Campus Spotlight: Rebuilding IT from the Ground Up
* By Bridget McCrea * 11/04/10 The first thing Bill Seretta did four years ago as American International College's CIO was rip out all of the old cat-3 and coax wires on campus and the equipment that relied on those wires. Then, he replaced the Springfield, MA-based college's entire infrastructure with state-of-the-art wireless options. After all, he said, if you don't have a secure, reliable, high-speed core infrastructure, "you can't do a thing." "This holds true in corporate America, in education, and ever…
NAVICAT - Beta Release Navicat Premium 9.1
We are glad to announce about the release of beta version of Navicat Premium 9.1. ** NOTE ** : If you have bought a license of Navicat 9.0, license keys of Navicat 9.1 will be available to you for FREE on Nov 25. You can login to customer center to retrieve the license key on that day. Major new features: - Support of Microsoft SQL Server (2000 to 2008R2) - Cross data transfer between SQL Server and other database servers - Support of PostgreSQL Server 9.0 - Support of MySQL Server 5.5 - Enhanced user and role management - New Privilege Manage…
TechRepublic: Four types of clients to avoid
Posted in: consulting When you meet with a potential client, you should think about more than just how to meet their project needs; you should also listen and watch for cues that will help you determine if you actually want to work for that client. So how can you spot a problem client? Let's face it - no client is going to tell you upfront that she has a hidden agenda or reveal that every consultant who worked for their company quits mid-project. I look for telltale signs from the four types of problem clients that I've encountered. He…
Selamat kepada BIN
Selamat kepada BIN yang telah memilih implementasi Opmanager dan Netflow Analyzer untuk monitoring dan performansi jaringan nya. Dengan menggunakan OpManager, maka manajemen jaringan dapat dilakukan dengan mudah, dengan implementasi yang mudah dan tampilan yang powerfull. OpManager menjawab kebutuhan monitoring jaringan dengan komprehensif. OpManager yang didukung NetFlow Analyzer memudahkan tampilan monitoring jaringan, server dan perangkat berbasis SNMP lainnya serta memudahkan untuk memonitor penggunaan bandwidth secara intensif dan lengkap…
Selamat kepada Kementrian Perhubungan RI
Selamat kepada Kementrian Perhubungan RI yang telah memilih solusi Fusioncharts untuk melengkapi dan memperindah tampilan aplikasi chart yang ada. Dengan menggunakan FusionCharts, berbagai kemudahan dan visualisasi tampilan charts dapat dilakukan dengan mudah. Hubungi kami untuk keperluan Fusioncharts Anda..
Online content often a victim of plagiarism
Posted in: In past blogs, I've recommended that IT pros increase their (positive) web presence by writing technical articles. This can be done in a personal blog or by writing-for-pay for technical publications. In light of a recent event that has been making the blogosphere rounds, I feel the need to make you guys aware of one the caveats of writing for money on the web: People will steal your stuff. Sometimes they'll steal it without really knowing the concept of plagiarism. They'll run your piece and retain your byline but on th…
Moving from SQL to NoSQL
Moving from SQL to NoSQL Are you thinking on moving your database from a SQL implementation to a NoSQL one ? Sometimes when you decide to move to a different approach lots of doubts pop out of your mind, there are a couple of actions that can make your decision more solid and secure. I'll try to provide some tips that would help you to choose the right NoSQL implementation. When do you need to think about NoSQL ? Often web application start by being implemented on top of MySQL, the one day your application got traction and performance issu…
Data Center Audit
Data center audit or site review is one of mandatory activity during IT audit process. But most of IS auditor forget key activity that should be checked during the process. Here is simple audit checklist to be used: 1. Policies & Procedure • Have computer center operating policies and procedures been written? • Are they sufficiently descriptive in detail to guide the organization and operation? • Do data center personnel aware to the policies and procedures? • Are they kept up-to-date? 2. Personnel • Are data control center personnel and o…
Idea Management Across the Organization Made Easy!
Common characteristics in an idea management system. A good one to start with - use an open source cms. Blog post published by Jim Wilde on - Mar 3 2005 Every business development manager or chief innovation office needs to be asking this question: How do you coordinate activities and cultivate people to get more and better ideas to improve your business? While every organization should design its Idea Management processes according to its own needs, certain characteristics are common to all idea management sys…
Membuat koneksi VPN SSL dgn Draytek Vigor
Using SSL VPNs VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) enable you to link two remote computers or networks securely using the public Internet. An encrypted tunnel is created to carry your private data between the two sites. Tunnels making use of PPTP, L2TP, AES and IPSec protocols have been available on Vigor routers for many years and provide a simple to set up solution for your site-to-site or teleworker VPNs. SSL VPNs provide a new method for teleworker to central site VPN, providing great convenience, low TCO and simplicity where other methods may…
10 things: Handicapping Gartner's top technologies for 2011
By Larry Dignan | October 19, 2010, 6:26am PDT Gartner on Tuesday outlined its top 10 technologies for 2011 that will give technology execs the most bang for their budgets. How many of these technologies will be a true hit? Carl Claunch, an analyst at Gartner, said at the research firm's Symposium conference in Orlando that things like sustainability, data center overhauls and virtualization were dropped. Here's Gartner's 2011 list, why those technologies were chosen and a few observations. The new list:  And the breakdown: 1. Clo…
What is Cloud Computing?
What is Cloud Computing? If you type cloud computing on search engine, you will find no difficulties on knowing the definition of it. The term cloud computing itself probably comes from the use of a cloud image to represent the Internet or some large networked environment. But do you find it relevance to your need as business owner or do you find it useful for boosting your business performance and efficiency but also not burdening your IT department? The answer is yes .... Even though transformation to the cloud computing architecture isn'…
ServiceDesk Plus versi 8 telah dirilis
ServiceDesk Plus versi 8 telah dirilis dan dapat didownload mulai sekarang. Adapun fitur-fitur menarik telah ditambahkan dalam upgrade versi kali ini, diantaranya. Know what is served in your IT Service Catalog Showcase the IT services offered to your end users, and give a new face to your IT. Service catalog improves the operational efficiency by managing the delivery process from approval to fulfillment of the service request. Define the time involved for delivery of each service request and bind with a clear service level agreement. This mo…
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