hotmail Login I have a user who is running WinXP and frequently uses Hotmail as a backup when her office email goes down. After loading Ad-Aware SE she can no longer login to her Hotmail account from this system. After creating a new Hotmail account for a different user, we... Tags: e-mail, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Developr, MSN Hotmail How to stop Office/Outlook 2003 from synchronizing This seems to be a common and frustrating problem, and I haven't been able to find an answer anywhere. My computer periodically tells me that Microsoft Office 2003 is synchronizing folders. While it's doing that - and it takes awhile - not much else ca Tags: ebecca@..., microsoft officer 2003, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook 2003, software, Microsoft Office, synchronization, computer, outlook 2003, synchronizing The IT Strategic Plan Step-By-Step It's April and you are four months into your organization's fiscal year. You know that within six months you'll need to have your operating plan for the upcoming year in fairly solid shape. You also know that creating an operating plan without a longer-range strategic view is like driving a... Tags: Management, Plan, Strategy, Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc. IT Dojo: Create your own bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP Booting Windows XP from a USB Flash drive gives you great IT support tool. For example, you can make a troubleshooting toolkit for booting and analyzing seemingly dead PCs. Or you could always have your favorite support applications at your fingertips.In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler, TechRepublic's Head Technology... Tags: pe builder, bootable usb, usb flash drive, microsoft windows xp, bios, bootable device, it dojo 10 Firefox extensions you can't live without Whether you want to speed access to the Web sites you regularly visit, keep better tabs on your tabs, or protect your system from potentially dangerous active content, there's a Firefox extension ready to help you out. Jack Wallen shares his list of favorite time-saving, browser-enhancing add-ons.This download is also... Tags: Firefox Extension, Jack Wallen, Tab Download this project plan template If you've taken on a small to midsize project that doesn't warrant a full-scale plan in Microsoft Project, download this Excel spreadsheet template sent in by a TechRepublic member for quick and easy project management. Tags: Management, Microsoft Excel, TechRepublic Inc., Project Management, Office Suites, Software, Microsoft Office, It Operations, It service Management, Strategy Use these four Registry tweaks to accelerate Windows XP Plenty of third-party programs claim to tweak or optimize Windows. However, most of them simply make Registry edits. Here are four manual tweaks that experienced IT professionals can make to improve the speed of Windows XP.Title: Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition ISBN: 0596009186 Published: February 2005 Author: Preston Gralla Chapter:... Tags: Registry, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, O'Reilly Media Inc. Explore the benefits of the IBM BladeCenter S from the inside out The perfect mix of performance and energy savings, the IBM BladeCenter S is ideal for the small to mid-sized office and the remote office. It neatly consolidates your storage, servers and networking into a single chassis that plugs into a standard electrical outlet, supports virtually all applications, and uses less... Tags: Blade Servers, Servers, IBM eServer BladeCenter, Benefit, IBM Corp., Hardware Cracking Open the $8000 Alienware Area 51 ALX The Area 51 ALX systems from Alienware are their cream of the crop, flagship, desktop computers. Our review unit came with three nVidia GeForce 280 GTX video cards, each carrying 1GB of dedicated GPU RAM. We had to crack open the case to see what a case full of video... Tags: Video Card, geekend, Video, Components, Video Cards, Hardware, Alienware, TechRepublic Inc., Cracking open, Marketing TCP/IP Troubleshooting Troubleshooting is a necessary part of supporting any network installation. Determining and repairing problems can consume a lot of time, especially if you don't know what to do or how to do it correctly and quickly. This On Demand Web Seminar explains how you might consider troubleshooting different problems that... Tags: Tcp/Ip, Networking, Network, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Productivity Boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive Almost everyone who has worked with computers for any lengthof time at all has run into at least one situation in which a problem left a PCunbootable. What if you could return the machine to a bootable state just byinserting a USB flash drive though? Believe it or not, it... Tags: USB flash drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Brien M. Posey MCSE System Explorer (exe) This full-featured system analyzing tool lets you take a sneak peek at everything that's going on in your system, from currently active processes to installed drivers, including also network collections, startup applications and Internet Explorer add-ons, if you have any. you can end any active process or delete items from... Tags: Viruses And Worms, Security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Antivirus, Productivity, Process, Web Browsers, Internet Cracking open the iPhone, video 1 ? Getting started After waiting in line, spending $600, signing a two-year AT&T contract, and activating the iPhone, we decided that the next sensible action was to take the thing apart -- in classic TechRepublic Cracking Open style. In addition to our extensive photo gallery, we filmed three video clips in which TechRepublic?s... Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Video, Apple iPhone, Marketing, Corporate Communications Sanity check: Five reasons why Windows Vista failed With Windows Vista's public perception in shambles and most IT departments stubbornly refusing to adopt it, has the time come for an early post-mortem on Vista? Here are the top five reasons why Vista has failed. Hint: Most of them aren't technical. by Jason Hiner Tags: Jason Hiner, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Microsoft Windows XP, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, IT Department The Case for Document Management Are you asking how to avoid court-imposed sanctions? Are you wondering how to keep the escalating costs of electronic and paper discovery to a minimum? Whether the objective is to handle litigation, deliver new contracts, or projects, companies today need solutions that promote teamwork. However, common bottlenecks... Tags: Compliance, Computhink, Document Management, Management, Content Management, Software, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Team Management, Finance New Deployment Methods For Desktops The benefits of storage consolidation and centralized management are well known - they include lower costs, better information protection, and improved IT efficiency. Server consolidation using virtualization software is aimed at generating these same results. A recent trend in many large IT organizations goes beyond server virtualization... Tags: EqualLogic, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Virtualization How To Use the Six Laws of Persuasion during a Negotiation In order to be successful, you must master the persuasion process, which will enable you to deliberately create the attitude change and subsequent actions necessary for persuading others to your way of thinking. In other words, you have to be able to "sell" your ideas in order to make changes... Tags: Free Trade, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Negotiation, Finance 10+ essential (and free) Windows applications When George Ou builds a new Windows computer, he installs a dozen of his favorite free apps. Not only do they fill essential functions, they're all well-behaved installers and uninstallers: no crashing the computer or gunking it up. 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