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Wednesday, 17 November 2010 21:42
Think Twice Before Discarding Old Records: Tape Is Making a Comeback
Written by Bruce Modell, Storage Specialist, CDW
Before tossing your old data tapes out with the garbage, you may want to rethink their worth. In fact, what you have on those data tapes has more staying power and value than your old audio cassettes. While you may be able to let go of an old cassette, thinking you no longer need that 80’s flashback, the information on your old data tape is likely to have lasting business value, as does the medium itself.
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Friday, 12 November 2010 21:46
The Top 5 Compliance Issues That Smolder Beneath The Surface
Written by Dan Wilhelms
When firefighters arrive at a burning building, their first priority (of course) is to knock down the visible flames. Yet experienced firefighters know that when those flames are extinguished, the job isn’t done yet. That’s the time they go in and start looking for the hidden flames – the smoldering materials in a ceiling or behind a wall that could suddenly erupt and engulf them when they’re not expecting it.
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Friday, 12 November 2010 21:20
Planning and Implementing an Enterprise-Wide Migration
Written by Chip Bates, ConverterTechnology
Deploying a new version of Microsoft Office can be a daunting task for many enterprises. The first, and most vital, step in this process is proper planning. The planning process should include the following steps: discovering all of your Office files, defining the scope of your migration project, copying files to a migration lab, scanning/converting, testing, deploying the converted files and deploying Office 2010.
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SMBs looking at cloud computing – don’t overlook hosted and managed services, By Tom DeCoster, Vice President, Service Solutions, CDW.
Almost every child has looked at a cloud and said, “That cloud looks like a _____.” The filled-in blank often becomes the point of highly subjective argument.
Almost every child has looked at a cloud and said, “That cloud looks like a _____.” The filled-in blank often becomes the point of highly subjective argument.
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Monday, 25 October 2010 18:32
The Hype Has Parted – It's Time to Make a Move While the 'Clouds' are Within Sight
Written by David Cottingham,Senior Director of Hosting and Managed Services, CDW
Hype is a marketer’s dream and an IT person’s nightmare. While it helps generate excitement and a got-to-have-it mindset for the purchaser, it often blinds us and obscures reality in the process. “Cloud Computing” is one of the latest hyped technologies, but that’s not to say there is no bite behind the bark.
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Saturday, 23 October 2010 19:20
What you don’t know about your files can hurt your business
Written by Chip Bates
A large portion of most companies’ data is unstructured, as users are continuously creating or modifying Word documents and Excel spreadsheets. These files are used for tracking time and expenses, project management, budgeting, business analysis and planning and much more.
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A hard time has fallen on the earth. The financial storm from Wall Street this September has been changing the whole world. Yet along with big changes are always enormous chances.
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Not necessarily, but the drive verify messages that Microsoft NTBackup utility generates after you complete the backup process sometimes indicate that the backup file (.bkf file) is corrupt. When running any server version of Windows, you can see these verify errors in the Application Event Log. It is highly recommended to consider the error messages and take corrective measures as soon as you encounter them or else, the backup file can fail to restore because of corruption. However, to fix the corruption of such corrupted BKF files, there are various BKF Repair tools available.
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 is a full-featured relational database management system that offers a variety of administrative tools to ease the burdens of database development, maintenance and administration. It operates in one of two authentication modes: Windows Authentication Mode (the default) or Mixed Mode.
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Sunday, 26 September 2010 18:27
How to eliminate 'no text converter' error while opening PowerPoint presentation
Written by Laren Daniel
PowerPoint is one of the vital applications which comes packed in Microsoft Office suite. Used extensively by teachers, marketing professionals, students, trainers worldwide, this application incorporates a host of highly useful features. The presence of advanced features ensure that you make impressive presentations without putting in much efforts. However, errors in PowerPoint presentations are a big nuisance. Various errors are signals of corruption and can make a presenter feel anxious about the fate of his presentation.
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